Taiheiyo Cement sales fall 6% in 2Q25
Taiheiyo Cement has recorded 7.64Mt of Japanese cement sales in the 2Q25, down 6.4 per cent YoY. The company stated that this is mainly due to soaring construction costs, a c...
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Taiheiyo Cement Corp launches AI-powered ship allocation system
Tokyo-based Taiheiyo Cement Corp has completed development of a ship allocation system utilising AI technology provided by GRID Inc with the aim of improving efficiency and str...
Taiheiyo Cement announces blended cement export hub
Taiheiyo Cement Corp has announced plans t o establish a new production and shipment facility of blended cement using classified fly ash as part of its carbon reduction strat...
Mitsubishi UBE Cement prepares for Tokyo stock exchange listing
Mitsubishi Materials Corp (MMC) and UBE Corp (UBE) have announced that Mitsubishi UBE Cement Corp (“MUCC”, Ownership: MMC 50 per cent, UBE 50 per cent), an equity method affi...
Taiheiyo Cement reports rise in net profits
Japan's Taiheiyo Cement Group has reported JPY 57.42bn (US$390.2m) in net profits for FY24-25, a 32.7 per cent increase on the previous financial year, exceeding analyst fo...
Mitsubishi UBE Cement invests US$5m in MCi Carbon
Mitsubishi UBE Cement Corp (MUCC) has invested US$5m in Australia-based clean tech company MCi Carbon, the fourth Japanese company to support MCi Carbon, after ITOCHU Corp, M...
Sumitomo Osaka Cement and Fortera to build low-carbon cement plant
Sumitomo Corp's Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Shingo Ueno, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Arelac Inc and Fortera, a compa...
Tokuyama Corp reports 2% drop in cement sales
Tokuyama Corp saw its total net sales edge up by one per cent to JPY253.3bn (US$1638.5m) in the 3QFY24-25 when compared with JPY250.2bn in the year-ago period. Of this to...
Japan: times of transition
Japan’s post-Second World War expansion in the 20th century , propelled by the car and consumer electronics industries, made the country the third-largest economy in the world....
Imports into Philippines up 5%, industry calls for measures
Cement imports into the Philippines have increased by five per cent to 6.2Mt in the first 10 months of 2024, according to the Bureau of Customs. Vietnam is the main importing c...