Adani group acquires Orient Cement
Ambuja Cements , part of the Adani Group , has agreed to acquire Orient Cement Ltd at the equity value of INR81bn (US$963.4m). This binding agreement set Ambuja to acquire a 46....
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200th anniversary of the Portland cement patent
200 years ago today, on 21 October 1824, the patent for Portland cement was granted to Joseph Aspdin (1778-1855), a bricklayer and inventor from Leeds, UK. The product was calle...
Lower interest rates to benefit construction (USA)
Ed Sullivan, the chief economist and senior vice president of market intelligence for the Portland Cement Association (PCA), representing the USA's cement manufacturers, says th...
Buzzi completes sale of Ukraine operations to CRH
Following the approval received from the local antitrust authority on 5 September 2024, Buzzi has completed the closing of the sale of its assets in Ukraine to CRH, which was si...
Cementera Cruz Azul workers request local government intervention
Cementera Cruz Azul (Mexico) has been inoperative for two years. Cruz Azul cooperative members (workers, retirees and associates) have requested that the government of the State...
City Cement signs JV with Next Generation SCM
Next Generation SCM, a provider of low carbon supplementary cementitious material (SCM), and Nizak Mining Company, fully owned by Saudi Exchange-listed City Cement ( Al Abdullat...
Iranian cement shrinks in September
Iranian domestic cement sales contracted 11.8 per cent YoY to 5.520Mt in September, down from 6.260Mt a year earlier, according to the Iranian cement association. Producers manu...
Titan and thyssenkrupp sign IFESTOS FEED contract
TIitan Group and thyssenkrupp have signed a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for the IFESTOS Carbon Capture Project. IFESTOS is one of the largest carbon capture pro...
Sonmez Cement to add second production line
Sonmez Cement has announced an expansion at its Adana Ceyhan plant in Adana Yumurtalik Free Zone, Turkey. The modernisation will see clinker production rise at the facility to 5...
Carbon Re and ABB highlight collaboration at Cemtech Europe 2024
Last week at Cemtech Europe 2024 in Warsaw, Kenny Wong (Carbon Re) and Ryan Courts (ABB) detailed ongoing work between the two companies to achieve operational excellence in the...