PPC positive profit alert, South Africa
South Africa’s leading cement producer PPC said Friday it is likely to post higher profits in the six months to March this year. Headline earnings per share are likely to ris...
Cement industry news
Earlier cement industry news and analysis from International Cement Review's global newsroom.
Earlier news
Newest first
Turkish firm eyes Uganda investment
Turkish-owned tourism and trading company, Kolin Construction, has expressed interest in Uganda’s cement manufacturing industry, according to local press reports. East African...
Solidia’s CO2-curing technology for reduced water consumption
A white paper on water use in the global production of cement and concrete finds that a savings of 2bnt of water per year could be realised with the adoption of a patented proc...
Holcim's results boosted by mild winter in Europe
Holcim's first quarter turnover declined by 5.4 per cent to CHF4,088m (€3,342m), but on a like-for-like basis, there was a 7.8 per cent increase while measured in euros the tur...
ACC and Ambuja post diverging results, India
Holcim’s two Indian interests have posted contrasting results for the first quarter of 2014, with ACC’s profit down nine per cent while Ambuja Cement’s net climbs 6.6 per cent....
Lucky Cement 9MFY13-14 profit rises
Pakistan’s leading cement producer Lucky Cement reported a profit after tax for nine months of PKR8.185bn (US$83m), up 17.2 per cent YoY. Earnings per share (EPS) for the pe...
Dangote breaks ground on new Niger plant
Dangote Cement has broken ground on a new a 1Mta cement factory in Niger, state radio in the western African country announced on Thursday. President of Niger Mahamadou Issouf...
Tande's term as MD of East African Portland Cement extended, Kenya
Kephar Tande's term as managing director of East African Portland Cement Co (EAPCC) has been renewed for a further three years. Industrialization and Enterprise Development C...
Tenova TAKRAF Africa wins order for reverse pulse bagfilters for PPC plants
Tenova TAKRAF Africa has been awarded two contracts by South Africa’s leading cement producer, PPC, to supply reverse pulse bagfilters to replace existing electrostatic precip...
Gansu Qilianshan quarterly net loss widens, China
Gansu Qilianshan Cement Group Co Ltd saw its net loss widen to CNY84.94m in the first quarter of 2014, compared with a deficit of CNY73.63m in the corresponding period of 2013,...
HeidelbergCement Ukraine appoints two supervisory board members
HeidelbergCement Ukraine (Dnipropetrovsk region), has appointed two members of the supervisory board, according to a company statement. Wolfram Gaertner and Robert Breyer have...
UltraTech Cement quarterly profit rises 15% YoY
UltraTech Cement reported a 15 per cent rise in net profit of INR8.4bn (US$138m) for the first quarter of the year on cost control initiatives. The company said it saw contin...
Holcim to reorganise Obourg, Belgium
Holcim Belgique announced its plans to adapt the organisational structure of its Obourg cement works near Mons, a step which would affect 48 jobs. The company attributes the...
Siam Cement positive earnings outlook, Thailand
Siam Cement Plc is expected to post another strong quarterly performance, according to analysts at SCB Securities cited in reports by The Nation. First quarter net profit is ...
Groundbreaking for Zuari packing terminal, India
Zuari Cement on Tuesday held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 1Mta port-based cement-packing terminal at the Kochi port on the west coast of India. The unit is expected to beco...
Norton Rose Fulbright advises on Arabian Cement IPO in Egypt
Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright is acting as international transaction counsel for the announced Arabian Cement Company (ACC) initial public offering (IPO) in Egypt...
EC to investigate Cemex and Holcim Spanish deal
The European Commission said on Wednesday it is investigating plans by Cemex and Holcim over a Spanish deal because of competition issues. "The Commission has concerns that t...
Siam City double-digit rise in earnings and sales
Siam City Cement Co (SCCC) reported a double-digit rise in earnings and sales during the first quarter of 2014, as higher cement prices and increased exports help offset declin...
OCL commissions grinding unit, India
OCL India Ltd has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it has commissioned its cement grinding unit at Salboni, Medinipur, in the state of West Bengal. The new facility star...
Cemento Melón cuts investments to US$15m due to 10% sales decline
Chile’s Cemento Melón has seen sales drop by 10 per cent in the first quarter of 2014. "Earlier this year we estimated that we would at least maintain 2013 sales, but in the fi...
Stay Informed in this ever-changing landscape
Don't miss the latest cement industry updates. Subscribe to International Cement Review today!
