WHR project begins at Fujairah plant
Sustainable energy solutions provider Engie Solutions has announced that work has begun on its 10MW waste heat recovery (WHR) project at Lafarge Emirate Cement 's (LEC) plant...
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Southern Province places contract for two new lines at Jazan
Saudi Arabia-based Southern Province Cement Co has placed an order with Sinoma International Engineering Co for two new 5000tpd production lines at its Jazan cement plant. ...
Lucky to add a new clinker line of 1.82Mt in Iraq
GM Finance and Company Secretary, Faisal Mahmood, of Lucky Cement Ltd ( Yunus Brothers Group ) informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on 18 May that the company has made a 1...
Iranian cement market expands 3% in March
Cement sales in Iran reached 5.87Mt in March 2023, up 2.6 per cent when compared with March 2022, when 5.71Mt were sold, according to the Iranian Cement Association. There wer...
Arabian Cement reports 17% drop in 1Q profit
Arabian Cement Co posted a net profit after zakat and tax of SAR49.2m (US$13.1m) in the 1Q23, down 17.4 per YoY from SAR41.9m. It was 40.2 per cent higher QoQ when compared w...
Hail Cement returns to profit in 1Q23
Saudi Arabian cement producer Hail Cement Co saw revenue decline by 9.9 per cent YoY to SAR61.85m (US$16.5m) in January-March 2023 from SAR68.61m. The company posted a prof...
Attock Cement to sell its 60% share in Iraqi plant
Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd (ACL) is expected to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the shareholders on 25 May 2023, to consider and, if deemed fit, to pass a re...
Oman Cement sales advance in 1Q23
Oman Cement Co has reported sales of OMR19.5m (US$50.65m) in the opening quarter of 2023, ending 31 March 2023. This compares to OMR16.96m in the same period a year earlier. ...
Saudi cement companies fined for price manipulation
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Competition (GAC) has fined 14 cement companies a total of SAR140m (US$37.33m) for price manipulation activities. Each company has been fo...
Oman will not export used tyres
The Omani Environment Authority (EA) has suspended issuing licences for exporting used tyres to support the local cement and other industries. The authority is also working on ...