Russia gets recovery rolling
As Russia’s economy returns to growth and the domestic construction sector saw a revival in 2021, the country’s cement industry looks set to prosper. Will cement producers be ab...
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Russian monopoly watchdog blocks Atakaycement acquisition
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has blocked the acquisition of Atakaycement by AO Actual Investments and OAO Novoroscement. FAS concluded after a market analysis tha...
United Cement Group privatises Qizilqum Cement
United Cement Group is privatising Qizilqumcement JSC, according to the investment company UzAssets, which operates under the State Assets Management Agency of Uzbekistan. UzAss...
Ersel Heavy Machinery completes Sivas Cement order
Ersel Heavy Machinery Inc recently completed its final delivery of 2021 to Votorantim’s Sivas cement plant in Turkey. The equipment order was for a new ball mill measuring 2.8m ...
Belarusian commodity exchange sees 64% rise in cement exports
The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) saw a 64 per cent YoY increase in cement export transactions in January-December 2021 to US$15.2m, according to the exchange’s...
VostokCement completes repair of kiln
Russia’s VostokCement has completed the repair of the second rotary kiln at its Teploozersk facility. During two months of work, the lining was replaced, the smoke pump was repa...
CNPC begins 2.5Mta plant construction
China’s CNPC has reportedly started construction of a US$200m plant in Uzbekistan’s Tashkent region. The facility is expected to produce 2.5Mta of cement. CNPC has already impor...
Medcem receives export award
Turkey-based Medcem has been awarded as both the company with the highest grey cement exports and the company with the highest increase in grey cement exports. The award was del...
CRH's Ukraine operations rebrand
CRH’s cement plants in Ukraine are to operate under the new brand name of CEMARK. Mykolaivcement, Kamyanets-Podilskyi and Odessa cement plants will come under this branding. The...
Qiziliqumsement prepares to launch Kiln Line 4
Uzbek cement producer Qiziliqumsement has invested US$112m to add a fourth production line. This is the company’s the first significant investment in the plant since 1989 and it...