Spenner Zement commissions slag cement mill
Spenner Zement has started production of slag cement from its new blastfurnace slag grinding plant at Hüttenheim, Germany. At the end of February, the first truck with blastfur...
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Bamburi relaunches Powercrete, Kenya
Lafarge’s Kenyan subsidiary Bamburi Cement has announced it will relaunch its Powercrete cement for use in large infrastructure works and in the private and public sector. T...
Peruvian domestic dispatches stable
Cement dispatches in Peru edged up 0.14 per cent in Jan-Feb 2014 to 1,639,454t when compared with the equivalent period of the previous year, according to Peru’s cement associa...
Ecebol opens tenders for Oruro project, Bolivia
Empreso Pública Productiva Cementos de Bolivia (Ecebol) has opened the tenders for the design, equipment supply, construction and commissioning for its greenfield Oruro cement ...
Morocco: February cement sales slip 5.4%
Moroccan cement sales decreased by 5.4 per cent in February, resulting in a drop of 9.1 per cent in the first two months of 2014, according to the country’s Ministry of Finance...
Misr Beni Suef revenues boosted by higher prices
Misr Beni Suef Cement (MBSC) saw a 20 per cent rise in revenues in 2013 to EGP1.32bn (US$189.6m) as higher cement prices compensated for lower volumes. Total sales volumes d...
Iran cement prices set to increase
Iranian cement prices are set to increase by 14-21 per cent in the next Iranian calendar year (starting 21 March 2014), local press have reported. The Iran Cement Producers A...
Cemex supports Typhoon Haiyan reconstruction efforts, Philippines
Cemex’s global internal fundraising campaign raised US$500,000 in donations from its employees and the company’s two-to-one matching contribution. In the wake of Typhoon Haiya...
HeidelbergCement Supervisory Board extends Dr Scheifele and Dr Nägar agreements, Germany
The Supervisory Board of HeidelbergCement has decided to extend the Managing Board agreements of Dr Bernd Scheifele, chairman of the Managing Board, and Dr Lorenz Nägar, chief ...
Fujian full-year net profit declines
Fujian Cement earned a net profit of CNY19.05m (US$3.074m) in 2013, a YoY decline of 30.38 per cent. Operating revenue rose by 12.4 per cent YoY to CNY1.82bn. The company at...
Port-Daniel project spurs creation of advocacy group, Canada
The British Columbia government's recent announcement of a massive investment of public funds in a new cement plant project in Port-Daniel-Gascons has spurred the creation of a...
Hope Construction Materials calls for UK stimulus measures
Ahead of the UK Budget announcement tomorrow, the chairman of the country’s leading independent cement producer is calling on the government to stimulate demand to ensure susta...
Brazilian Jan-Feb sales ahead YoY
Brazilian cement sales in the first two months of 2014 increased by 8.7 per cent to 11.5Mt. Based on the number of days worked, the increase was four per cent YoY. In February...
UBS raises China Resources target price, maintains ‘buy’ rating
UBS has raised its target price for China Resources Cement to HK$7.3 from HK$6 and maintained its ‘buy’ rating. The research house expects the South China cement market to r...
Saudi Cement to retire three kiln lines
Saudi Cement Co (SCC) is to permanently cease of operations of three kiln lines Hofuf plant due to their age, higher operating costs and lower environmental efficiency. The co...
CIMA launches alternative fuels system, Malaysia
Cement Industries of Malaysia (CIMA) has installed an alternative fuels combustion system from Japan’s Taiheiyo Engineering Corp (TEC) to enable it to use tyres and biomass as ...
SCG Myanmar plant scheduled for 2016 completion
Construction of Siam Cement Group’s (SCG) new 2Mta plant in Myanmar is progressing well with completion is scheduled for 2016, Chana Poomee, country director of SCG in Myanmar,...
Indonesia February cement sales advance
Indonesian cement sales rose 2.7 per cent last month to 4.4Mt from a year earlier, state-owned Semen Indonesia announced, citing data from Indonesia Cement Association (ASI). ...
Honduran authorities to monitor cement prices
The Secretariat of Economic Development in Honduras announced it will be monitoring cement prices to protect consumers in San Pedro Sula, northern Honduras. Miguel Angel Bon...
Hi-Bond Cement to set up Rajasthan works, India
Hi-Bond Cement plans to set up a greenfield plant in the state of Rajasthan to tap the north Indian market. The company has approached the Rajasthan government with a proposal...
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