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FLSmidth to deliver Bangladesh grinding line

FLSmidth to deliver Bangladesh grinding line

FLSmidth has signed an engineering, procurement and supply of equipment contract with Meghna Cement Mills for a cement grinding unit at the producer’s existing cement line in Mo...

Pakistan full-year growth slows

Pakistan full-year growth slows

During the July 2016-June 2017 period domestic cement dispatches from the north zone were 29.141Mt (+7.72 per cent) and exports were 3.150Mt (-18.22 per cent). Meanwhile, dispat...

Votorantim Cimentos inaugurates new Sivas plant

Votorantim Cimentos inaugurates new Sivas plant

Votorantim Cimentos on Wednesday inaugurated its new plant in Sivas, central Turkey, continuing the company’s strategy of geographic diversification with investments in markets ...

Pakistan terminal begins commercial operations

Pakistan terminal begins commercial operations

Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Ltd (PIBT) has started commercial operations from the country's first and only common-user coal, cement and clinker terminal at Port Qasim, ...

 US and Puerto Rico shipments down slightly

US and Puerto Rico shipments down slightly

Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in April 2017 were about 7.6Mt, slightly less than sales in April 2016, latest data from the ...

BOAD grants CIMAF Burkina Faso finance

BOAD grants CIMAF Burkina Faso finance

The West African Development Bank (BOAD) has granted XOF6bn (US$10.3m) to Morocco’s Cimenteries de l'Afrique Burkina Faso (CIMAF) for the partial financing of the import of raw ...

Buzzi completes acquisition of the Zillo Group

Buzzi completes acquisition of the Zillo Group

Buzzi Unicem has completed the acquisition of the Zillo Group with the purchase of the remaining 52.1 per cent of the share capital of Cementizillo, the Italian cement major con...

New Country President for Cemex UK

New Country President for Cemex UK

Michel Andre has been appointed as the Country President for Cemex UK, with immediate effect. Andre joins the UK business following seven years as Country President for Cemex Fr...

Colombian sales dip under 1Mt mark

Colombian sales dip under 1Mt mark

Colombian grey cement deliveries slipped 0.6 per cent YoY to 0.999Mt in May 2017, according to DANE, the country’s statistics office. This compares favourably with a 5.3 per cen...