Lafarge Malayan Cement to finalise expansion plans by August
Lafarge Malayan Cement is expected to finalise plans for a new expansion project by the end of August this year, according to the company's chief executive Bradley Mulroney. ...
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China to tighten NOx limits for cement industry
China's Minister of Environmental Protection is expected to issue a new tougher national standard on NOx emissions following public calls to reduce both emissions and excess pr...
Holcim Philippines to tap debt market
Holcim Philippines is considering the debt market to fund its new US$450-550m cement plant in Norzagaray, Bulacan, the company's chief has said. Speaking to local press, Edu...
Cargotec wins two orders from Turkey
Cargotec has secured orders for its Siwertell road mobile unloaders from two Turkish cement producers in less than a month. Medcem Global Pazarlama AS has placed an order fo...
San Miguel Corp outlines expansion plans, Philippines
Industrial conglomerate San Miguel Corp (SMC) will spend US$750m to increase production and expand Northern Cement Corp's (NCC) exisiting capacity and construct new facilities....
Catalonian producers cut exports, Spain
Cement producers in Spain's autonomous region of Catalonia reduced their exports by 41 per cent between January and April, compared to the same period in 2012. The drop wa...
Gharibwal Cement sees strong rise in quarterly profit, Pakistan
Pakistan-based cement producer Gharibwal Cement Ltd reported a net profit of the company was PKR178m compared to PKR32.5m for the same period last year, thanks to an increase i...
OCC confirms imported cement quality probe, Oman
Oman Cement Company (OCC) has confirmed that the country's Public Authority for Consumer Protection (PACP) has initiated an investigation on the quality of 30,000t of cement im...
Holcim Apasco to be renamed
Holcim Apasco is to be renamed Holcim México in order to unify the "brand and strengthen its presence as a global leader in the Mexican market," Holcim Latinoamérica's CEO Andr...
Lafarge Malayan Cement 1Q13 revenues edge ahead
Lafarge Malayan Cement reported a YoY slight rise in consolidated revenue for the first quarter of 2013 but income from its cement division was impacted by a tough pricing envi...
ScanMines-Togo expects first clinker at end 2014
ScanMines-Togo, a subsidiary of Germany’s HeidelbergCement, expects production at its new works, located on the Sika-Kondji limestone deposit, to start at the end of 2014. T...
Morocco’s cement demand falls 16.5% in first four months
During the first four months of the year, cement demand in Morocco fell by 16.5 per cent from 6Mt to just under 5Mt as the start of the year was affected by heavy rainfall, acc...
Health and Safety training initiative for Pakistan cement industry
Lafarge Pakistan Cement Ltd in collaboration with the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) hosted a Health and Safety Best Practices Training Day on 20 May 201...
Vietnam cement sales down 1.7 per cent in first four months
Vietnam cement sales in the first four months of 2013 fell 1.7 per cent YoY to 14.45Mt, the Ministry of Construction (MoC) has said. Sales in the first four months represent ...
Hail Cement increases quarterly net loss, Saudi Arabia
Saudi cement producer Hail Cement Co has reported a net loss of SAR13.9m (US$3.7m) for the first quarter of 2013, double the loss recorded in the same period a year ago of SAR6...
Reliance Infrastructure second plant set for September commissioning
Reliance Infrastructure is planning to commission its second cement plant by September this year. The new unit, which will have an annual capacity of 5Mt is being constructed...
HeidelbergCement India sells grinding unit to JSW Group
HeidelbergCement India has sold its 0.6Mta grinding facility in Raigad, Maharashtra, to the JSW Group, the company has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange. The acquisition is s...
Cemex UK Climafuel plant to be smaller in scale thanks to technology advances
Cemex UK's new Climafuel waste processing plant no longer needs to be as large as originally planned thanks to advances in technology. In April last year, SITA UK, one of th...
Vietnam calls on producers to report on export activities
Vietnam’s Ministry of Construction is urging cement producers to report on their export activities and cooperate fairly to prevent further losses. According to reports by Vi...
India Cement's net profit hit by rising production and transportation costs
Rising production costs and subdued demand in the southern markets has resulted in India Cements reporting a 31 per cent decline in FY13 net profit. Net profits (consolidated)...
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