SibCem unit sees full-year output ahead, Russia
Output at Krasnoyarsk Cement, part of Siberian Cement (SibCem), is expected to have edged ahead by 1.32 per cent YoY to 922,000t in 2014 versus the 910,000t produced a year ear...
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Ecuador monthly cement sales update
Ecuador cement sales registered a double-digit monthly decline during November 2014, latest data from Ecuador cement association Inecyc shows. Sales during November were do...
Hungary: Magyarország plant invests in alternative fuels storage facility
Lafarge Cement Magyarország opened a storage facility for waste that will be used to help fuel its plant in Királyegyháza, southwestern Hungary. The project, involving an in...
JK Lakshmi commissions Chattisgarh works, India
JK Lakshmi Cement has commissioned its cement plant in Chhattisgarh and is now looking to serve eastern Indian states from the 3.5Mta works. The integrated plant, situated in ...
Sumanta Pandit appointed CEO of Holcim (Bangladesh)
Sumanta Pandit has recently been appointed chief executive officer of Holcim (Bangladesh). Mr Pandit joins the company from Emirates Cement, a subsidiary or India's UltraTech...
Suez Cement completes coal trials at Katameya plant
Suez Cement has completed the trial period of using coal to run its Katameya factory and it is now the main source of fuel at the Egypt-based factory, chairman Omar Mohanna ann...
Ashaka board recommends Lafarge buy-out offer to minority shareholders
The board of directors of Ashaka Cement has advised minority shareholders to accept the buy-out mandatory tender offer (MTO) by Lafarge Africa. Lafarge Africa has offered to...
Greenfield plant in Turkmenistan announced
Turkmenistan plans to build a 1Mta cement plant in the Koytendag region of the Lebap province, the country's industry ministry has said. The plan comes under the 'Program fo...
India Cements board approves funding proposal
The Board of India Cements has approved a proposal to raise INR500 crore through qualified institutional placements or foreign currency convertible bonds to meet capital expend...
Holcim and Lafarge select future executive committee
Holcim and Lafarge have selected the future executive committee to head the combined company after completion of the merger. In the new set-up, Bruno Lafont, as CEO, will head ...
HeidelbergCement to sell its North American and UK Building Products Business
HeidelbergCement announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with an American affiliate of Lone Star Funds to sell its North American (excluding Western Canada) a...
UltraTech Board approves Jaiprakash Associates MP acquisition
The Board of Directors of UltraTech have approved in principle the acquisition of the Madhya Pradesh assets of Jaiprakash Associates Ltd, which represents an entreprise value o...
Savannah Cement confirms KES18bn investment in grinding unit
Kenya’s Savannah Cement confirmed plans to invest more than KES18bn (US$199m) in its second high-efficiency milling unit to meet the growing demand in the Kenyan market. The ne...
India: CMA calls for lower tax on cement
India’s Cement Manufacturers Association has urged the government to lower the overall tax on cement by 20-25 per cent. In a pre-Budget representation, the industry body sai...
Lafarge Tarmac’s Cauldon cement plant reports 500 days of zero harm
LafargeTarmac’s Cauldon cement works is marking a record 500 days of zero harm. It follows the factory celebrating five years with no lost time injuries (LTIs) and its quarry b...
Ibeto and Nigercem ownership dispute rages on
The Ebonyi State Government in Nigeria has warned the Ibeto Cement Company over an alleged illegal entry into the premises of Nigercem cement premises located at Nkalagu. The ...
Colombia: FLSmidth to supply 2800tpd Cemex line
FLSmidth has been awarded the contract to supply a 2800tpd cement line for Cemex’s new Cementera del Magdalena Media cement plant in Antioquia, Colombia. The contract include...
Dangote raises cement price
Reversing a November price cut, Dangote Cement increased the price of its product to NGN2200/50kg bag. The new VAT-exclusive prices will see distributors pay NGN1645-1655/bag f...
US consumption growth 4.2% in 2013
US cement consumption growth reached 4.2 per cent in 2013, according to the latest assessment of the sector by the Portland Cement Association (PCA). In its publication en...
World Bank expected to provide US$200m for Vietnam WHR systems
The World Bank is expected to provide US$200m for Vietnam's cement companies to invest in technology to collect heat from their kilns to generate power, according to the Vietna...
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