Cementos Argos
Cementos Argos has reported a 10.6 per cent YoY increase in revenue to US$1.419m in the opening half of 2019. Over the same period, net profit advanced by 33.5 per cent to US$22...
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Chilean cement plant faces local opposition
The planned cement plant by Inversiones Orange in San Bernardo, Greater Santiago, Chile, is not welcome with the local population. While the project has not yet secured authoris...
Decarbonisation quick wins Premium
Different world regions present different challenges to the cement industry. While in the fast-growing economies of Asia and Africa building capacity and security of supply are ...
UltraTech
UltraTech’s new INR25bn (US$360m) cement plant in Andhra Pradesh has received environmental approval. The works will reportedly have a cement and clinker capacity of 6Mta and 4M...
Bringing an old quarry to life Premium
Quarry rehabilitation comprises more than just the planting of different varieties of trees on land no longer used. Cimenterie Nationale’s rehabilitation project in Lebanon also...
Caracolito’s cleaner air Premium
The replacement of the electrostatic precipitator with a bag filter at Cemex’s Caracolito plant in Colombia has had a positive impact on the company’s emissions indicators as we...
Environmental groups oppose Calero Risso plant
The building of a cement plant at Calero Risso in Paraguay, proposed by Jiménez Gaona y Lima under the name of Cementos Concepcion, has met with further disapproval from environ...
Plugging the plastic leakage Premium
The issue of post-consumer plastic leaking into the ocean with devastating consequences on marine life has existed for some time but only recently the rallying call to solve thi...
China National Building Materials (CNBM)
On 25 March CNBM and Fives signed a “Strategic Agreement towards Climate Change & Cooperation in Third Countries”, further refining the plans drawn up by the two companies in Ja...
PT Semen Indonesia
On 23 April Semen Indonesia received an award from the secretary general of the country’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry. The accolade was in recognition of the 227.26ha t...