Arabian Cement in merger talks with Al Safwa Cement
Arabian Cement has entered into potential merger talks with Al Safwa Cement of Saudi Arabia, owned by El Khayyat Group, Public Pension Authority (PPA) and General Organisation f...
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PCA updates US annual cement consumption forecast
Portland Cement Association's (PCA) Market Intelligence Group has forecast annual cement consumption to climb in the USA by 2.6 per cent during 2017 and 2.8 per cent in 2018. Th...
Xuan Thanh cement plant opens 12,500tpd line
ThaiGroup JSC, has inaugurated the second production line of the Xuan Thanh cement plant in the northern province of Ha Nam, Vietnam.
China will impose new environmental tax from 1 January 2018
Businesses in China are being urged to prepare themselves for a new environmental tax for the start of next year. China will abandon its current system under which polluters are...
Urgent action required on Ghana's imported clinker valuation
Dr George Dawson-Ahmoah, the Chairman of the Cement Manufacturers Association of Ghana, has appealed to the Ag Commissioner to intervene in the valuation on the importation of c...
Dangote Cement's Bouasnsa plant is almost complete
The US$300m Dangote cement grinding plant situated at Bouansa, Congo will start-up this month, Dangote Cement Plc has announced. Dangote cement's CEO, Onne van der Weijde, said:...
Qalaa Holdings announces 2Q17 net loss of US$158m
Qalaa Holdings, a leading energy and infrastructure investment company based in Egypt, announced its consolidated financial results for the quarter that ended in 30 June with a ...
Plycem vows to increase competitiveness in Costa Rican market
Plycem, a new company owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, will fight for a place in Costa Rica's cement market from the first quarter of 2018. The Mexco-based company will...
PPC raises prices and volumes
South Africa-based cement producer PPC said it improved effective selling prices in its South African cement business and is steadily increasing output at its operations in the ...
Pakistan's local dispatches expected to grow at 3% in September
Experts foresee that total cement sales in September 2017 to observe a decline of two per cent YoY to clock in at 3Mt.