Indonesia sales growth slows, Jan-Sept
Indonesian sales growth has slowed over the first nine months of this year despite hitting a monthly record in September. Data from the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI) sh...
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Ulyanovskcement reports steady gains
JSC Ulyanovskcement, part of Russia’s Eurocement group, has shown a steady increase in all of its performance indicators during the first eight months of this year. In January...
Vietnam sees double-digit rise in 9M13 sales
Vietnam sold 44.4Mt of cement in the first nine months of this year, representing an increase of 12 per cent YoY, the Building Materials Department under the Ministry of Constr...
Construction of new Eskisehir plant begins, Turkey
Kupeliler AS has started the construction of an integrated cement plant in the northwestern Turkish province of Eskisehir. The facility will have the capacity to produce 1.5Mt...
SFERA eyes Montenegro project
The Russia-based SFERA group is considering developing a cement plant in the Montenegrin town of Pljevlja, local media reported on Wednesday. SFERA representatives and local c...
Jianxi Wannianqing expects significant rise in 9M net profit
Jianxi Wannianqing Cement said it expects net profit to surge in the first nine months of this year compared to the same period of 2012 due to an increase in sales and lower pr...
Raysut to begin construction of new terminal by year-end, Oman
Construction of Raysut Cement's terminal at the Duqm Port, Oman, will begin by the end of this year, local press have reported. The new cement terminal will bolster the import...
Urban development projects to spur Turkish demand
Mustafa Guclu, chairman of the TÇMB provides an overview of the Turkish cement sector Caglan Becan of the TÇMB welcomes 400 delegates to ...
Cemex to open 0.45Mta mill in Clemencia, Colombia
Cemex has scheduled the inauguration of its new 0.45Mta cement grinding unit in Clemencia, Colombia. The mill will produce two types of cement – for general use and structur...
Carthage Cement officially inaugurated
Carthage Cement officially inaugurated its new cement plant in Tunisia on 5 October. The opening ceremony was attended by Mr. Ridha Saidi, Minister in charge of Economic Affa...
S&P confirms Buzzi, Dyckerhoff rating; negative outlook
Buzzi Unicem said today that Standard & Poor’s confirmed the long-term corporate rating (BB+) on Buzzi Unicem and its German subsidiary Dyckerhoff AG and the short-term rating ...
Polish monthly output declines 1.1% YoY
Cement output in Poland slipped slightly on an annual comparative basis by 1.1 per cent to 1.616Mt in September, data from the country’s cement association, SPC, said. Howeve...
Lafarge Cement WAPCO appoints new country CEO, Nigeria & Benin Republic
Lafarge Cement WAPCO announced the appointment of Guillaume Roux as the new Country CEO, Nigeria and Benin Republic, effective September 2013. He succeeds Jean-Christophe Barba...
Adana Cement awarded Dupont Safety Performance Improvement award
Adana Cement, a Turkish company with production facilities across the Mediterranean region and Cyprus, has been selected as a winner for the DuPont Safety and Sustainability Aw...
UK cement industry faces shake-up
The Competition Commission (CC) in the UK has said it is looking to invigorate competition in the British cement market by opening the way for a new independent producer. As...
Steppe Cement revises Kazakh full-year market outlook
Steppe Cement Ltd said Tuesday its third-quarter 2013 revenue was slightly ahead on the same period of last year and has upwardly revised its outlook for full-year Kazakhstan c...
Reliance prepares to commission Madhya Pradesh plant, India
Reliance Infrastructure is to commission its 5Mta cement plant in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh by the end of this month which will expand the company’s domestic r...
Rising South African input costs impacting Lafarge margins
Lafarge South Africa has said it may raise cement prices on the local market due to higher fuel and electricity costs. Thierry Legrand, country chief executive, said last wee...
Lafarge and Solidia Technologies announce partnership
Lafarge has signed a partnership agreement with the US start-up Solidia Technologies® to industrialise an innovative technology that could reduce the environmental footprint of...
JSW completes acquisition of HeidelbergCement India grinding unit
JSW Steel has completed the acquisition of HeidelbergCement India’s 0.6Mta grinding plant in Raigad, Maharashtra, for an undisclosed sum. The two companies signed the Busine...
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