New Gazakh cement line officially opened, Azerbaijan
Gazakh Cement has officially opened its new production line in the presence of Ilham Aliyev, president of Azerbaijan. The greenfield plant in Dash-Salahui village near Agstafa...
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India: power advantage for Madras Cements
Analysts predict that Madras Cements Ltd should record 9-10 per cent volume growth through FY14 and FY15 on the back of power generation projects, additional capacity and a gr...
Huaxin Cement subsidiary buys stake in Success Eagle Cement
Huaxin Cement Ltd's wholly-owned Hong Kong subsidiary recently signed an equity transfer agreement with Starry Cosmos Group Ltd to acquire a 20 per cent stake in Success Eagle ...
Swiss cement deliveries advance 2.3% in 1H13
In the second quarter of 2013, the domestic deliveries of the Swiss cement industry increased 1.8 per cent when compared with 2Q12, according to the latest data from CemSuisse,...
Japan: imperial couple tour disaster-stricken cement plant
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko inspected equipment to desalinate rubble and a rotary kiln which heats raw materials to make cement at the plant in Ofunato , Iwate Prefectu...
Indian cement prices mount June recovery
All-India cement prices saw an uptrend led by price hikes across all regions in the country. The southern region saw an average price rise of INR30/bag (US$0.50), the highest ...
Inner Mongolia's Erlian Port cement export up 102% in May
Erlian Port in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region exported 186,300t of cement, worth US$9.14m, in May 2013, a YoY increase of 101.84 per cent and 87.74 per cent, respectively, so...
Indian capacity expansion rate to slow
Faced with overcapacity, the Indian cement industry is likely to slow expansion with an extra 66Mt expected by 2015-16 amidst an expected surge in demand and price, Care Resear...
Caribbean Cement to increase prices, Jamaica
Caribbean Cement Company Ltd (CCCL) is set to increase cement prices for the third time in 2013, this time due to the depreciation of the Jamaican dollar against the US dollar....
Dudman sells UK cement trading business
The privately-owned Dudman is withdrawing from cement trading and has sold its four English cement terminals, in Sussex, Suffolk, Yorkshire and Merseyside and its one terminal ...
Madras Cement to construct new grinding unit, India
Madras Cement plans to build a grinding unit in the port city of Visakhapatnam, a port city on the southeast coast of India and the second largest city in the state of Andhra P...
Emirates Cement Factory to supply Barakah nuclear power plant, UAE
Emirates Cement Factory (ECF) has been certified by Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) and Hyundai Samsung Joint Venture (HSJV) to supply Q Class cement to the Barakah nu...
Orient Cement receives environmental clearance for new plant, India
Orient Cement has received environmental clearance for its 3Mta greenfield plant in Chittapur in Gulbarga district, Karnataka, India. The plant is expected to be ready by the ...
Indonesia sales growth slows
Indonesian cement sales during the month of May rose at their slowest pace for 17 months as all regions outside Java and Sulawesi registered declines. Following an 8.6 per ce...
CCI approves sale of Lafarge India stake
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has cleared the proposed 14 per cent sale of Lafarge India Pvt Ltd to Baring Private Equity Asia. "The combination is not likely to...
Vietnam cement production rises 7.2% in 1H13
Vietnam has reported a 7.2 per cent rise in production for the first half of the year to 28.1Mt, the country’s General Statistics Office (GSO) has said. Last month, cement ou...
Holcim to restructure Indian operations?
Holcim is reportedly planning to restructure its Indian operations which could see the merger of its two local subsidiaries, ACC and Ambuja Cements. Citing various sources fam...
Cemex Philippines waste-to-energy plans
Cemex Philippines is looking into burning solid waste fuel at its plant in APO Cement plant in Naga City, southern Cebu. Rolando Vera Cruz, sustainability director of Cemex P...
Nepal sees double-digit rise in imports
Cement imports to Nepal have increased by 15.5 per cent in the first 10 months of the year, according to data from the Trade and Export Promotion Centre. During the review p...
HSBC sees robust recovery in ROI at Holcim
HSBC lifts Holcim to overweight from neutral, saying it sees a buying opportunity in cement stocks after a recent falling of share prices. The bank also sees a robust recovery ...
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