US cement consumption to drop 30.9 per cent in second quarter
The US cement consumption will drop 30.9 per cent in second quarter, according the Ed Sullivan, Chief Economist, Portland Cement Association (USA). Sullivan was speaking during...
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Eagle Materials launches strategic review
Eagle Materials Inc, USA, has launched a strategic review of its portfolio of businesses, including heavy materials, light materials, and oil and gas proppants. The review wil...
GCC announces 11% sales increase for 9M18
Mexico's Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) has recorded an 11.1 per cent YoY increase in sales to US$677.4m for the first nine months of 2018. EBITDA surged 16.3 per cent to US...
Monarch Cement appoints new president
Kent Webber has been appointed president of Monarch Cement Company, Kansas (USA). Webber has been with Monarch since 2013, first as the company’s subsidiary operations manag...
United States: Vallejo blocks plans for new Ecocem plant
An application for planning permission to build a new EUR45m (US$47.5m) grinding mill in Vallejo, California, has been refused by the local government, the Irish Times reports....
United States: St Marys Cement Detroit plant releases dust
Residents living near St Marys Cement’s Detroit plant have complained of releases of dust by the plant, according to reports in the local press. News website Local 4 details...
Cemex will ‘gladly’ supply materials for Trump border wall
Cemex board Chairman, Rogelio Zambrano, has stated that Cemex would be happy to give estimates for the supply of cement to companies building the US-Mexico border wall, Reuters...
USA: Summit cement profits rise 45% on back of higher volumes and prices
In a trading statement for 2016, Summit Materials has announced that profits at its cement business rose by 45.1 per cent YoY, with volumes rising by 37 per cent and prices inc...
United States: Maine representatives call for vigilance over McInnis plant
Congressional representatives for the state of Maine have written to US Trade Representative, Maria Pagan, calling on her to ensure that cement imports from McInnis’s new Port-...
The world in 2016 and outlook for 2017
This year will be a challenging year for the multinational cement companies, which are now faced by uneven economic performance in the emerging markets, combined with a new er...