New Algerian cement plant contract awarded
China Triumph International Engineering Group Co (CTIEC) has signed an EPC contract with STG Engineering and Real Estate Development Company for a 4200tpd line in Algeria. T...
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Lafarge sells minority stake in gypsum operations
Lafarge is to sell its remaining 20 per cent minority stake in its European and South American gypsum operations to Belgian building materials group Etex for an immediate cash ...
AVIC completes takeover offer for KHD
AVIC International Beijing Company announced on Friday the successful completion of a voluntary public takeover offer for shares in German equipment supplier KHD Humboldt Wedag...
North Holdings Investment Inc to construct Ethiopian plant
North Holdings Investment Inc, an Ethio-American company based in the US, is to build an 8.4Mta cement factory in the Amhara Regional State near Dejen town. Company presiden...
India Cements gets MoE go-ahead to double capacity
India Cement has received the go-ahead by an appraisal committee under the Ministry of Environment (MoE) to double its cement capacity and set up a 40MW power plant at its Dala...
Fajar Group/Taiwanese Indonesian joint venture project
The Fajar Group is to build a cement factory in Barru, South Sulawesi, in collaboration with a Taiwanese firm, Indonesian press have reported. The 10,000tpd plant will be 80-p...
Vietnam full-year output seen 4.7% higher
Vietnam is estimated to have produced 57Mt of cement in 2013, up from 4.7 per cent a year ago, the government's General Statistics Office (GSO) has said. During December, ou...
Japanese producers to increase shipping capabilities
Three major Japanese cement producers plan to increase their shipping capacity for the distribution of cement throughout the country to meet current and expected increases in d...
Nuh Cimento subsidiary sells stake in electricity producer, Turkey
Nuh Cimento announced that its Nuh Enerji Elektrik energy subsidiary has agreed to sell its 100 per cent stake in electricity producer Pamuk Elektrik to Haldiz Insaat Otomotiv,...
Sharp slowdown in Saudi demand
Cement demand in Saudi Arabia has considerably slowed through 2013, effectively boosting clinker stocks to a record high level. After recording a high growth rate of some 10 pe...
FLSmidth to supply cement production line in Qatar
FLSmidth has received an order worth DKK 515m for Qatari cement producer Al Khalij Cement covering supply of a complete cement production line for the customer's plant in Umm B...
Indonesia: groundbreaking of Bosowa cement port
Indonesia’s Chief Economic Minister, Hatta Rajasa, inaugurated the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Bosowa cement packing terminal and port in Barru, South S...
Pakistani cement exports to India down 11%
Pakistan’s cement exports to India posted a fall of 11 per cent during Jul-Nov of this fiscal year compared to the same period last fiscal year, according to the Pakistani Busi...
Pakistan: Lahore Stock Exchange delists Mustehkam Cement after Bestway merger
Lahore Stock Exchange has delisted Mustehkam Cement as the company merges with Bestway Cement on 26 December. The move finalises a process that saw Mustehkam Cement shareholder...
India’s EAC gives UltraTech green light for Tamil Nadu works
UltraTech Cement has been given the go-ahead by the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) on its 5.5Mta cement works and a 75MW captive power plant in the Karur and Dindigul distric...
Tunisia: Bizerte to raise output 50% in early 2014
Bizerte Cement management expects to increase its production in early 2014 by 50 per cent to reach 1.5Mta. It attributes the rise to its new production unit, which will enter s...
CCI approves UltraTech acquisition of Jaypee’s Gujarat assets
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has given UltraTech Cement the green light to purchase Jaypee's cement facilities in Gujarat. The CCI order, released on Monday, said...
Bosowa inaugurates Maros cement mill, Indonesia
The Bosowa Group of Indonesia has inaugurated a 1.8Mta cement mill at its plant in Maros, South Sulawesi, raising the company’s total production capacity to 5.3Mta. The inaug...
Star Ferro to consolidate cement operations, India
Star Ferro and Cement Ltd plans to demerge its cement and ferro alloy divisions and consolidate its cement business under its subsidiary Cement Manufacturing Co Ltd, Sajjan Bha...
ARM Cement to start Kitui plant construction next year, Kenya
ARM Cement said it plans to start construction of an 8000tpd plant in Kitui county, Kenya in 2014. “We plan to start construction of the Kitui plant late next year. It is a m...
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