Brazilian cement sales stable in February
Cement sales in Brazil remained stable at 4.1Mt in February 2020 when compared with February 2019, according to the country’s cement association, SNIC. When compared with Januar...
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Russian market expands 8% in 2019
Cement consumption in Russia increased eight per cent to 57.8Mt in 2019, according to the country’s cement association, Soyuzcement. Exports by Russian producers expanded by 9.6...
Loma Negra sees net profit advance 35% in 2019
Argentina’s Loma Negra has reported a 5.5 per cent YoY decline in revenue to ARS38.95bn (US$660m) for the full-year 2019 period, compared with ARS41.24bn in the previous year. H...
Taiwan's cement manufacturers record mixed results
Taiwan’s major cement manufacturers have reported mixed results in the first two months of 2020. Taiwan Cement Corp Taiwan Cement Corp has seen a 1.7 per cent decline in Februar...
Cemex and Buzzi Unicem complete Kosmos Cement sale to Eagle Materials Inc
Cemex has divested its 75 per cent share in its partnership with Buzzi Unicem of Kosmos Cement in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, to Eagle Materials Inc. The divestment is for an agg...
LafargeHolcim Bangladesh profits grow in 2019
LafargeHolcim Bangladesh has posted profit after tax of BDT1.737bn (US$16.24m) in 2019 as compared to BDT1.115bn in 2018. This represents a growth of 56 per cent in profit after...
Holcim El Salvador sets record production figures in 2019
Holcim El Salvador produced over 1.2Mt of cement and 710,000Mm 3 of concrete in 2019, representing record production figures, and plans to maintain this positive performance in ...
Colombian cement market expands 9% in January
Cement dispatches in Colombia increased by 8.5 per cent YoY to 995,400t in January 2020 from 917,100t in January 2019, according the country’s statistics office, DANE. Shipments...
GICA subsidiary prepares export plan
The Public Industrial Group of Algerian Cement (GICA) has announced that its Beni Saf subsidiary plans to export over 45,000t of clinker to African countries during the current ...
CRH EBITDA up 25% in 2019
CRH plc posted a six per cent advance, or three per cent like-for-like (LfL), in sales to EUR28.3bn in 2019 when compared with 2018. The company’s EBITDA increased 25 per cent (...