Cement industry and the COVID-19 crisis
This week has seen growing action and concern from the construction and cement sectors on how best to fight off the coronavirus (COVID-19), which was declared a pandemic on 11 ...
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Semen Indonesia rebrands as Semen Indonesia Group
Semen Indonesia has rebranded to become Semen Indonesia Group (SIG), including a new logo, to reinforce the company’s environmental efforts and introduce itself as a provider o...
Asia's need to embrace co-processing
As the Cemtech Asia 2019 Conference and Exhibition prepares to open in Bangkok next week, our weekly newsletter focusses on the opportunity for co-processing in Asia's cement...
Southeast Asia producers line up for LafargeHolcim Indonesia sale
The sale of LafargeHolcim's Indonesian unit has attracted the interest of several potential buyers in the region, including Japan's Taiheiyo Cement Corp, Malaysia's YTL Corp an...
A time of reassessment for HeidelbergCement
This week it was announced that HeidelbergCement would be selling its 51 per cent stake in the Lehigh White Cement Co LLC while the company also reported on its full-year an...
Vicem appoints new general director
Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem) has appointed Bui Hong Minh general director. Mr Minh, 46, has held the position of deputy general director since 2013. Before tha...
Lafarge Malaysia Bhd reports 2Q loss
Lafarge Malaysia Bhd posted a net loss of MYR44.09m (US$10.3m) in its second quarter of 2017, compared to a net profit of MYR18.36m in the corresponding period amid weaker dome...
Challenging year for YTL's cement division
FY17 is proving to be a challenging year for YTL Corp’s cement business due to overcapacity and weak demand from the property segment, according to a report by Affin Hwang Inve...
Eagle posts flat 2Q earnings
Eagle Cement Corp of the Philippines reported a one per cent rise in earnings for the second quarter of this year as wet weather affected results. Net profit edged ahead to P...
Holcim Indonesia half-year sales decline 10% YoY
Holcim Indonesia reported a 10 per cent decline in sales to IDR4288bn in the first half of 2017 due to “tough market conditions exacerbated by the timing of Ramadan,” the compa...