Iranian cement market reaches 5.72Mt
Cement demand in Iran stood at 5.72Mt in March 2022, according to the Iranian Cement Association. The domestic output of 5.67Mt of cement and 6.33Mt of clinker was sufficient to...
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ABB installs its distribution control system at Star Super Cement
ABB was the electrical and automation partner for the Star Cement clinkerisation plant 10 years ago and had deployed ABB’s DCS for three cement grinding units when these plants ...
ASEC repairs bearings in kiln tyre supports at UAE plant
A cement plant in the UAE faced a major incident in February 2022 that caused severe damage in the journal bearings and roller supports in the middle tyre of the kiln. At very s...
Yamama Cement signs SAR1.633bn financing agreement
Yamama Cement Co signed a Shariah-compliant financing agreement on 31 March for SAR1.663bn (US$435.4m) with Saudi National Bank, the cement producer said in a statement to the T...
Riyadh Cement sees 4% drop in net profits in 2021
Saudi cement company Riyadh Cement Co posted a 3.8 per cent decline in net profits after zakat and tax to SAR211.64m in 2021, when compared with 2020 when net profits after zaka...
Northern Region Cement Co announces net profits of SAR107m in 2021
Northern Region Cement Co has achieved net profits after zakat (charitable donations) and tax worth SAR106.67m (US$28.4m) in 2021, a decline of 1.4 per cent from SAR108.22m in 2...
Oman takes measures to meet shortfall in cement demand
The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion held a joint meeting in Muscat on 22 March 2022 with departments concerned and related companies to discuss cement sh...
Tabuk Cement Co sees profits fall by 65% in 2021
Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk Cement Co saw its profits drop by 65 per cent in 2021 on the back of lower sales. Profits of the company dropped from SAR51.6m(US$13.8m) to SAR17.8m, accord...
Oman Cement Co reports OMR4.447m net profit
Oman Cement Co posted a net profit of OMR4.447m (US$11.57m) for 2021, representing a growth in its commercial activities despite the economic impact of COVID-19. Eng Salem Bin A...
Al Safwa Cement to pilot microalgae project
To promote the concept of a circular carbon economy and support sustainability, a collaboration contract has been signed between Al Safwa Cement Co and Desert Microalgae Technol...