S&P revises GCC’s outlook to stable, Mexico
Standard & Poor's has affirmed its B-rating for Mexico-based producer Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) and has revised the outlook from positive to stable. The rating reflec...
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Najran completes Line 2 maintenance, Saudi Arabia
Najran Cement has successfully completed maintenance and resumed operations of Kiln Line 2. The completion was extended by four days to 10 September to link line No 2 to a wa...
Cimentos de Mocambique to improve air pollution control
Cimentos de Mocambique has signed a contract for the manufacture and installation of a filter to reduce the emissions from its cement factory in the southern city of Matola. ...
Brazil's August cement sales slip 1.2%
Cement sales in Brazil fell 1.2 per cent YoY in August 2013 to 6.4Mt, latest data from local association SNIC shows. During the first eight months of the year, sales reached 4...
Weaker rupiah impacts Semen Baturaja plant plans
PT Semen Baturaja is having to adjust its plan to develop a new factory due to the weakening of the rupiah against the US dollar. According to reports by the Jakarta Post, th...
New Kercim plant to be built in Le Havre, France
Kercim, which opened a cement plant in Loire-Montoir last February, will start construction of a new works in Le Havre in early 2014. It is expected that the new 0.6Mta work...
CMS Sarawak confident on long-term outlook, Malaysia
CMS Sarawak is confident on the long-term outlook for cement demand in the state of Sarawak despite a potential slowdown in the second half of this year. CMS Sarawak’s subdued...
Cemindo Gemilang to break ground on new project, Indonesia
PT Cemindo Gemilang is to break ground on a new 4Mta cement plant in Banten, the westernmost province on the island of Java, bordering Jakarta. President director of Cemindo ...
UltraTech on verge of signing Jaiprakash Associates deal
UltraTech Cement is reportedly on the verge of signing a deal with Jaiprakash Associates to acquire the latter’s cement assets in the Indian state of Gujarat. Following months...
US June shipments down slightly YoY
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico during June 2013 were about 7.6Mt, down slightly from the same month of the year before, data from the ...
Algeria: Chlef to double capacity to 4Mta
Algeria’s Chlef cement works in Oued Sly intends to double its production capacity to 4Mta as the country’s Minister of Industry, Cherif Rahmani, launched the project for a new...
Tabuk Cement first-half net profit edges ahead
Saudi-based producer Tabuk Cement reported a net profit of SAR107m (US$28.5m) for the first half of 2013, up 1.04 per cent from the SAR105.9m in the same period of the year bef...
Poland sees double-digit declines, Jan-Aug
Cement production and sales in Poland have seen a double-digit drop in the first eight months of the year, latest data from the country’s cement association, SPC, shows. Betwe...
Carthage Cement lights up, Tunisia
Tunisia’s Carthage Cement lit up its precalciner for the first time on 4 September 2013, in the presence of international experts. The new line is expected to produce 2.2Mta...
Al Jouf Cement appoints director general, Saudi Arabia
Al Jouf Cement has appointed Eissa Baissa as director general, effective 15 September 2013. Prior to joining Al Jouf, Baissa was general manager of one the cement companies op...
Tieling Cement Co improves dust control efficiency, China
NF Energy Saving Corporation has recently delivered eight of its PPC128-2 air box pulse bag dust collectors to the Tieling Cement Company owned by the Northern Heavy Industries...
SibCement minority shareholders call for BoD election recount
Minority shareholders of Russian producer OSJC Holding Company Sibcem have called for the board and relevant authorities to review the results of the Summer 2013 Board of Direc...
Argentine monthly shipments rise 24% YoY
During August 2013, Argentine Portland cement factories shipped 1,076,148t (including exports), representing an increase of six per cent compared to July 2013 and a rise of 25 ...
Pakistan export earnings fall
Pakistan exports have had a disappointing start to the current fiscal, falling 1.98 and 3.46 per cent in terms of quantity and dollar value, respectively on a MoM basis. Duri...
Najran to connect WHR unit, Saudi Arabia
Najran Cement has extended the maintenance period of line No 2 so it can connect the production line to its waste heat recovery (WHR) plant currently under construction, the co...
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