USA: Elementia acquires 55% stake in Giant Cement
Elementia, SAB de CV has announced that its Board of Directors has given its final approval for the completion of the acquisition of a 55 per cent stake and full control of Gian...
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Egyptian government announces award of three new plant licences
The Egyptian Industrial Development Authority has today announced that three firms have been successful in their bids to build new cement plants, local media reports. The licenc...
Cementos Moctezuma completes second line at Apazapan
Cementos Molins and Buzzi Unicem's Mexican joint venture, Cementos Moctezuma, announced that construction of the second production line at its Apazapan plant in Veracruz state h...
Nigeria: UNICEM Mfamosing's second line commissioned
United Cement Co of Nigeria (UNICEM) commissioned its new line at Mfamosing, Cross River State, in September 2016. Loesche has since announced its scope of supply for the projec...
Tanzania: Lake Cement plans new plant in Bagamoyo
Lake Cement Ltd announced it will invest US$150m in a new cement plant in Bagamoyo, Pwani Region, Tanzania, with a production capacity of 1.4Mta. Construction is due to commence...
India Cements receives stay on CCI fine
India Cements received a stay order following its appeal of the decision made by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to impose a INR1.87m fine on it for unfair pricing pra...
Canada: first shipment at McInnis Cement
McInnis Cement has taken delivery of its first shipment of raw materials for its 2.5Mta Port-Daniel-Gascon plant. The vessel Algoma Mariner delivered to the Port-Daniel terminal...
Moroccan cement demand up 8.4% YoY Oct 2016
Moroccan cement sales increased 8.4 per cent in October 2016 when compared with the previous year.
USA: preliminary September cement shipments total 8.78Mt
Preliminary data published by the US Geological Survey (USGS) concerning US shipments of cement in September 2016 estimates that Portland and blended cement consumption fell to ...