UniCem launches new high-strength product to market
The United Cement Company of (UNICEM) Nigeria launched its new high-strength cement into the market. According to Vipul Agrawal, the company’s marketing and technical assista...
Cement industry news
Earlier cement industry news and analysis from International Cement Review's global newsroom.
Earlier news
Newest first
Holcim (Canada) sustainability efforts recognised by Ontario Chamber of Commerce
Holcim (Canada) Inc. has received a sustainability award from the Ontario Chamber of Commerce for all of its Ontario operations. "Holcim Canada has a national partnership wit...
Titan long-term ratings lifted
The long-term ratings on Greece-based cement producer Titan Cement have been lifted by ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) to 'BB' from 'BB-'. At the same time, it affirmed...
Italcementi breaks ground on new Kazakh kiln line
The Italcementi group has held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new kiln line at its Shymkent Cement in south Kazakhstan. Plant managing director, Gabriel Morin, said the capac...
Indocement eyes 6% sales growth in 2014
Indocement has set a growth target of six per cent next year on the back of new capacity additions and rising domestic demand. In the first nine months of the year, the compan...
Cemex launches water management policy
Cemex announced today that it is implementing a Corporate Water Policy that defines its global strategy for responsible water management and acts as a framework for the develop...
US September shipments up 14% YoY
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in September 2013 were 7.9Mt, up by 14 per cent in September 2012, latest data from the USGS...
Habesha signs loan agreements to finance new plant construction, Ethiopia
Habesha Cement has signed loan facilitation agreements for the construction of a new 1.4Mta greenfield cement plant in Ethiopia. The Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) has s...
Iran cement output rises in first eight months
Iran produced 50.2Mt of cement in the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year, which began on March 21, representing a 2.2 per cent YoY rise. In the eighth c...
Savannah Cement appoints CEO, Kenya
Savannah Cement, one of Kenya's newest market entrants, has Ronald Ndegwa as its first chief executive. The company operates a 1.5Mta cement works in Athi River which was comm...
Cementir’s Taranto cement plant to cease clinker production by year-end
Cementir is to cease clinker production from its 1.4Mta integrated Taranto works at the end of December, but milling operations are set to continue at the southern Italy-based ...
Lafarge Republic receives “buy” rating on typhoon reconstruction demand
Lafarge Republic Inc (LRI) has received a “buy” rating from AB Capital Securities Inc, as post-typhoon reconstruction in the region of Visayas, Philippines, is expected to boos...
Indian demand: signs of gradual pick-up
Indian cement demand is seeing gradual signs of recovery with an uptick in demand being witnessed in a number of states, a sector survey has revealed. Over the first three qua...
Holly Hill awarded EPA Energy Star, USA
Holcim (US) Inc announced that its Holly Hill plant in South Carolina has earned the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star for the fourth consecutive year. “It is...
KHD recommends shareholders accept AVIC offer
The management and supervisory board of KHD Humboldt Wedag International have recommended company shareholders accept a takeover bid from AVIC International at the offer price ...
Dominican Republic sees 16% rise in cement demand
The Dominican Republic sold around 2.9Mta of cement in 2013, cement association Adocem has said. Compared with 2012 sales, this performance heralds a break with the declining t...
Argentina’s cement market expands 9.1% YoY
Argentina’s cement plants shipped 1,062,099t of cement, including exports, in November 2013, a MoM decline of 7.8 per cent but a YoY rise of 8.1 per cent. The domestic market...
Industry appointments at Ambuja and ACC
The Holcim Group has appointed Bernard Trever has an additional director on the board of Ambuja Cements Ltd. Mr Trever has over 35 years of experience in the cement business an...
Kolomna plant hits production highs, Russia
Holcim’s Kolomna plant in Russia produced 1Mta of clinker for the first time in 2013 on the new production line on November 24 at 3.00am. The company attributed the achievement...
Cemex signs US$500m IT outsourcing services agreement
Cemex announced it has reached a multi-year strategic partnership with Neoris to provide long-term IT outsourcing services to Cemex around the globe. The agreement covers sever...
Stay Informed in this ever-changing landscape
Don't miss the latest cement industry updates. Subscribe to International Cement Review today!
