Ash Grove Cement acquires Geofortis LLC
Ash Grove Cement (USA) has acquired Geofortis LLC, operator of a raw natural pozzolan milling and classifying line and nearby deposit in Toole, Utah. Since starting production i...
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Indian cement producers prepare for major expansion
Indian cement producers are set to invest approximately US$14.3bn over the next four years, aiming to increase capacity by around 25 per cent, or an estimated 160-170Mta of prod...
Cemex sells operations in Guatemala
Cemex announced that it has sold its operations in Guatemala to Holcim Group , for a total consideration of approximately US$200m, with the transaction signed and closed 10 Sept...
China to include cement in national carbon trading
China has announced its draft plan to expand the country’s carbon trading market by including cement as well as electrolytic aluminium and steel, seeking public feedback. The dr...
Denmark’s first CO2 storage facility ready to store large volumes of CO2
Project Greensand, Denmark’s CO2 storage facility in the North Sea subsoil, is ready to receive large amounts of CO 2 . The project is now awaiting the Danish authorities' appro...
Senegal's market expands 17% in July
Cement sales in Senegal increased by 17.4 per cent in July 2024 to 672,700t when compared with 573,200t in July 2023, according to Senegal's Planning and Economic Study Director...
Pakistan cement dispatches witness 26% drop in August
Total cement dispatches in Pakistan declined by 25.7 per cent to 3.37Mt in August 2024 when compared with 4.53Mt in August 2023. According to the All Pakistan Cement Manufacture...
Cambridge University research proposes cement recycling
Cyrille Dunant, a materials scientist at Cambridge University, is one of a team of scientists working on a method to recycle cement and reduce the environmental impact of the co...
Holcim names new CEO in Spain
Holcim has appointed Ricardo De Pablos as new general manager in Spain, replacing Carmen Díaz, who has been appointed Chief People Officer of the group. From his new position as...
Votorantim invests US$12m in Oural solid fuel plant
Votorantim Cementos España (VCE) plans to build a US$12m solid recovered fuel (SRF) facility in its integrated plant in Oural , Spain, according to the newspaper El Progreso. Th...