Saudi cement demand to see 3% uptick in 2024
Cement demand in Saudi Arabia is forecast to advance by three per cent in 2024 in terms of volumes, compared to a decline of eight per cent in 2023, reports Aljazira Capital. ...
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Saudi producers warn of rising production costs
Cement producers in Saudi Arabia have received a notification from Saudi Arabian Oil Co (Saudi Aramco) that the price of fuel products used in cement production will be increas...
Northern Region Cement signs US$44m Iraq partnership
Saudi Arabia-based Northern Region Cement Co has signed a partnership agreement with Al-Diyar Al-Iraqia for Investments Co which sees the Iraqi company acquire 49 per cent of...
Lafarge faces new terrorism lawsuit
Hundreds of Yazidi Americans have launched a lawsuit against Lafarge, accusing it of supporting violence carried out by ISIL (ISIS). According to Aljazeera news, the cement pro...
Reon Energy to supply renewable micro grid to Yemen Cement
Clean technology company Reon Energy announces a strategic partnership with Arabian Yemen Cement Co Ltd (AYCCL). Addressing the specific energy challenges of the cement secto...
Saudi exports increase 12% YoY in October
Saudi Arabia recorded 807,000t of cement exports in October 2023, according to Aljazira Capital. This marks an 11.9 per cent advance on the 721,000t reported in the same month...
CEMEX launches first fully electric, zero-emissions RMC truck
CEMEX has unveiled the first fully electric, zero-emissions ready-mix truck in the Middle East. According to the company, the truck is fully operational and has the capacity ...
Betolar and FCP collaborate on cement-free paving
Betolar, a Finnish sustainable materials technology company, and Fujairah Concrete Products (FCP) have launched a number of new products based on the cement-free Geoprime solut...
thyssenkrupp Polysius and Fujairah Cement Industries sign decarbonisation MoU
thyssenkrupp Polysius and Fujairah Cement Industries (FCI), UAE, intend to cooperate in the future to reduce CO 2 emissions in FCI's production lines. In particular, the pot...
Transcargo International to build cement silos for Sinai White Portland Cement
Transcargo International (TCI), a veteran terminal operator in Egypt, announces the signing of an agreement with Sinai White Portland Cement (SWCC), for the development of Eg...