Indonesia sales growth slows in first six months
Indonesian cement sales growth has slowed in the first six months of the year, leading to concerns that the country may miss its full year target. For the six months to the ...
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European Commission objects to Spanish deal
The European Commission, the antitrust regulator in Europe, has objected to plans by Cemex to acquire Spanish units held by Holcim. In August last year the two cement majors...
Diamond Cement’s new Congo works on track for 2Q15 start
The construction of Diamond Cement’s plant in Mindouli in the Republic of Congo is now around 40 per cent complete and is on-track for completion in the second quarter of 2015....
Iran first-quarter exports exceed 5Mt
Iran exported over 5.07Mt of cement and clinker during the first quarter of the Iranian year, according to local news reports. In the third Iranian calendar month of Khordad (...
Tvornica Cementa Kakanj environmental upgrade investment
Bosnia-based producer Tvornica Cementa Kakanj plans to invest BAM20m (EUR10.225m) to upgrade its facilities and improve its environmental performance. The investment covers the...
Ciments Calcia opens new distribution centre in Paris
Ciments Calcia opened a new distribution centre in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France, on 4 July 2014, designed by Vib Architecture. The centre consists of two 20m dia ...
Lafarge expansion to upset Dangote Cement plans?
Lafarge Wapco’s shareholders have approved the merger between the Nigerian unit of French cement maker Lafarge, Lafarge Wapco, and its wholly-owned South African subsidiary. Th...
Yamama Cement sees June deliveries decline
Yamama Cement's June domestic deliveries reached 484,000t, a 5.5 per cent decline MoM and a 17.7 per cent YoY fall, according to NBK Capital. However, this figure was in line w...
Philippines: Manila firm eyes plant in Cebu town
Explorations have begun for the establishment of a cement plant in the southwestern Cebu town of Pinamungahan in The Philippines. Glenn Baricuatro, Pinamungajan mayor, said t...
India: Shree's Aurangabad plant begins commercial operations
Shree Cement has commissioned 2Mta grinding capacity at Aurangabad in Bihar and informed the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on 10 July that the plant was now in commercial operati...
Kazakhstan: Steppe Cement improves 1H14 sales
Kazakh cement producer Steppe Cement Ltd reported cement sales of 709,459t for KZT9125m (US$49.7m) in 1H14 which compares with 564,440t of cement for KZT8165m in the 1H13. This...
Vietnam: Long Son Cement project could get go ahead
Vietnamese deputy prime minister, Hoang Trung Hai, is considering a proposal from the Ministry of Construction to add the Long Son cement project in the central province of Tha...
The Philippines: Iloilo infrastructure projects run out of cement
Shipment delays as well as simultaneous infrastructure projects in Iloilo and other provinces have led to a shortage of cement in Western Visayas, Philippines. Wilhelm M Mal...
Pakistan: locals demand share in Lucky Cement plant project
At a district chapter meeting for the Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) activists and office-bearers of Begukhel, Samandi and Darra Tang union councils have called for royalty shares in ...
India: CMA seeks fairer taxes for cement
The Indian Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA) has requested in its pre-budget memorandum 2014-15 that cement be stipulated as 'Declared Goods', so that it is put on an equa...
Sinoma International secures Egyptian turnkey project
China National Materials Company Limited's (CNBM) subsidiary Sinoma International Engineering has won a turnkey contract for two new cement 5775tpd kiln lines with the Ministry...
Mexico: Cementos Fortaleza inaugurates new plant
Cementos Fortaleza’s new 1Mta greenfield plant in Santiago de Anaya, Hidalgo, Mexico, has been inaugurated. The official launch took place in the presence of Elementia presid...
Zambia: government backs low-cost cement
A government minister in Zambia has commended the efforts of Zambezi Portland Cement to launch a new lower-cost cement and has asked other domestic cement producers to work on ...
Namibia: Ohorongo cement fights back against Chinese importers
Namibia's Ohorongo Cement plant, part of the German-based Schwenk Zement KG, is battling to beat off Chinese cement imports. Plant manager, Gerhard Hirth, said imports from...
Kenya: Holcim won't buy out Bamburi Cement
Holcim said it has no intention of making a takeover offer for Bamburi Cement Ltd in Kenya if competition regulators allow its planned merger with Lafarge SA, Bloomberg reports...
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