Eurocement and Sberbank sign agreement
Eurocement Group and Sberbank of Russia have signed a cooperation agreement to secure funding for the construction of new plants in Russia. The agreement was signed by Filare...
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Mangalam starts production at Rajasthan unit, India
Mangalam Cement, part of the BK Birla Group, has started commercial production at its new cement mill in Adityanagar Morak, District Kota, Rajasthan. The 1.25Mta mill has comp...
Lehigh proposes new fly ash terminal, Canada
Lehigh Inland Cement Company is proposing to construct and operate a fly ash terminal in Saskatchewan on land owned by Canadian National Railway Company (CN). The project in...
Rustavi modernisation project complete, Georgia
HeidelbergCement has completed the modernisation of its plant in Rustavi, Georgia, according to local press reports. “Separator of latest generation was put into operation at...
Cemex releases 2013 Sustainability Report
Cemex has released its 2013 Sustainable Development Report, which shows significant progress in major priority areas that align with the challenges of increasing urban popula...
Lafarge sells Ecuador operations
Lafarge announced the sale of its cement operations in Ecuador for an enterprise value of US$553m to Union Andina de Cementos SAA (UNACEM). Lafarge Cementos SA operates an in...
FLSmidth Ventomatic consolidates its presence in the minerals and chemical industries
FLSmidth Ventomatic SpA (Ventomatic) has strengthened its position in the minerals and chemical industries through the consolidation of partnerships with two Italian companies,...
New Supervisory Board of KHD elected
At yesterday's Annual General Meeting the shareholders of KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG (KHD) passed a resolution to reduce the number of Supervisory Board members to thr...
Pakistan exports decline in 10MFY13-14
Pakistan export volumes and revenues have continued to decline in the first 10 months of the current fiscal, mainly due to a decline in shipments to Afghanistan. On a more posi...
Padang begins construction of Indarung VI
PT Semen Padang, part of the Semen Indonesia group of companies, has launched construction of Line No 6 at its plant in Indarung, just outside the city of Padang in West Sumatr...
India Cements post fourth-quarter loss
India Cements has swung to a loss in the final quarter of the current fiscal compared to a profit last year on weak demand and overcapacity in southern markets. The Chennai-b...
Lafarge Republic expansion on track for 1H15 completion
Lafarge Republic is on track to launch new mills at its Teresa and Norzagaray cement plants in the first half of next year, its president has said. "For 2015, Lafarge Republi...
Egypt: Cemex signs new partnership with United Nations World Food Program
Cemex in Egypt has given an additional donation to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) to support its Food-for-Education program in Assiut governorate which will benefi...
Habesha secures 60-year mining license, Ethiopia
Ethiopia-based producer Habesha Cement has acquired a mining license from the Ministry of Mines (MoM), according to reports by Fortune. The agreement gives Habesha the right t...
Argentina: Cementos Avellaneda to double capacity
Cementos Avellaneda plans to invest US$100m at its La Calera works in San Luis to double its production, according to CEO Miguel De Anquin. The expansion is expected to supp...
US March cement shipments rise 6% YoY
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in March 2014 rose by nearly six per cent YoY to 6.1Mt, latest data from the USGS show. Shi...
Colombia’s 2013 grey cement production reaches 11.2Mta
Around 11.2Mta of grey cement was produced in Colombia in 2013, mainly due to a boost in the market from social housing construction, according to DANE, the national statistics...
Deutsche Bank lowers China demand forecast
According to the latest research report by Deutsche Bank, cement demand forecast was lowered to 4.5 per cent, due to the recent slowdown in the real estate market in China. How...
India Cements to merge with subsidiary
India Cements is planning to merge with its subsidiary Trinetra Cement to consolidate its operations. N Srinivasan, vice chairman and managing director of India Cements, said ...
China: Northern Cement to issue CNY1bn bills
Northern Cement Co announced Tuesday that it would issue CNY1bn (US$160m) worth of 365-day bills on 4 June 2014. The money raised will be used to repay bank loans and replenish...
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