APCMA reports cement dispatches bounce back in September
The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturer Association (APCMA) reports that domestic cement dispatch for September 2018 bounced back after two months of lacklustre growth, registering...
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Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies develops low metakaolin-based cement
Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies (HGCT) is completing the construction of a 50,000t pilot plant in Bournezeau, Vendée, France. The new works will produce cement using flashed ...
Argentina’s cement demand falls 11% in September
The Argentine cement market contracted by 10.6 per cent YoY in September 2018 to 1.012Mt from 1.132Mt in September 2017, according to provisional data by AFCP, the country’s cem...
CIMAF sees 42% rise in cement sales in 1H18
CIMAF reported a 42 per cent rise in cement sales to 184,723t in Gabon during the first half of 2018, according to the Economic and Fiscal Policy unit of Gabon’s Economics Minis...
Cim Ivoire starts up new plant
Cim Metal-owned Cim Ivoire has started production at its Abidjan grinding plant in Côte d’Ivoire. The 8650tpd grinding unit, which features a vertical roller mill, is the larges...
EBRD sells its stake in Holcim Azerbaijan
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has sold its 10 per cent stake in Holcim Azerbaijan to LafargeHolcim. Therefore, the company’s share in Holcim Azerba...
Loesche receives order for three VRMs in China
Loesche has received an order from Sinoma (Suzhou) Construction Co Ltd to supply three VRMs for China’s Lubao Cement Co. The mills will form part of the company’s 4500tpd plant ...
Philippines partially lifts suspension order on quarry operations
A suspension order to halt quarrying operations in selected regions of the Philippines after the landslide near the Apo-Cemex quarry in Naga City, Cebu, has been partially lifte...
Calls for new capacity in Zimbabwe amid demand surge
Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe’s commercial director, Edith Matekaire, has called for new investments in production capacity to ensure the country does not run out of supply by 2020. "...
Peru’s cement demand remains stable in August
Cement dispatches by Asocem members remained largely stable in August 2018 at 865,000t when compared with the year-ago period, according to the country’s cement association, Aso...