Spain's cement demand slips, exports drop 25% in August
Cement demand in Spain declined 1.4 per cent YoY to 1,089,617t in August, according to Oficemen, the country’s cement association. In addition to lower domestic sales, exports h...
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Holcim Philippines inaugurates new facilities at Bulacan unit
Holcim Philippines has inaugurated new storage and loading facilities at its plant in Norzagaray, Bulacan, which it hopes will help boost production. The additions include a new...
EAPCC dismisses all top managers
East African Portland Cement Co (EAPCC) has dismissed all of its top managers as part of a restructuring plan that will see the cement producer sell 2000 acres of prime but unus...
West China Cement to set up cement joint venture
West China Cement subsidiary West International, CIF-MOZ, Oceanic Star and Guhava have entered into a cooperation agreement to establish a joint venture for joint investment and...
Russia's cement market cools but exports strong
Cement production in Russia increased by 8.9 per cent YoY to 33Mt in the first seven months of 2019, according to Soyuzcement, the country’s cement association. The demand for c...
Finnsementii to upgrade Raahe slag grinding capacity
Finnsementii has announced that it is investing EUR12m in a new blastfurnace slag mill at its Raahe plant in Finland. The plant, which will be built on the Lapaluoto industrial ...
Cement consumption in Peru expands 6% in August
Demand for cement in Peru has increased 6.3 per cent YoY to 1.052Mt in August 2019 when compared with 0.989Mt in the year-ago period, according to the country’s cement associati...
DG Khan Cement profit falls in FY19
DG Khan Cement Company Ltd (DGKC) of Pakistan has announced its financial results for FY19 on 16 September. It declared earning of net profit of PKR1.609bn (US$10.3m) (unconsoli...
Fancesa's new plant 85% complete
The construction of the new cement plant of Fábrica Nacional de Cemento Sucre SA (Fancesa) in Cal Orck'o, Bolivia, is 85 per cent complete, according to the company’s President,...
GCC signs agreement for clean energy supply
Mexico’s Grupo Cementos Chihuahua (GCC) has signed an agreement with a US-based clean energy provider for the supply of solar and wind energy to its cement plant in Odessa, Texa...