India: AP producers set to receive state spending boost
Cement companies based in the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh (AP) are to receive a boost from the state government's plans to procure more than 2Mt of cement this year fo...
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CMS sees strong start to the year, Malaysia
Caha Mata Sarawak Bhd (CMS) reported a total revenue of MYR491m (US$132.3m) for the first quarter of 2015, an increase of 32 per cent from MYR373.24m a year earlier. Pretax pro...
Dangote Cement planning Asian market entry
Dangote Cement is reportedly planning to enter the Asian cement market with the construction of a cement plant in Nepal. Quoting Aliko Dangote, Bloomberg reported that Dangot...
Wonder Cement plans capacity expansion, India
Wonder Cement Ltd plans to increase capacity to 10Mta in the next five years from the present 3.25Mta. "We have 3.25Mta cement manufacturing capacity at our Bhatkotri village ...
USA: Port of San Diego, Mitsubishi Cement Corp sign conditional agreement
As part of strategic efforts to increase cargo business at the Port of San Diego, the port has entered into a conditional agreement with Mitsubishi Cement Corporation (MCC) for...
ACC resumes limestone mining operations at Bargarh, India
ACC Ltd informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it has resumed limestone mining operations at Bargarh in Odisha state after about nine months. "The Company has resumed limes...
Egypt: Arabian Cement launches social start-up programme
Arabian Cement Company (ACC) announced the launch of its social start-up programme, “Khaleeha Suessi”, helped by Nahdet El Mahrousa (NM), an incubator of early-stage social en...
CEMBUREAU elects new President and Vice President
Daniel Gauthier, CEO Western Europe-Africa and Member of the Managing Board of HeidelbergCement, has been elected as President of CEMBUREAU for a two-year term at the Associati...
Peru: cement sales fall 8.4% in May
Cement dispatches in Peru fell by 8.4 per cent YoY in May to 779,000t, reflecting an accelerating contraction of the domestic market, according to cement association Asocem. In...
US: preliminary April 2015 shipments
Portland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico in April 2015 amounted to 7.669Mt, preliminary data from the USGS shows. Imports accounted for 776,781t of total...
Recalled Nestlé 'Maggi' noodles reused as alternative fuel at five Indian cement plants
Some 27,420t, of Nestlé's Maggi noodles has been recalled in India and is now being used as an alternative fuel at five Indian cement plants. Nestlé said that the recall proces...
Hope Partnership Agreement launched, UK
Union representatives have joined with Hope Construction Materials to launch an agreement which will bring benefits to 200 colleagues working at the Hope Works in the UK, the c...
CCCL secures highway stabilisation contract, Jamaica
Caribbean Cement Company Ltd (CCCL) has secured a deal to supply cement for use in stabilisation of a 46km stretch of the north-south leg of Highway 2000, which is currently un...
Lafarge to buy out Baring stake in Indian unit
As part of the implementation in India of its planned merger with Holcim - and subject to its completion - Lafarge has signed an agreement to acquire the 14 per cent stake held...
Spain: domestic cement market growth slows to 5%
The Spanish cement market saw its growth decelerate from 13 per cent in April to 5.4 per cent in May 2015, with 1,023,326t shipped to domestic customers, according to the lates...
UK construction output update
Construction output in the UK increased by 1.5 per cent in April 2015 compared to the year before, marking the 23rd consecutive month of YoY growth but at the weakest rate sinc...
Dalmia Cement increases exports to Sri Lanka
Dalmia Cement is increasing its exports to Sri Lanka through channel partner Smart Dragon Lanka Pvt Ltd, the company said in a statement. Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd curren...
Ashaka impacted by insurgency, lengthy rainy season
Nigeria-based Ashaka Cement Plc’s first-quarter profit fell by 53.54 per cent to NGN889.01m (US$4.5m) in the first three months of this year as insurgency disrupted operations ...
Cemex invests GBP1m in new concrete plant
Cemex has invested GBP1m in a new concrete plant at its existing site in Leeds, UK. Cemex demolished the old plant in January 2015 after 63 years of operations. The new plant ...
Indonesian monthly consumption declines by 7.9%
Indonesian consumption remained weak in May, declining by nearly eight per cent, latest data from the Indonesia Cement Association shows. Cement demand fell by 7.9 per cent ...
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