Indonesia cement sales rise 8.6%, Jan-Apr 2013
Indonesian cement sales increased by 8.6 per cent in the four months to the end of April 2013, the latest data from the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI) reveals. Sales fo...
Cement industry news
Earlier cement industry news and analysis from International Cement Review's global newsroom.
Earlier news
Newest first
Eagle Materials boosts cement and plasterboard volumes
Including its share of the jointly-owned Texas Lehigh Cement, the turnover of Eagle Materials for the financial year to the end of March rose by 27.1 per cent to US$738.9m, inc...
Phoenix Cement selects VAS IT logistics system, Germany
Phoenix Cement has opted to introduce the VAS IT logistics system by Fritz and Maczoil at its cement plant in Westphalia, Germany. “Until now, we have had to manage the proc...
Upward trend in Ecuadorian sales continue
Domestic cement sales on the Ecuadorian market in the first four months of 2013 rose by 14.2 per cent YoY while April sales alone surpassed 500,000t. Latest data from the co...
Lafarge raises EUR200m to accelerate its development in India
Lafarge SA signed an agreement to raise €200m through capital increase subscribed by Baring Private Equity Asia, and representing a 14 per cent minority stake in its Indian sub...
Titan recovers in the USA
Titan's first-quarter turnover showed a 7.8 per cent improvement to €243m while the EBITDA fell by 29.4 per cent, in line with the 29.3 per cent reduction seen this time last y...
FLSmidth wins order for new Equatorial Guinea greenfield plant
FLSmidth has been awarded an order worth approximately EUR68m from Grupo Abayak AKOGA Cemento SA for the supply of a 3000tpd greenfield cement plant to be located in Akoga on t...
Oficemen names new president, Spain
Isidoro Miranda, CEO of Lafarge Spain, has been appointed president of Spanish cement association, Oficemen. Mr Miranda replaces José Luis Sáenz de Miera of Cementos Portlan...
New cement unit for Tunisia operational by 2014
Tunisia will expand its cement production facilities in the region of Bizerte by 2014, according to Mehdi Jomaa, the country’s minister of industry. State-owned Ciments de B...
Najran Cement awards new line to Chinese contractor, Saudi Arabia
Saudi cement producer Najran Cement has awarded a contract for the installation and maintenance of a third production line to Chinese firm CEIC. The new production line will h...
Cemex Lloseta exported 40% of output to Maghreb
Cemex’s Lloseta cement works in Mallorca, Spain, exported 40 per cent of its output to Maghreb countries last year. The rise in exports proves a turning point for the plan...
Iranian cement output down in first month of year, exports rise
The Iranian cement industry produced 4,940,597t of cement and 6,277,978t of clinker in the first month of the Iranian calendar, known as Farvardin (20 March - 20 April 2013), a...
Argentine April dispatches and consumption advance
Local cement producers in Argentina have reported a rise in dispatches (local and exports) for April 2013 whilst consumption on the local market has also demonstrated healthy g...
Saudi Cement Co signs contract with Sinoma for kiln upgrades
Saudi Cement Co has announced that it has signed a contract with Sinoma Technology & Equipment Group Co to rehabilitate and restart kiln lines 4 and 5 at its Hofuf factory. ...
Brazil cement sales rise 11.6% in April
Sales in the Brazilian market rose by 11.6 per cent YoY in April to 5.9Mt, latest data from Sindicato Nacional da Indústria do Cimento, shows. For the first four months of t...
Sanghi Industries' 3Q benefits from extended sales reach
Sanghi Industries Ltd has posted a 234 per cent jump in net profit as the Gujarat-based producer increases its geographical sales spread and implements a number of cost-saving ...
Cemex achieves record alternative fuels substitution rate in Germany
In April 2013, Cemex's German cement plants attained an alternative fuels substitution rate of 82.6 per cent—the first country within the company’s global operations network to...
Buzzi Unicem is advancing in Russia and in the USA
Buzzi Unicem's first-quarter turnover declined by 10.5 per cent to €503.14m and the EBITDA dropped by 51 per cent to €11.75m but advances were seen in Russia and the USA. Th...
Trinidad Cement Ltd 1Q13 boosted by higher sales volumes and prices
For the first quarter of 2013, Trinidad Cement Ltd recorded EBITDA of JMD114.2m (US$1.16m), reflecting a significant improvement over the first quarter of the previous year and...
Cementir hit by hard Nordic winter
Cementir's first-quarter turnover eased by 0.3 per cent to €194.7m and the EBITDA declined by 26.9 per cent to €9.2m as the cement major was hit by a hard Nordic winter weather...
Stay Informed in this ever-changing landscape
Don't miss the latest cement industry updates. Subscribe to International Cement Review today!
