Iran sees 38.5% rise in exports in first 10 months
Iran exported 15.789Mt of cement and clinker in the first 10 months of the Iranian calendar, showing 38.5 per cent growth compared with the same period in the previous year, Mi...
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Pakistan association calls for intervention on BIS renewals
The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) chairman Mohammad Ali Tabba has urged the Indian high commissioner to intervene regarding the renewal of Bureau of Ind...
Tunisia: Geometrica supplies bulk storage structures to Carthage Cement
Geometrica supplied three bulk storage structures for Carthage Cement’s Djebel Ressas cement works, Tunisia’s largest and newest cement facility. The 5800tpd plant was comple...
US full-year shipments reach 82Mt – preliminary data
Total shipments of blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico in 2013 including imports reached 82Mt, preliminary data from the USGS show. Domestic shipments were 75.624Mt while...
FLSmidth swings to full-year loss, Denmark
FLSmidth reported its first full-year net loss for over a decade and saw cement orders fall by 26 per cent despite a strong increase in the final quarter. The Denmark-based eq...
CIMAF to build plant in Congo
Morocco’s Ciment d’Afrique (CIMAF) plans to build a cement works in Kouilou, in the south of the Republic of Congo. The new plant, with undisclosed capacity, represents and ...
Thailand: Siam City Cement anticipates flat domestic demand in 2014
Siam City Cement Co (SCCC) posted flat volumes in the fourth quarter of last year and expects demand to remain subdued during 2014 due to the postponement of infrastructure and...
Saudi sales slowdown continues through Jan
The slowdown in Saudi Arabian cement sales continued in January 2014, falling short of analysts expectations. Cement deliveries amounted to 4.62Mt in the first month of the ...
Pakistan: DG Khan second-quarter profit rises
DG Khan, one of Pakistan's leading cement producers, posted a 14 per cent YoY rise in profit during 2QFY14 to PKR1.61bn but higher power costs affect gross margins. Earnings...
Early stages of work at Holcim Timaru terminal underway
The early stages of work are underway at the site of a proposed 30,000t cement terminal in Timaru, New Zealand. Holcim New Zealand confirmed its plans to build an import fac...
Lafarge Tarmac wins Marketing Excellence Award
Lafarge Tarmac take home a top prize at the Marketing Excellence Awards hosted by the Chartered Institute for Marketing in London. Its popular resealable tubs range, a hit...
Cemex confident on medium-term goals
Cemex remains confident that it is on track to meet its medium-term EBITDA goal as it continues to capture the full potential from its existing portfolio to improve profitabili...
Iran cement output reaches 58.26Mt in first 10 months
Iran produced 58.26Mt of cement in the first 10 months of the Iranian calendar while clinker output totaled 60.64Mt, according to Abdolreza Sheikhan, Secretary of Iran's Cement...
Loesche to supply Saudi Arabia with first VRMs for cement grinding
Loesche is to supply the first vertical roller mills for cement grinding in Saudi Arabia having secured an order from Southern Province Cement Co (SPCC) for a new brownfield pr...
Oman: Raysut Cement's profit rises on higher demand
Oman’s largest cement producer, Raysut Cement, achieved a 12.6 per cent growth in net profit in 2013 to OMR27.62m (US$71.73m), on the back of higher domestic demand. Revenue r...
ARM optimistic on Kitui plant construction start, Kenya
Kenyan producer ARM Cement is getting closer to launching construction of a US$400m plant in Kitui County, the company’s managing director has said. Pradeep Paunrana told loca...
Vietnam export sales hit new high
Ministry of Construction (MoC), said cement output in 2013 hit 70Mt while sales rose 14 per cent YoY to 61Mt. Cement exports reached a record high of more than 14Mt during the ...
Scheuer elected chairman of HeidelbergCement Bangladesh
Albert Scheuer has been elected chairman of HeidelbergCement Bangladesh at the company's board meeting, it said in a statement yesterday. Scheuer is currently member of the ...
Boral sharply improves net profit
Boral reported that turnover for the six months to the end of December was ahead by 3.6 per cent to AUD2874m (EUR1894m) and EBITDA rose by 16.3 per cent to AUD307m (EUR202m). ...
Moroccan sales hit by wet weather effect
Cement sales in Morocco during January 2014 experienced a significant fall of 12.9 per cent YoY to 1Mt. The decrease has been attributed to continued rainfall which affected co...
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