Indonesian monthly consumption down 6.2%
Indonesian cement consumption during February 2015 fell by 6.2 per cent YoY to 4.2Mt, latest data from the Indonesia Cement Association (ASI) shows.
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Peru cement sales fall 4.9% in Feb 2015
Peru’s cement market contracted by 4.9 per cent YoY as dispatches fell from 816,000t to 775,000t in February 2015, according to Asocem, the country’s cement association. In Janu...
IDA to propose 12 licences in Upper Egypt
The Industrial Developmental Authority (IDA) is set to propose 12 new cement licences in several Upper Egypt governorates this year, according to its chairman. The IDA is also w...
HeidelbergCement inaugurates Scantogo clinker plant, Togo
HeidelbergCement inaugurated the 1.5Mta new greenfield Scantogo clinker plant in Togo on 6 March 2015. The new US$250m plant is located at Tabligbo, some 80km north east of the ...
Holcim expects 3-5% growth in Mexico
The Mexican cement market will expand by 3-5 per cent in 2015, according to a forecast by Holcim México.
Germany: 2014 cement edges ahead
Cement consumption in Germany rose by 2.2 per cent YoY in 2014 to 27.1Mt, according to data German Cement Works Association (VDZ), which also predicts further growth in 2015. "S...
Vicat shows good profit growth in the USA, India and Africa
Vicat’s turnover increased by six per cent in 2014 to EUR2422.7m and the EBITDA emerged 3.6 per cent ahead at EUR442m, while at unchanged parameters the increases would have bee...
ASEC Engineering wins Ethiopian plant management contract
ASEC Engineering and Management, a subsidiary of Egypt's Qalaa Holdings (formerly Citadel Capital), has signed a plant management agreement with Ethiopia’s National Cement Share...
Cementir performs well in Denmark
Cementir Holding's turnover in 2014 declined by 4.1 per cent to EUR948m, but EBITDA improved by 13.4 per cent to EUR192.4m. The trading profit advanced by 35.7 per cent to EUR10...
Italcementi improves margins
Italcementi's 2014 turnover declined by a further 1.8 per cent to EUR4155.6m but the underlying EBITDA did improve by 3.2 per cent to EUR649.1m.