Eastern Province Cement first-half net profit falls, Saudi Arabia
Saudi cement producer Eastern Province Cement Company (EPCC) reported a 9.7 per cent reduction in first-half 2013 net profit due to lower sales, higher production costs and mai...
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ACC plans West Bengal grinding plant, India
ACC Ltd plans to boost its cement capacity in eastern India through the construction of a new grinding plant in West Bengal, as well as expansion of two existing facilities. ...
Lafarge sells Honduras operations to Cementos Argos
Lafarge announced the sale of its cement operations in Honduras to Cementos Argos for a total enterprise value of EUR435m, the France-based cement major announced in a statemen...
Sinoma acquires majority stake in Hazemag
Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd has acquired a majority stake in German mining equipment firm Hazemag & EPR for US$137m. Beijing-based Sinoma bought the 59.09 per ce...
Semapa's 1H13 turnover declines
In the first half of 2013, Semapa reported that turnover from its cement division fell 3.2 per cent YoY to EUR233.5m, essentially due to a drop in turnover in Portugal and Ango...
Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe 1H profit slips
Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe’s profit for the first half of 2013 fell 3.8 per cent, but the company expects a better performance in the remainder of the year due to cost reduction m...
Gebr Pfeiffer wins new order in Iraq
Gebr Pfeiffer SE has received another order from China-based Sinoma (Suzhou) Construction Co Ltd for an MPS 5000 B for cement raw material grinding mill for a project located i...
MPA names new chairman, UK
Bill Brett, chairman of the Brett Group, has been appointed chairman of the Mineral Products Association (UK) for the next two years. He will be taking over from Dyfrig James, ...
Belgian fines for restricting market access
The three leading cement producers in Belgium, together with two industry associations, have been fined EUR14.7m for restricting market access. The Belgium Competition Coun...
A TEC supplies calciner upgrade to Cement Hranice, Czech Republic
A TEC has been awarded a calciner upgrade contract from Cement Hranice, the Czech Republic unit of Buzzi Unicem, involving the the engineering, supply of equipment, steel struc...
Tanzanian producers call for reinstatement of EACUP import duties
Cement producers in Tanzania are calling for the government to reinstate the East African Custom Union Protocol (EACUP) 2005 to protect the industry against an influx of import...
Armenia production rises 6.2% in first seven months
Cement production in Armenia rose by 6.2 per cent in the first seven months of the year, according to the latest data from the country’s national statistics service. During J...
Cementos Progreso to construct new plant, Guatemala
Guatemala’s largest producer, Cementos Progreso, plans to spend US$720m on the construction of a new cement plant, according to local news reports. The greenfield plant will ...
Southern Province Cement 1H net profit up 3.7%
Southern Province Cement posted a SAR566m (US$150.9m) net profit for the first half of 2013, up from SAR546m a year ago. The company attributed the increase to higher sales dri...
Cementarnica Usje 1H net profit declines, Macedonia
Macedonia’s sole cement producer Cementarnica Usje AD Skopje reported consolidated net profit in the first half of the year fell to MKD616.4m (EUR10m) from MKD741.3m a year ago...
Mozambique plans supervisory system to ensure steady supplies
The government of Mozambique plans to implement a supervisory system to ensure the time and sufficient supply of cement into the market. Henrique Banze, spokesperson for the ...
Construction of Ain El Kebira second line begins, Algeria
Algeria’s Minister of Industry, SMEs and Investment Promotion, Cherif Rahmani, started off the construction of the second production line at the Ain El Kebira cement plant, nor...
Najran delays launch of WHR project, Saudi Arabia
Najran Cement has postponed the launch of its waste heat recovery (WHR) plant by six months, the company said in a bourse statement yesterday. The Saudi-based cement producer...
Tajikistan-China JV plant inaugurated
A new Tajikistan-China joint cement plant venture was inaugurated yesterday in the presence of Tajikistan president Emomali Rakhmon, taking the country a step closer to achievi...
Dry bulk freight market lifts on capesize advance
The dry bulk freight market appears to be picking up as capesize vessels are reported to leading the uplift. The Baltic Dry Index has started to show some improvement although ...
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