India: Dalmia Cement wins Manufacturing Today Award
Dalmia Cement, Ariyalur, has won the prestigious ‘Manufacturing Today Award 2013’ for excellence in technology, CSR, supply chain management, and sustainability. The award was ...
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Holcim and Febelcem contest competition ruling
Holcim and Belgian cement association Febelcem are appealing against the judgement by the country’s Anti-Competition Council. Last August, Belgium’s anti-competition authori...
Holcim CEO sees cost-cutting starting to work
Frenchman Bernard Fontana, CEO of Holcim, who last year became the first outsider to lead the 101-year-old Swiss company, has been implementing a strict cost-cutting regime rig...
Moroccan cement sales continue to slide
The recent declining trend in Moroccan cement demand persisted in August, when the market contracted by 10.2 per cent. During Jan-Jul 2013, cement consumption fell 11.7 per ...
Pakistan: cement prices rise
Electricity tariffs and other inflationary pressures have put pressure on cement manufacturers in Pakistan to increase cement prices. Cement producers have increased their pri...
Uzbekistan: Akhangarancement records steady 7M13 results
Akhangarancement, part of the Russia-based Eurocement group, has reported a steady growth in its key performance indicators for the first seven months of the year. From Janu...
HeidelbergCement plans new Georgia investment
Germany-based HeidelbergCement intends to invest an additional US$100m in its recently-acquired Poti works, Georgia, according to the Economy and Sustainable Development Minist...
India: tender causes 'CSR obligation' query
The Companies Act that came into force from this year has mandated that companies have to set aside at least two per cent from their net profit for expenditure on corporate soc...
Vietnam to launch three more plants by year-end
Cement producers in Vietnam will bring three more plants into production later this year (X18, Quang Phuc and Dong Lam), according to the Vietnam Cement Association (VNCA). ...
Holcim ceases production at Dannes
Nine months after stopping the kiln at Dannes, France, Holcim officially ceased production at the plant on 30 September. Staff have been partly transferred to Lumbres, Dunke...
PPC commits to new DRC plant
PPC has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Barnet Group, its local partner in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to build a US$230m cement factory there. Ketso...
Pakistan: July-August cement exports up by 5.7%
Pakistan's cement exports increased 5.72 per cent during the first two months of current FY13-14, totalling US$96.796m, against the same period of last year when exports were U...
Saudi’s Al Jouf signs US$106.7m loan with Al Rajhi Bank
Saudi cement producer and trader Al Jouf Cement has signed an agreement with the country’s largest Islamic bank Al Rajhi Bank for a SAR400m (US$106.7m) loan to partially financ...
Bahrain: Falcon cement achieves ISO 9001
Falcon Cement Company (FCC) has achieved ISO 9001 Quality Management System Certification for its systems, after accreditation by Bureau Veritas. Falcon, which started produc...
Vietnam monthly output up 13% MoM
Cement producers in Vietnam increased their output 13 per cent MoM and 17.6 per cent YoY to 5.2Mta in September, according to the country’s General Statistics Office (GSO). ...
Ukraine: Eurocement deliveries edge up in 1H13
Eurocement Ukraine increased its deliveries by 2.1 per cent YoY to 0.697Mt in the first half of 2013. In addition, the company has enjoyed a steady increase in its bagged cemen...
India: rejuvenating a cement brand under HeidelbergCement
Having advised HeidelbergCement AG in its acquisition of the SK Birla-owned Mysore Cement, Ashish Guha, CEO of HeidelbergCement India (HIL), has steadily been rebuilding Heidel...
European cement sector: towards greater efficiency
Cemtech Europe 2013 has opened its doors to 200 cement industry specialists, gathered together in the magnificent city of Prague, Czech Republic, for three days of intense disc...
India: Binani seeks power entry
Theh Binani group is planning to enter the power generation sector, mostly through acquisitions. The Indian company already has a presence in cement, zinc and glass fibre secto...
Global i.nova branding to revolutionise cement marketing
Italcementi is changing the way we look at cement. The approach to the cement sector market is traditionally based on the standardised supply of a commodity, but Italcementi is...
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