Egypt: Suez Cement inaugurates Helwan bag filter
Suez Cement's latest investment in a state-of-the-art bathhouse for its Helwan Cement plant underlies the company's continued commitment to sustainable cement production. The ...
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USA: Ravena plant to be renovated
Lafarge has declared that it will spend several hundred million dollars to renovate its Ravena cement plant in Albany County. The revamped factory should be operational again b...
Andre Tissen to aid BEUMER's international alignment
Andre Tissen, Beumer Group's manager of cement business unit Andre Tissen (43) has been manager of the cement business unit at BEUMER Group in Beckum since October 2...
Indonesia cement consumption rises in October
Indonesian cement sales in October 2013 increased 7.9 per cent (YoY) to 5.58Mt, according to data from the Indonesia Cement Association (ASI). Therefore, cement sales picked u...
USA Holcim' Hagerstown cement plant to improve environmental performance
Holcim US Inc' s Hagerstown cement plant is to comply with a July settlement from the US Environmental Protection Agency, reports the local Herald Mail. The upgrade work will e...
Malaysia: Merapoh state rejects ideas for cement plant
Cement plant plans in Malaysia's Pahang state are to lose out to an ecotourism project. The Pahang state government has promised that there will be no cement production plant a...
PT Semen Indonesia to further boost capacity
PT Semen Indonesia plans to spend up to IDR6trn (US$516.4m) on capital expenditure in 2014, up from this year's IDR3trn, which will be used to build a greenfield cement factory...
Cementos Argos continues to thrive on Panama Canal project
Cementos Argos has found the Panama Canal expansion project to be a lucrative venture. The Colombian cement and concrete producer has been supplying materials for the construc...
Oman: Port of Salalah terminal expansion to help Raysut Cement
Archirodon Construction is building a new general cargo terminal (GCT) at Oman's Port of Salalah, leading to a number of major investors expressing interest in shipping dry and...
ETAP keeps El Salvador plant running
Holcim's Cement plant in El Salvador continues to deliver impressive operating results, following the implementation of the ETAP Real-Time Intelligent Load Shedding (ILS) syste...
Anglo American announces the sale of Tarmac Building Products to Lafarge Tarmac
Anglo American Plc said it will sell Tarmac Building Products Ltd to Lafarge Tarmac Holdings Ltd, the 50:50 joint venture of Lafarge's and Anglo American's construction materia...
UGTA strike impacts Pakistan cement exports, raw material supplies
An indefinite strike by Pakistan’s Goods Transporters Alliance (UGTA), now in its 10th day, is impacting the delivery of cement exports as well as raw material supplies. Expo...
PT Semen Papua set to begin construction of new factory, Indonesia
PT Semen Papua is due to start construction of Papua’s first cement factory, which will be constructed in the Paumako port area of East Mimika. The company, which is owned by ...
Peru’s cement deliveries up 8% YoY
Cement shipments in Peru reached 939,135t in October, according to the country’s cement association, Asocem. For the Jan-Oct period, deliveries increased by eight per cent YoY....
Fives FCB wins Lafarge grinding plant contract
Lafarge has awarded Fives FCB with a contract for the supply of a new cement grinding plant for its Teresa plant located in the Philippines. The scope of supply includes: ...
Lower pricing hits July-September profits, India
Indian cement companies saw their profits drop over the July-September period due to higher cement prices and freight expenses. Average dispatches across the country were es...
SCG reports 53% increase in 3Q net profit
Thailand's largest industrial conglomerate, Siam Cement Group, reported a 53 per cent increase in third-quarter net profit while its cement and building materials division show...
Titan helped by stronger US performance
Titan's turnover increased by 4.9 per cent to EUR888.3m in the first nine months of 2013, but the EBITDA declined by 5.5 per cent to EUR153.6m. However, the third quarter did s...
Holcim gets FIPB approval for India restructure
Holcim has received approval from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) of India to merge Holcim India Private Ltd (HIPL) with Ambuja Cements as part of plans to stream...
Ecuador October cement sales see monthly, annual gains
Cement sales in Ecuador totaled 611,987t in October 2013, an increase of 4.4 per cent YoY, the Institute of Cement and Concrete (INECYC) has reported. The figure also marks a ...
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