Saudi Arabia: 35,000t of imported cement shipments
Saudi Port Authority (SPA) says cement shipments have been coming since the start of implementing the decrees of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah to import 10Mt ...
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Thailand: Siam Cement may raise sales target, core businesses strong
Thailand's top industrial conglomerate, Siam Cement Plc, is considering raising its 2013 sales growth target due to a strong first-half performance in its core cement businesse...
USA: Ash Grove's Montana City cement plant invests
Ash Grove Cement in Montana City is aiming to stay competitive, thanks to some recent upgrades and expansion. It's been nearly 50 years since Ash Grove broke ground for its cem...
Pakistan: cut in discount rate should benefit cement sector
Pakistan's cement sector remained the major beneficiary in the reducing interest rates scenario being one of the major leverage sectors thanks to massive allocation of Public S...
India: Vicat keen to buy Shriram cement unit
French cement maker Vicat has emerged as a surprise frontrunner to acquire a cement unit of southern conglomerate Shriram Group. Vicat is expected to buy controlling shares in ...
Saudi Arabia: Eastern Province Cement launches trial operations of new kiln line
Saudi cement producer Eastern Province Cement Co (EPC) said in a bourse statement that it launched trial operations of its new production line yesterday. The new kiln line wil...
Thailand: Siam City Cement's Insee Green Park project
The new Insee Green Park in Saraburi province represents Siam City Cement's (SCC) concern for sustainable development and a green environment. "Green Heart" is the business mo...
Israel: Nesher cement to face competition
An Israeli cabinet committee working on ways to lower the cost of living approved a plan on Tuesday to inject competition into Israel's cement industry. Although lower cement...
Taiwan: construction halted on Lanyu cement plant
Taiwan's Ministry of the Interior, the National Property Administration and the Council of Indigenous Peoples state that a plan to build a cement plant on Lanyu is likely to be...
USA: congressman tours cement plant
Congressman Mike Turner recently took a tour of Cemex’s Fairborn plant. The factory, which has been in operation for more than 80 years, is one of two operating cement plants ...
Ghana: cement prices rising
Cement prices in Ghana have been rising by the day with retail prices currently around GHS274 (US$136). Ex-factory prices are cheaper than retail prices so the tariff poste...
APSCO organises technical symposium for cement sector
Arabian Oil Supply Company (APSCO), manufacturer and marketer of Mobil oils in Saudi Arabia, recently held a seminar in the Egyptian city of Al-Ghardaqah on the importance of s...
HeidelbergCement India cement capacity boosted by Loesche mill
HeidelbergCement Group's current production capacity in India has been boosted to 6Mta, a major contribution to which was the commissioning of a split-grinding plant at Jhansi ...
Bío Bío and Votorantim to start work on Peruvian plant
After two years, Chile’s Cementos Bío Bío and its Brazilian partner Votorantim have successfully obtained all permits to build their first plant in Peru, representing an invest...
Austria delivers stable cement sales in 2012
The Austrian cement industry saw stable sales in 2012 despite difficult operating conditions and a sluggish economy, according to the country’s cement association, VÖZ. However...
Iraq to stop importing Iranian cement?
Iran currently exports cement to 24 countries with around 97 per cent of total cement export destined for seven countries. Iraq heads the rankings with a 63 per cent share of I...
Italcementi subsidiary signs wind farm agreement, Egypt
The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company signed a contract with Italgen, a subsidiary of Italcementi Group, to build a wind farm to help meet Suez Cement's energy requirem...
Tanga Cement to begin construction of new kiln line
Tanga Cement Company Ltd (TCCL) is soon to begin construction of a second kiln line that will more than double the company's clinker production and eliminate the need for costl...
Saudi Arabia: new cement firm to be set up in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah, has approved plans to establish a new cement producer in Riyadh City. Umm-Al-Qura Cement wil...
India: Jaypee Cement eyes acquisition
Jaypee Cement (JC), the country’s third-largest producer (Jaiprakash Associates/Japyee Group), is looking at an acquisition, having recently dumped its plan to sell off its Guj...
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