PPC announces new CEO and delays annual results presentation
South Africa’s PPC has appointed Roland van Wijnen as its new CEO after a search that began in November 2018 when Johan Claassen announced he would be retiring from the role. "W...
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WBCSD and key cement producers launch Indian roadmap
Major companies from the cement sector and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched the ‘Indian Cement Sector SDG Roadmap’ on 25 June at an event ...
Power Cement to become second-largest producer in southern Pakistan
Power Cement Ltd has informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that it has completed the procurement and installation of plant and equipment of the two expansion projects at it...
Vietnamese cement dispatches fall in May
Domestic cement dispatches in Vietnam fell six per cent YoY and seven per cent MoM to 5.929Mt in May 2019, according to the Vietnam Cement Association (VNCA). Of this total, 2.0...
1st International Conference on Low-Carbon Cement and Concrete Technology opens in London
The 1 st International Conference on Low-Carbon Cement and Concrete Technology opened at University College London, UK, on 24 June 2019 to discuss ways forward to low-carbon cem...
International Cement fails to receive SGX acquisition approval
International Cement Group (ICG) has failed to receive approval from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) for the complete acquisition of Schwenk Namibia , valued at US$104.4m, accordin...
Spanish cement consumption expands 7% YoY in April
The Cement Demand Index, presented by Oficemen, the Spanish cement producers’ association, has registered an increase of 7.1 per cent in April when compared with April 2018. Thi...
Bulgaria’s Zlatna Panega swings to BGN2.7m net profit
Titan-owned Zlatna Panega Cement reported a non-consolidated net profit of BGN2.7m (US$1.6m) in 2018, a significantly-improved result when compared with the non-consolidated net...
Cimburkina inaugurates second mill at Kossodo
Cimburkina, part of HeidelbergCement, inaugurated its second grinding unit on 18 June at its Kossodo plant in Ouagadougou, under the patronage of Prime Minister Christophe Josep...
Vicem Hoang Mai to build 3Mta plant in Nghe An
Vicem Hoang Mai Cement JSC plans to build a 3Mta cement plant in Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An. Covering 60ha in the Hoang Mai 2 Industrial Zone, the project represents ...