Cementos Molins appoints new CEO
Cements Molins has appointed a new CEO, Julio Rodríguez. Mr Rodríguez worked formerly at Schneider Electric and is since 1 July the first CEO outside the Molins family. He is ex...
Capacity Expansion
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China National Building Materials (CNBM)
Production is due to get underway in December this year at Southern Province Cement’s second Bishah line, as supplied by China National Building Materials (CNBM). The line has b...
Cemex
Cemex has announced a US$300m investment in the Philippines, the principal element of which will be a new 1.5Mta integrated cement works at its Solid works on Luzon. This would ...
Votorantim
Votorantim aims to treble the capacity of its Sivas cement works in Turkey to 1.8Mta at a cost of around EUR140. Work is about to start, with completion scheduled for 2017 and w...
Dangote Cement
Dangote Cement has attributed its strong 1Q15 results to the arrival of its new African factories, improved gas supplies to its plants and the reallocation of production to tax-...
An expanding African portfolio Premium
With a per capita cement consumption of just about 100kg and planned industrialisation and infrastructure development, sub-Saharan Africa is poised for important long-term growt...
Brazil: future secured?
The expansion of Brazil’s cement production base continues unabated despite storm clouds gathering on the economic horizon. However, this Latin American giant still requires the...
Mexico: Elementia plans 1.5Mta expansion
Mexico’s Elementia conglomerate announced it will invest US$250m to expand capacity at its Atotonilco de Tula plant in Hidalgo, operated by Cementos Fortaleza. Following complet...
Oman Cement’s new mill on target for 4Q15
The installation of a new cement mill at the Rusayl complex of Oman Cement Company will be completed by the fourth quarter of this year, chairman of the board, Dr Abdullah Abbas...
Cementos Argos
With the US government announcing a US$478bn spend on infrastructure projects over the next six years, Cementos Argos will be looking to further consolidate its position in the ...