JK White Cement installs plant in Kenya
JK White Cement has installed a cement plant in Athi River, Kenya, to manufacture white cement, wall putty, plasters and tile adhesives. The company had been importing the produ...
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HeidelbergCement joins Race to Net Zero
HeidelbergCement has signed the Business Ambition for 1.5°C Commitment, a global initiative led by the SBTi in partnership with the UN Global Compact and the 'We Mean Business' ...
ACC Ltd records 2Q21 profits after tax of INR5.69bn
ACC Ltd (Holcim group) has reported 2Q21 profits after tax of INR5.69bn (US$76m) up from INR2.71bn in 2Q20. In the April-June 2021 period under review, ACC Ltd recorded an EBITD...
US Portland and blended cement demand up 19% in April
Portland and blended cement shipments, including imports, in the USA and Puerto Rico, saw a 19 per cent YoY increase to 9.7Mt in April 2021, according to the US Geological Surve...
Cemex begins international green hydrogen project
Cemex, renewable energy company Enertrag, and electrolysis company Sunfire are launching 'Concrete Chemicals', a new hydrogen project to decarbonise the cement industry. Togethe...
Spanish cement exports increase 36% YoY in June
Spanish cement exports have seen growth slow to 35.9 per cent YoY to 3.8Mt in the first half of 2021, down from 38.2 per cent in the 5M21, according to Spanish cement associatio...
Morocco's cement consumption up 21% in June
Cement deliveries by Asment Temara, Ciments de l'Atlas, Ciments du Maroc and LafargeHolcim Maroc increased by 20.6 per cent to 1,363,579t in June 2021, up from 1,130,864t in Jun...
Dangote acquires 20,000 vehicles to improve distribution
Nigeria’s Dangote Cement has acquired 20,000 additional vehicles to improve the distribution of its products across the country. The vehicles, made up of trucks, trailers and ti...
China and Canada collaborate for carbon capture
A new collaboration between China Building Materials Academy (CBMA) and Canada's International CCS Knowledge Centre (Knowledge Centre) will see simultaneous advancements in unde...
Hungary levies excess-profit tax on construction material producers
Hungary's government has levied a 90 per cent excess-profit tax on some producers of construction materials from 9 July, in an effort aimed at curbing surging prices. The tax ap...