Ecocem awarded first self-handling stevedoring licence for Dublin Port
Ecocem has been issued the first self-handling stevedoring licence at Dublin Port where it operates a slag grinding facility. Conor O’Riain, managing director of Ecocem Irelan...
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US: increase in average kiln sizes
US kiln sizes increased over the 2010-13 period, according to the PCA’s 2013 Plant Information Summary. The latest summary highlights that the average kiln now is equipped wit...
China to halt output from three northeast provinces
China is to halt cement production in three northeast provinces to reduce winter emissions. The world’s largest cement producer will suspend 103 cement production lines from t...
Cemex to resume Tepeaca plant expansion
Cemex announced that it is to restart the expansion of its Tepeaca cement plant in Mexico having put the project on hold in 2008. The additional investment involves 4.4Mta of ...
Colombia’s October cement dispatches up 5.5%
Cement dispatches in Colombia saw a 5.5 per cent YoY expansion to 1.09Mt in October 2014, according to the latest data published by Dane, the country’s statistics office. Wh...
Buzzi Unicem finalises Uralcement acquisition
Buzzi Unicem, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Dyckerhoff GmbH, has completed the acquisition of a 100 per cent interest in Uralcement, Russia, from Lafarge. Uralcement is ...
Eagle Materials announces appointment of COO
Eagle Materials Inc has appointed Michael Haack as Chief Operating Officer (COO), reporting to Steve Rowley, president and CEO. “The COO position is a newly-created one in re...
Holcim Indonesia develops Educational Forest
Holcim Indonesia, in collaboration with the Bogor Institute of Agriculture, has jointly developed Holcim Educational Forest (HEF), a rehabilitated former quarry mining site cov...
China: joint venture formed to restructure Zhongxia Cement
Gezhouba Group Cement Co Ltd and Hubei Zhongxia Cement Company Ltd have signed an agreement to form a joint venture to restructure the assets and businesses of Zhongxia Cement....
Shiva April-Nov dispatches up 31% YoY
Shiva Cement's dispatches of cement and clinker from April-November 2014 were up by 31 per cent compared to the comparative period of the year before. Dispatches over the Apri...
Venezuela: Holcim receives final installment
Holcim today announced that the group has received the last compensation installment in connection with the nationalisation of Holcim Venezuela in 2008. Corporación Socialis...
Omani producers face hike in natural gas prices
Oman’s two leading cement producers are looking to mitigate the effects of an impending rise in natural gas prices which are expected to lead to an increase in the cost of ceme...
Egypt: Titan Cement selects Gebr Pfeiffer coal mill
Titan Cement has ordered a MPS 2800 BK vertical roller mill for coal from Gebr Pfeiffer SE for Line No 1 of its Beni Suef works in Egypt. The mill is designed for a finished pr...
Vietnam sales seen rising 4-7% in 2015
Vietnam's sales of cement and clinker are predicted to rise by 4-7 per cent next year to between 71-73Mt, according to estimates by the country’s Ministry of Construction (MoC)...
Dalmia Cement acquires full control of Bokaro Jaypee Cement
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd has acquired full control of Bokaro Jaypee Cement Ltd (BoJCL), following the purchase of the 26 per cent stake in the company it did not already own....
MPA: Cement Sustainability Report confirms carbon costs ‘harming the industry’
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) Cement on Friday published its 2013 Sustainable Development report which highlights the challenges the industry faces in remaining compet...
Pacific Cement looks to extend export reach
Pacific Cement Ltd is looking to new export markets in Australasia having been recognised for its efforts at the 2014 Westpac Prime Minister's Exporter of the Year Awards. Th...
Semen Indonesia CEO to head state oil & gas company
Dwi Soetjipto, president director of PT Semen Indonesia, has been appointed head of state oil and gas company PT Pertamina, according to reports in the Indonesian press. "As...
Cimpor African results improve 9M14
Cimpor's nine-month turnover declined by 1.6 per cent to EUR1952.2m and the EBITDA was off by 4.2 per cent to EUR461.1m as the Brazilian, Argentine and South African currencies...
Pakistan: Port Qasim PIBTL starts civil works
Civil works have started on the bulk cement handling project at Port Qasim of Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Ltd (PIBTL). Earlier this year, PIBTL awarded the PKR12.5b...
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