New Zealand: jobs on line at cement works
Holcim (New Zealand) has told staff that is about to begin a review of the works' staffing structure. Jobs are on the line at the Cape Foulwind Cement Works in Westport, Buller...
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Zambia: 'High cement prices will affect construction sector growth'
Cement traders in Eastern Province have accused Lafarge Cement Zambia of creating artificial shortages by preferring the international market. Meanwhile, local contractors in L...
Bolivia: Coboce to start new Irpa Irpa line
Bolivia’s Coboce is scheduled to start production at its new Irpa Irpa plant on 18 June, effectively delivering 70,000 bags of cement to the market. Currently, the company p...
Cement sector set to benefit from Pakistan FY13-14 budget
Pakistan’s cement sector has welcomed the new Pakistan federal budget for FY13-14, presented by the country’s finance minister Ishaq Dar to parliament. The budget includes t...
US cement shipments slip
Data just released by the US Geological Survey shows that total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico fell by three per cent in March 2013, compare...
Squeeze tightens on Indian cement
Muted volume growth and continuing cost pressures have put a further squeeze on the earnings of Indian cement companies with a disappointing 15 per cent YoY fall in EBITDA/t in...
Indonesia: cement sales up in Kalimantan
Cement sales of PT Semen Indonesia in Kalimantan rose 11.4 per cent in the period of January to April reaching 1.47Mt. The growth is the third biggest nationally, company spoke...
Pakistan: cement outlook is positive
Pakistan’s cement industry saw good performance during 9M FY2013. Local dispatches touched 20.74Mt, total exports were recorded at 6.923Mt and capacity utilisation 74.15 per ce...
Oman Cement mill grinds to a halt
Oman Cement Company has announced that one of its mills with a capacity to grind 150tph has developed a major technical fault and has had to be closed down. As a result of the ...
SITA UK's SRF plant downsized
A factory that will process recoiling material as Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) to power the Cemex Rugby cement works is to be smaller than planned. Recycling firm SITA UK said ...
Belarus cement plant modernisation costly exercise
Belarus is ruing its decision to modernise its three cement plants with Chinese technology. The country’s cooperation with China over the new dry-process lines at local cement ...
Loesche mill order for Southern Province Cement project
Sinoma International Engineering has ordered a Loesche LM 56.4 for grinding cement raw material at the plant of Southern Province Cement Co in Tahamah, Saudi Arabia. The Loesc...
Cemex Philippines to expand Naga cement plant
Anticipating an increase in demand for cement in the country, Cemex Philippines is embarking on a PHP2.5bn (US$58m) expansion of Apo Cement Corp’s facility in Naga City, Cebu. ...
South African firm stakes NGN45.7bn on Dangote Cement
Public Investment Corporation of South Africa (PIC) Monday bought 255,607,605 shares or 1.5 per cent of Dangote Cement Plc for NGN45.75bn (US$0.29bn) from Dangote Industries. P...
Egypt's cement production drops 20% because of gas shortages
A shortage of natural gas in Egypt and subsequent constraints in electricity supply over the last four months has forced the country's cement industry to reduce production by 2...
El Salvador records 18.5% drop in cement prices
Cement prices in El Salvador rose by 18.5 per cent YoY to US$8.49 per 42.5kg bag in February 2013, according to CASALCO, the Salvadorian Chamber of the Construction Industry. ...
USA: KapStone Paper to buy Longview Fibre for US$1.03bn
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp said on Monday it struck a deal to buy Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging Inc for US$1.03bn in cash, in a move to bulk up its production of co...
Nepal: cement makers not getting NS mark ‘will face sales ban’
Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM) has warned that it will prohibit cement factories from selling their products if they fail to obtain the Nepal Standard (NS) cert...
GCC's cement companies see a double-digit rise in 1Q13 turnover and profit
Combined net profits of the GCC's listed cement companies grew to US$585.3m during the first three months of the year, according to analysis by Kuwait's Gulf Investment House. ...
Kenya: confidence running high for East African Portland Cement
Investors in East African Portland Cement Company saw the cement manufacturer’s share price rally to a 12-month high at the end of trading on Friday. Shareholders hope that the...
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