Pakistan export volumes rise in 4MFY13-14
Pakistan export volumes have increased in the first four months of the current fiscal compared to the same period a year ago, but October volumes were down on a monthly and ann...
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Portland Valderrivas reduces losses
Cementos Portland Valderrivas has cut losses in the first nine months of 2013 thanks by 74 per cent to EUR24.8m compared to EUR95.2m in the same period of last year, thanks to ...
Ghanaian producers call for level playing field
Cement producers in Ghana have appealed to the country’s Tariff Advisory Board (TAB) to create a level playing against increased volumes of imported cement. During a recent ...
Uganda building materials prices decline
Uganda has seen a decline in building materials prices, including cement, due to a slowdown in construction activity as well as increased competition. The latest Uganda Bure...
Bestway and Mustehkam Cement complete merger
Pakistan cement producers Bestway Cement and Mustehkam Cement have announced the completion of their merger into a single company. Mustehkam Cement has been a subsidiary of B...
Cemex starts construction of Nicaragua grinding plant
Cemex is expected to start construction on a new grinding and packing unit in Nicaragua. The new plant represents an investment of US$50m and will be implemented in two stages....
EACPA opposes proposals to hike Tanzanian power tariffs
The East African Cement Producers' Association (EACPA) has objected to proposals by the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) to raise power tariffs by 68 per cent due to ...
Cosmos completes 2013 Brazil shipment quota
The year’s last shipment of clinker produced at the Toral de los Vados plant of Cementos Cosmos will be heading for parent company Votorantim’s cement works in Brazil. Around ...
Binani Cement appoints new MD
Binani Cement Ltd, part of the Braj Binani Group, has appointed Jotirmoy Ghose as its new managing director. “Jotirmoy’s vast expertise of global operations and new market...
Saudi October sales rise by 2%
Saudi cement sales rose by two per cent during October 2013 to 4.91Mt compared with 4.13Mt in the same period a year ago. Production for the month reached 4.24Mt compared to ...
Construction of Zuari Cement’s new grinding unit underway
Italcementi subsidiary Zuari Cement has started construction of new grinding unit in the Solapur District in the western state of Maharashtra, India. The grinding centre is ex...
Cemex Spain says it complies with tax obligations
Cemex Spain has made the following clarifications regarding information published in the media concerning the inspection process opened by the Tax Agency: Cemex scrupulou...
Spanish cement demand falls 11% in October
Cement consumption in Spain has fallen again in October by more than 11 per cent, to 1,003,618t. As a result, domestic cement demand during the first 10 months of 2013 has decl...
Helwan Cement Company launches new bag filter system, Egypt
Helwan Cement Company, a subsidiary of Suez Cement Group of Companies (SCGC), has launched its new bag filter system to significantly reduce plant dust emissions. The filter...
CNBM signs contract with Gulf Cement Co for 5800tpd line
CNBM International Engineering Co Ltd signed the general contract with the Gulf Cement Company for a 5800tpd line in Qatar. Mr Faisal, president of Gulf Cement Company, said ...
Exports offset domestic losses for Molins
The third-quarter consolidated net profit of Spain’s Cementos Molins fell 65.5 per cent YoY to EUR10.8m. The company’s international subsidiaries enjoyed a profit of EUR43.3m, ...
Birla selects Gebr Pfeiffer mill for Satna cement works
India-based Birla Corporation Ltd has placed another order with Gebr Pfeiffer for an MPS 2800 BK for its cement plant in Satna. Featuring an installed drive power of 800kW, th...
Holcim Romania inaugurates WHR project
Holcim Romania has inaugurated a EUR15m new waste heat recovery investment at its Alesd plant which is set to meet around 15 per cent of the plant’s electricity needs. “The ...
US cement consumption expected to climb 8% in 2014
Anxious US consumers are likely to be waiting on Congress to decide how much more debt the country can take on before the recovery can really take shape and push construction f...
Cemex Latam opens new grinding unit in Colombia
Cemex Latam Holdings inaugurated a new cement grinding plant in Clemencia in Bolivar, Colombia. Output from the 0.45Mta works is expected to supply projects in the Caribbean co...
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