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Kyzylkumcement sees net profit rise 71%

Kyzylkumcement sees net profit rise 71%

Uzbekistan’s Kyzylkumcement saw a net profit of US$20.3m in January-June 2020, rising 70.9 per cent YoY. Revenue also advanced 12.4 per cent to US$97.1m. In the 1H20 the plant i...

Puerto Rican cement sales up 24% in August

Puerto Rican cement sales up 24% in August

Cement sales in Puerto Rico increased 24.4 per cent to 59,295t in August 2020 when compared with August 2019, according to data provided by Cemex Puerto Rico and Argos San Juan ...

China’s cement production up 4% in July

China’s cement production up 4% in July

Chinese cement output increased 3.6 per cent in July as a pick-up in the economy drove cement consumption, according to data from the Ministry of Industry and Information techno...

Cemex commences 'Operation Resilience'

Cemex commences 'Operation Resilience'

Cemex has outlined its 'Operation Resilience' programme, its business strategy from 2020-23 on a risk-adjusted basis. The company announced a need to focus on its core US and Eu...

Cement sales in Brazil increase 14% in August

Cement sales in Brazil increase 14% in August

Cement sales in Brazil continued to rise in August with a 13.6 per cent YoY increase to 5.7Mt, reported the country’s cement association, SNIC. Per working day, sales reached 24...

CARRILU inaugurates DRC cement plant

CARRILU inaugurates DRC cement plant

The Minister of Industry of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Julien Paluka, has officially opened the Carrière de Lualaba (CARRILU) cement works in Kolwezi, Lualaba provi...

Argentine cement demand declines 13% in August

Argentine cement demand declines 13% in August

The Argentine cement market contracted 12.5 per cent YoY to 917,297t in August 2020, according to the latest data published by AFCP, the country’s cement association. However, w...