Taiheiyo Cement's Singapore additions
Taiheiyo Cement, which operates a cement terminal in Singapore through Singapore Cement Manufacturing (SCMC), a joint venture with Singapore-based Hong Leong Asia Ltd, announce...
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Lafarge expects modest Czech sales growth
Lafarge Cement sales rose by five per cent in 2004 to CZK965m (EUR35m) due in part to a revival of domestic construction activity. Profit from operations soared by 53 percen...
Mechel signs memorandum with Jidong Cement
Russian mining and metals company Mechel ОАО signed a coal supply memorandum with Chinese cement producer Jidong Cement. According to the signed memorandum, Mechel is due to ...
Spanish regulator expands cartel probe
Spanish competition watchdog, CNMC, has expanded its probe into concrete and cement producers on alleged cartel agreements. The regulator carried out inspections at the headq...
Slovenia: Lafarge to appeal Environment Agency decision
LafargeCement plans to appeal the decision by Slovenia's Environment Agency which rejected its request for an integrated pollution prevention and control permit for its plant c...
Pakistan increases duty on imported cement
Pakistan's Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar, has proposed a number of measures under Budget FY15-16 that will have a direct and indirect impact on the cement industry and which are ...
Polish cement production up 2.9 per cent YoY
Cement production in Poland increased by 2.9 per cent YoY to 1.62Mt in May, according to the country's cement association, SPC. Year-to-date production increased by 1.5 per c...
ARM Cement ratings affirmed, Kenya
Global Credit Ratings has today affirmed the national scale ratings assigned to Kenyan cement producer ARM Cement Ltd of A(KE) and A1(KE) in the long term and short term respec...
Addoha Group to build 0.5Mta Gabon works
Morocco’s Addoha Group announced plans to build a cement plant in Gabon’s capital, Libreville. The new EUR30m works will be operated through its CIMAF Gabon subsidiary. It will...
USA: Former Ash Grove chairman and president dies
Ash Grove Cement Company has announced that James P Sunderland, former company chairman and president, passed away on 27 May 2015. Mr Sunderland joined the Ash Grove Lime and ...
Kenya cement prices seen rising on weak shilling
Cement prices in Kenya are likely to rise due to a weak shilling which manufacturers say has increased spending on imported equipment and inputs, local press report. Cliinke...
Pakistan’s consumption up 8%, but exports fall
While Pakistan’s cement industry recorded strong domestic growth of 8.07 per cent in cement consumption during May, there was also a steep decline in exports and the sector is ...
Indonesia: Rembang plant on course for 2016 start-up
State-owned cement producer PT Semen Indonesia expects is Rembang cement plant, Central Java, to be completed in 2016. “By the end of 2016, the construction works are expected...
Sagar Cement rail line on track for July opening
India's Sagar Cement announced will commission its INR1200m (US$18.7m), 7km private railway line next month. This line will connect Sagar’s plant, near Matampally, in Nalgonda,...
Arawak Cement’s future hangs in the balance
Some 200 employees of Arawak Cement plant await the decision of a high-level team from parent company Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) on the future of the cement plant on based i...
Prosperity considers Anhui Chaodong transaction
Prosperity Minerals Investment Ltd (PMIL), a wholly-owned by Prosperity International, is contemplating a transaction involving Anhui Chaodong Cement Co Ltd (ACC), a company wh...
Dangote inaugurates Ethiopian cement plant
Dangote Cement has inaugurated its US$480m integrated cement works in Ethiopia in the presence of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. The new facility has a capacity of 2.5Mt...
RAM reaffirms Lafarge Malaysia ratings on strong business and financial profile
RAM Rating Services has reaffirmed the ratings of Lafarge Malaysia Bhd’s debt notes based on the strong business and financial profile. The ratings agency had on Thursday rea...
BMM seeks to raise US$33m from IFC
BMM Cements Ltd (BCL) is planning to raise US$33m (around INR2bn) from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to fund its turnaround, Business Standard of India reports. ...
Cemex announces projects with international organisations to protect natural sites
Cemex announced today a joint project with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the International Union for the Conservation of Natu...
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