McInnis Cement and ACF - St Elzear sign biomass agreement
McInnis Cement and the Forestry Cooperative Association- St Elzear (ACF- St Elzear ) have signed a cooperative agreement to study the feasibility of using forest biomass as ...
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Qalaa Holdings to boost output of Al Takamol plant, Sudan
Egyptian-based Qalaa Holdings is to boost output of the Al Takamol cement plant in Sudan to 800,000t in 2016. Abdalla ElEbiary, MD of Qalaa, said last week that it plans to e...
South Africa: Sephaku revenue up 36%
Dangote-backed Sephaku Cement said on Friday that its revenue for the year ended March rose by 36 per cent as EBITDA increased by 39 per cent to ZAR139m (US$10.2m). Operating p...
Steppe Cement announces appointment of non-executive director
Steppe Cement Ltd announced the appointment of Xavier Marcel Hervé Blutel - Guilloud de Courbeville to its Board of Directors, with immediate effect, as a non-executive directo...
New order for Loesche cement mill in Mexico
Cementos Moctezuma has selected Loesche’s LM 53.3+3 C cement mill, including COPE gearbox, to increase production capacity at its plant in Apazapan, Mexico. Loesche LM ...
Semen Indonesia lowers prices amid increased competition, weaker demand
Semen Indonesia, the country's largest cement producer, has reduced cement selling prices by around 10 per cent this year and is looking to increase exports against a backdrop ...
Philippines: Pasig City launches new RDF facility
The Pasig City government on Wednesday inaugurated a new refuse-derived fuel facility (RDF) which will supply alternative fuels to local cement plants including those of Lafarg...
Fitch puts China Shanshui Cement ratings on Negative Watch
Fitch Ratings has affirmed China Shanshui Cement Group Limited's (Shanshui) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and senior unsecured ratings of 'B+'. The agency has also put ...
Qalaa Holdings to focus on core subsidiaries, including cement
Qalaa Holdings has signed a set of agreements with Financial Holdings International (FHI), one of Qalaa’s major co-investors, through which Qalaa will acquire from FHI additi...
Ujjwal Batria appointed as Lafarge India CEO
Lafarge has appointed Ujjwal Batria as the India CEO effective 22 June 2015. Mr Batria takes over the responsibility from Martin Kriegner who has been appointed future Area Man...
British Precast presents Best Practice Awards
British Precast held its Annual Black-Tie Dinner on 24 June at the Leicester Marriott Hotel, UK. Supported by Cemex, the event brought the industry together for an evening of e...
Construction output up 0.3% in euro area
In April 2015 seasonally-adjusted production in the construction sector rose by 0.3 per cent in the euro area (EA19) and fell by 0.3 per cent in the EU28 compared to the previo...
Medcem to invest in 3Mta works in north Colombia
Turkish cement producer Medcem plans to built a 3Mta works in the north of Colombia, according to local press reports. The US$50m plant will be constructed in the Free Economic...
Loesche LM 56.3+3 vertical roller mill for new Turkish cement plant
Biberci Insaat has ordered a Loesche LM 56.3+3 clinker grinding VRM for a new cement plant in Konya, in the central Anatolia region of Turkey. The company, which specia...
Fitch revises West China Cement's Outlook to Stable, affirms 'BB-' Ratings
Fitch Ratings has revised West China Cement Limited's (WCC) Outlook from Negative to Stable. Its Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR), senior unsecured and bonds ratings have ...
Limak Holdings eyes Mozambique entry
Turkish conglomerate Limak Holding says it will invest US$150m in a 2Mta cement factory in Mozambique. Limak chairperson, Nihat Ozdemir, said his firm would create least 500 ...
American Starlinger-Sahm Inc moves into new HQ
American Starlinger-Sahm Inc has completed the move into its new North American headquarters. Located in Fountain Inn, South Carolina, the facility consists of a machine exhibi...
New managing director at Unicon A/S
Søren Holm Christensen, finance director in the Nordic and Baltic region of Cementir Holding, has been appointed managing director for its subsidiary, Unicon A/S in Denmark, as...
Cimpor announces construction of new Mozambique cement plant
Cimpor subsidiary Cimentos de Moçambique announced yesterday it commenced the process of building a new integrated cement plant in Nacala, situated on the northern coast of...
Cementos Portland in EUR200m capital increase
The shareholders of Spain's Cementos Portland have approved a EUR200m increase in the Spanish cement producer’s capital to strengthen its balance and reduce its debt. Cements...
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