Tabuk Cement Co signs contract for 5000tpd line, Saudi Arabia
Tabuk Cement Company (TCC) has signed a SAR531.5m (US$141.7m) agreement with China's Chengdu Design and Research Institute of Building Materials Industry Co, or CDI, for the de...
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China cement and clinker exports rise 31.5%
China has reported a 31.5 per cent YoY increase in cement and clinker export volumes for the first four months of 2013, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Te...
Vasavdatta Cement signs alternative fuel MoU agreement, India
Vasavdatta Cement, which operates a cement plant in the southwest Indian state of Karnataka, has signed an agreement with neighbouring Goa's State Pollution Control Board to us...
PCA expects accelerated second-half demand to spur US market recovery
US cement consumption growth will continue through 2013 and increase by 6.2 per cent YoY, according to the latest forecasts from the Portland Cement Association (PCA), with the...
First UAE clinker shipment delivered to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is set to receive its first shipment of UAE clinker with 50,000t recently loaded at the Mina Saqr port by CEM Asia Trading. 50,000t of clinker is loaded at...
Cemex plans US$100m Egyptian investment
Cemex announced today that it expects to invest approximately US$100m (approximately EGP700m) to significantly improve its operations in Egypt and continue supporting the count...
SITA UK begins production of Climafuel at new SRF plant, UK
SITA UK has begun production of Climafuel at a new GBP7m (EUR8.2m) solid recovered fuel facility to be used at Cemex UK's Rugby cement works. The new facility, situated in Bi...
A TEC supplies fuel system to Ciments Calcia, France
A TEC GRECO, specialists in combustion engineering, is to supply Ciments Calcia (part of the Italcementi Group) with a natural gas modification kit to be be implemented at its ...
Vietnam cement sales rise 9% YoY, Jan-May 2013
Domestic cement sales in Vietnam rose nine per cent YoY in the first five months of 2013, pointing to signs of economic recovery thanks to government measures to stimulate the ...
JK Lakshmi to rehabilitate Udaipur Cement unit, India
JK Lakshmi is in the process of revamping a unit belonging to Udaipur Cement, as part of the company's move to increase capacity. “We are in the process of taking over a 1.3Mt...
Venezuela goverment says cement production stable
Cement production in Venezuela reached 2.45Mt in the first four months of 2013 – a sign of the sector’s stability, according to official sources. The Ministry of Industries s...
Malabar Cements to construct new mill, India
Malabar Cements Limited (MCL), a full-owned undertaking of the state government of Kerala, plans to construct another cement mill at Walayar to double its production capacity f...
Nigeria government outlines savings from reduced imports
The decision by the Nigerian government to not issue cement import licences in 2012 and focus on meeting domestic needs internally has saved the country approximately NGN300bn...
RAM reaffirms Lafarge Malaysia’s debt facility, stable outlook
RAM Ratings has reaffirmed the respective long- and short-term ratings of Lafarge Malaysia Bhd’s MYR350m Islamic Securities Programme (2010-17) at AA2 and P1. The long-term rat...
Aïn El Kebira prepares to select successful bidder for Line 2 project, Algeria
By 2017, Algeria’s Aïn El Kebira cement plant will double its current cement 1Mta capacity as it adds a new 1Mta line. Business has been brisk for the works, which produces 1....
Cemex to expand capacity in Texas, USA
Cemex announced that it plans to expand the production capacity at its Odessa, Texas cement plant by 345,000t to nearly 900,000tpa to keep pace with rapidly growing demand in i...
Semen Baturaja announces IPO, Indonesia
Indonesian state-run cement maker Semen Baturaja plans to raise up to IDR1.6trn (US$163m) from an initial public offering next month to finance expansion as its existing produc...
ACC ready to make the switch from gas, Egypt
Arabian Cement Company (ACC) has taken all the steps needed to make the switch from gas to coal and refuse derived fuel, according to the company's chief. Jose Maria Magrina...
Lafarge Malayan Cement changes name to Lafarge Malaysia Bhd
Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd has been changed to Lafarge Malaysia Bhd, Bursa Malaysia Bhd announced yesterday. Bursa said the new stock short name for the company is LAFMSIA. Th...
Xinjiang Tianshan Cement Co to issue CNY500m notes
Xinjiang Tianshan Cement Co, based in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region said on Thursday that it would float CNY500m (US$4m) in unsecured notes with a maturity of three ...
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