Georgia: new cement plant in partnership with LafargeHolcim
Georgian Cement Company (GCC) opened its new cement plant on the 4 October 2016 in Poti, with an initial annual capacity of 0.25Mta. GCC decided on the location of the plant aft...
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Mexico: Cemex announces intention to sell its stake in GCC
Cemex SAB de CV said on Friday that it is looking to sell the 23 per cent stake it directly owns in Mexican cement producer Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua SAB de CV through a secon...
HeidelbergCement achieves high acceptance rate for Italcementi share offer
HeidelbergCement achieved a high acceptance rate in the mandatory tender offer to the remaining shareholders of Italcementi. According to provisional results, 165,371,229 Italce...
Saudi Arabia: sales drop 10%
According to a report quoting Yamama Cement data, total cement sales in Saudi Arabia stood at 4.34Mt for the month of August, registering a 10.3 per cent decrease YoY. However, ...
Palestinian Investment Fund new plant project
The Palestinian Investment Fund (PIF) launched the first phase of its cement plant project this weekend. The PIF's cement plant will be the first in the Palestinian areas. Cerem...
United States: St Mary's Cement secures funding to expand North Michigan plant
St Mary's Cement, a subsidiary of Brazil's Votorantim Cimentos, has had its application for funding to expand its Charlevoix plant in north Michigan approved by the Michigan Str...
Philippines: Eagle Cement to break ground on Davao plant
Eagle Cement has said that it will begin construction work on its new 2Mta cement plant in Davao in the south of the country on 20 October, according to reports in the Business ...
Philippines: competition commission probes cement industry
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has warned cement companies of the repercussions should it violate antitrust laws. PCC Commissioner, El Cid Butuyan, said, "We intend...
Chile's three largest cement producers sees 1H sales rise 3.7%
Chile's top three cement companies - Cemento Melon, Cementos Polpaico and Cementos Bio Bio - recorded a 3.7 per cent YoY rise in sales to CLP339.82bn (USD510.48m) in the first s...
Caribbean Cement Co invests US$5.5m to double output
Following a US$5.5m investment to increase its capacity, Caribbean Cement Co Ltd has promised its customers that the restricted supply of its cement on the market will be rectif...