Semen Indonesia recognised for renewable energy efforts
Semen Indonesia has won an award from the country's Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry in recognition of its renewable energy efforts. PT Semen Indonesia group companies,...
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Sephaku Aganang works launches clinker production
Dangote subsidiary, Sephaku Cement (SepCem), launched clinker production at its integrated Aganang plant on 20 August 2014, the company confirmed in an operational update. This...
China Shanshui Cement 1H hit by lower prices
China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd announced its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2014 which saw softer demand and lower average selling prices dent prof...
Hungary: HCM needs help to relaunch cement production
Hungarian cement producer Hejocsabai Cement es Meszmu (HCM) will need government support to restart cement production at its Miskolc works, according to the company's managing ...
Taiwan Cement hikes prices 3.2%
Taiwan Cement announced a rise of cement prices in Guangdong and Guangxi, China, by CNY10 (US$1.63)/t or 3.2 per cent to CNY320/t. The company said that as the China market ...
TCL shareholders axe old board
Six directors have resigned from the board of Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) in a meeting held in Port-of-Spain on Tuesday following a dramatic compulsory meeting of shareholders fe...
Holcim to reduce its global data centres to 4
Holcim is planning to reduce its global data centres from 10 to four, expecting to save over US$20m in the move. IBM, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Wipro and NIIT Technol...
Venezuela government to centralise cement plant administration
The Venezuelan government is currently looking at plans to unify the administration of the cement works owned by Corporación Socialista del Cemento (CSC). At present, while the...
FLSmidth wins DR Congo plant project
FLSmidth has won a contract worth EUR68m from Nyumba Ya Akiba SARL to supply a complete package of equipment and engineering for a greenfield cement plant in the Democratic Rep...
Fauji Cement full-year net profit rises 27% YoY
Pakistan-based producer Fauji Cement reported a net profit of PKR2.39bn (US$23.7m) for the fiscal ending 30 June 2014, up 27 per cent YoY compared to PKR1.88bn in the year befo...
Moody's: WCC results in line with expectations
Moody's Investors Service says that West China Cement Ltd's (WCC) first-half results are in line with Moody's expectations. As a result, WCC's B1 corporate family and senior un...
Venezuela: state companies to restrict cement sales
Venezuela's state cement companies have started to regulate the sales of cement. Building companies can only buy cement from plants near their building sites. Due to the decli...
Exshaw achieves environmental milestone
Lafarge Canada Inc announced its cement plant in Exshaw, Alberta, has met its target to reduce emissions of dust, sulphur dioxide (SO 2 ) and oxides of nitrogen (NO x ) from it...
Chile's Cementos Bío Bío restructures Corpbanca and BCI loan
Chilean cement producer Cementos Bío Bío has reached a finance agreement with Corpbanca and BCI to restructure a loan taken out in August 2012. The CLP120bn (US$206m) loan h...
Saudi imports 3.1Mt in past nine months
Saudi Arabia imported some 3.1Mt of cement in the past nine months valued at SAR750m, according to a financial report quoting data released by Customs Department. The rise is ...
Holcim plans service centre in Slovakia
Holcim is considering the creation of a European service centre in Kosice, Slovakia. The "Shared Service Center" will deliver services to 16 countries, excluding the UK, accord...
FLSmidth selected as supplier for Holcim (US) Ada modernisation
FLSmidth has been selected to supply the major equipment pieces needed as Holcim (US) looks to modernise its Ada, Oklahoma, plant. The modernisation of the pyroprocess is exp...
TCL second-quarter revenue up 9%
Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) saw second-quarter revenue rise by nine per cent to TTD560m (US$88.3m) as demand remained strong in key markets. EBITDA and non-recurring charges clim...
Vicem cement output rises 4.7% YoY
State-owned Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem), the country’s leading cement producer, produced 10.24Mt of cement in the first seven months of this year, rising 4.7 pe...
Lafarge Zambia considers review of headcount
Lafarge Zambia is considering reducing its workforce of 670 employees by around 30 per cent, according to a memorandum circulated by a group of unionised workers. A sales rep...
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