TCL Group plans delisting
In the midst of a major debt restructuring exercise, Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) has announced that it could delist from the Barbados Stock Exchange (BSE), the Eastern Caribbean ...
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TCDRI signs contract for Semen Baturaja 5000tpd project
TCDRI and PT Semen Baturaja Persero TBK have signed an EPC contract for a 5000tpd clinker and cement production line project in Indonesia. State-owned Semen Baturaja current...
Buzzi hosts Missouri delegation at company HQ
At the end of March, Buzzi Unicem hosted a delegation of public officials and entrepreneurs from Missouri, led by state governor Jay Nixon. The governor was accompanied by Mik...
Fitch withdraws Societe des Ciments d'Enfidha ratings, Tunisia
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Tunisian building materials group Societe des Ciments d'Enfidha (SCE) National Long-term rating of 'BBB(tun)' with Stable Outlook and National Short-...
CBMI signs EPC contract for PPC line
CBMI has signed a 3000tpd clinker production line EPC contract with PPC, marking the first collaboration between the two companies. The new kiln line 9 project will be locat...
Lafarge Africa partners PINE to rebuild North East Nigeria
Lafarge Africa Plc has launched a partnership with the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) on the rehabilitation and rebuilding of the region’s economy following ...
Algeria heading towards self-sufficiency
Algeria is moving towards "self-sufficiency in cement and steel products thanks to the new facilities to be operational in the short term," Minister of Industry and Mines, Abde...
HeidelbergCement India clarifies reports on Jaiprakash talks
HeidelbergCement has sought to clarify a report by the Financial Express (India) which stated that the cement producer is in advanced talks to purchase Jaiprakash's Sikandaraba...
Government of India transfers environment clearance of 19 coal blocks
The government of India has so far transferred the environment clearance (EC) of 19 coal blocks out of a total of 29 approved mines from the previous allottees to new successfu...
CCNN to increase power generation capacity, Nigeria
The Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) is to build an additional power plant to enable it to self-sufficiently supply its plant near Sokoto in the northwest of the Afri...
Pakistan: Dewan Cement restructuring debt
Dewan Cement Ltd (DCL) has taken steps to ease debt burden and improve production efficiency. According to a local brokerage house, the company has taken the first step in c...
Moody's reviews West China Cement's B1 ratings
Moody's Investors Service has put West China Cement Limited (WCC) B1 corporate family and senior unsecured debt ratings under review for upgrade. On 19 June 2015, WCC announce...
Lafarge opens new Maldives silo
Lafarge has opened a 4000t cement silo in Thilafushi, Maldives, taking total capacity to 9000t. The new facility was opened up by Minister of Economic Development Mohamed Saeed...
SPCC to launch second production line, Saudi Arabia
Southern Province Cement Co (SPCC) is likely to launch the second production line at Bishah cement plant in December, said CEO Safar Dhaffir. The 5000tpd line is established ...
HeidelbergCement reportedly in talks for Jaiprakash unit
HeidelbergCement is reportedly in talks to buy Jaiprakash’s Sikandarabad unit in Uttar Pradesh, according to local media. “Heidelberg is in advanced stages of negotiations wit...
West China Cement issues Conch International HK$1.53bn worth of shares
West China Cement said Friday that it will issue HKD1.53bn (US$197.4m) worth of shares to to Conch International Holding, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anhui Conch Cement Compan...
Irish competition watchdog to go to High Court as part of cement industry investigation
Ireland’s Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) will go to the High Court next month as part of its probe into alleged anti-competitive practices in the cement ...
Indonesian president caps cement prices during peak periods
Indonesia's president has signed a decree allowing the government to cap prices of cement, staple foods and other basic goods during peak periods, a presidential spokesman said...
Bénédicte de Bonnechose is Lafarge France’s new MD
Bénédicte de Bonnechose is Lafarge France’s new managing director, following in the footsteps of Pascal Casanova, who moves to the LafargeHolcim Executive Committee. Since 19...
Hope Construction Materials supplies Scottish wind farm, UK
Hope Construction Materials, Britain’s leading independent concrete producer has just completed the supply of almost 12,000m3 of ready-mixed concrete to a new Scottish wind far...
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