Ghori Cement is back in government control
Afghanistan's government has taken back control of the Ghori Cement Factory. The Afghan Investment Co that was running the plant was held in violation of the law and decisions o...
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Pioneer Cement to begin RDF usage
UAE-based Pioneer Cement, a subsidiary of Raysut Cement, has signed an agreement with Emirates RDF that will lead to the use of fuel derived from household waste in its producti...
Tajikistan records 24% production rise
Tajikistan recorded a 24 per cent YoY rise in cement production to o ver 3.5 Mt in Jan-Nov 2018, with about 40 per cent of this volume exported to neighbouring countries, accord...
GICA to commission new Sigus plant in March 2019
Construction of the new Sigus integrated cement plant in Oum El Bouaghi province, Algeria, is 87 per cent complete, according to Sofiane Bensaci, Finance Director of the company...
GCC commissions Rapid City plant expansion
Mexican cement producer Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) has announced the expansion of its Rapid City, South Dakota cement plant became operational, adding 440,000tpa capacity...
GCCA publishes its first six sustainability guidelines
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has published its first six sustainability guidelines . The guidelines include a number of KPIs against which member companies ...
Brazil’s cement sales up 2% in November
Cement sales in the Brazilian market between January and November 2018 totalled 48.7Mt, representing a 1.2 per cent fall YoY, according to the National Union of the Cement Indus...
Azerbaijan hits record high in cement production
Azerbaijan has produced over 3.2Mta of cement in the first 11 months of the year, a record amount in the entire history of building materials in the country, according to Turan ...
Cementos Melón to invest in new capacity
Chile-based Cementos Melón has announced that it will open a new cement facility in Punta Arenas in the first half of 2020. The first stage of construction will see an investmen...
Eurocement to begin producing white cement
Russia's Eurocement Group has announced plans to launch white cement production at its Zhigulyovsk Building Materials plant in Samara Region. "Today, the demand for white cement...