Cementos Molins appoints new CEO
Cements Molins has appointed a new CEO, Julio Rodríguez. Mr Rodríguez worked formerly at Schneider Electric and is since 1 July the first CEO outside the Molins family. He is e...
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India: Dalmia expands footprint in western region
Dalmia Cement Bharat Ltd (DCBL), the flagship company of the Dalmia Bharat Group, has commenced operations at its greenfield cement plant in Belgaum district of Karnataka, Ind...
Semen Baturaja sales up by a quarter
Indonesia's state-owned cement producer PT Semen Baturaja Tbk has posted sales of over 600,000t so far this year, up 25 per cent from the same period last year, Reuters reporte...
Paraguay: INC continues operations during kiln repair
Industria Nacional de Cemento announced that it has sufficient clinker stock to continue operations for more than 30 days following technical issues at its kiln in Vallemi. It ...
Yanbu 2Q earnings rise to SAR246m
Saudi producer Yanbu Cement Co (YCC) posted SAR246m (US$66m) in net earnings for the second quarter of 2015, rising 2.07 per cent compared with SAR241m in the same period a yea...
ACC suspends Chaibasa mining operations, India
ACC Ltd has suspended limestone mining operations at its Chaibasa facility in Jharkhand as it awaits further clearances from the state government of Jharkhand. ''The limestone...
CRH facing €32m Swiss fine
CRH is facing a €32m a fine from the Swiss Competition Commission (Comco) following an investigation into the bathroom fixtures and fittings industry. In a statement released ...
UltraTech Cement non-executive director resigns
UltraTech Cement Ltd has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that Adesh Gupta, non-executive director has resigned from the Board of the Company with effect from 30 June 2015.
Verkhnebakanskiy Cement Works board elects chairman
The Board of Directors of Russia-based Verkhnebakanskiy Cement Works on 1 July 2015 elected Lev Kvetnoy as chairman of the Board.
US April shipments climb 4.1% YoY
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the USA and Puerto Rico in April 2015 rose by 4.1 per cent to around 7.7Mt, latest data from the USGS shows. Shipments for the...
Vietnam half-year sales rise to 34.16Mt
Vietnam’s cement sales rose six per cent YoY to 34.16Mt in the first half of this year, meeting 47.4 per cent of the year’s plan, the Vietnam Building Material Association unde...
Sanghi Industries to inaugurate new mill, India
Sanghi Industries has installed a new 1.2Mta grinding mill at its plant located in Sanghipuram, Kutch district, taking total capacity to 4.1Mta. The company now proposes to ...
CTP Sinto America receives Holcim (US) order
CTP Sinto America entered into a contract with Holcim (US) Inc to supply air pollution control equipment for reduction of emissions from one of the cement kilns at its Midlothi...
Pioneer Cement and CITIC sign agreement for WHR plant, Pakistan
Pioneer Cement has signed an agreement with CITIC Heavy Industries, China, to purchase a waste heat recovery (WHR) plant with a power generation capacity of 12MW. According to...
Vietnam: Hoang Trung Hai permitted to continue importing fly ash
Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister, Hoang Trung Hai, has agreed to allow Nghi Son Cement Corp to continue the pilot import of fly ash as material for its cement production. The d...
Birla Corp Ltd awaiting mining clearance ahead of joint venture project
Birla Corporation Ltd (BCL) said on Thursday said it is awaiting mining clearances from the Assam Mineral Development Corp (AMDC) to set up a joint venture in the state. The c...
West China Cement issues first-half profit warning
West China Cement Ltd said Wednesday it expects to record a "significant decrease" in net profit for the six months ended June compared with a year ago. The Hong Kong-listed c...
Sika acquires full control of Buzzi joint venture
Sika AG acquired the remaining shares of the Italian-based Addiment Italia from its joint venture partner Buzzi Unicem. The company is active in the production and sale of conc...
Successful start-up for Indonesia Baturaja EPC project
Semen Baturaja's 5000tpd clinker line, contracted to Sinoma-TCDRI, was successfully started up on 28 May 2015. The project is located in the Baturaja area of Sumatra, adjacent ...
CCNN earmarks NGN48bn for expansion project
The Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCCN), on Tuesday said it would invest NGN48bn (US$240m) into the ongoing modernisation of its facilities to double its production capac...
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