Tajikcement’s coal-fired kiln scheduled for mid-June delivery
China-based Beijing Uni-Construction Group Co Ltd has started preparation works for the installation of a coal-fired kiln at Tajikcement’s state-run cement plant in Dushanbe. ...
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Pakistan 10-month dispatches rise 4.09%
Pakistan cement dispatches rose by 4.09 per cent in the first 10 months of the current fiscal, the latest data from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) sh...
Siam City Cement 1Q sales rise, net profit hit by higher costs, Thailand
Siam City Cement Co (SCCC), Thailand’s second-largest cement producer, reported a decline in operating and net profit for the 1Q13 despite a rise in sales as higher electricity...
Siam Cement appoints Chinese contractor for new Indonesian plant
Siam Cement Group (SCG) of Thailand has signed an agreement with China-based Anhui Conch Design & Research Institute for the construction of a greenfield plant in West Java, In...
Thatta Cement signs joint venture agreement with Cementia
Pakistan cement producer Thatta Cement has signed a joint venture agreement with Cementia Holding for a new grinding plant in Sri Lanka. Cementia, based in Switzerland, is p...
Vicem sales up 14.8% in first four months, Vietnam
State-owned Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem) sold 6.94Mt of cement and clinker in the first four months of this year, rising by 14.8 per cent YoY. Of the total, 6...
Western Diamond Cement Ltd secures project loan, Ghana
Stanbic Bank has closed a US$20.15m loan deal with Western Diamond Cement Ltd, part of the West African Cement SA (WACEM) Group, to build a cement production plant in the wes...
Cementos Argos issues US$765m to finance expansion plans
Colombia's leading cement producer Cementos Argos has issued COP1.4trn (US$765m) worth of preferred shares to finance expansion plans. The company sold the 182 million share...
Armenian cement exports to Georgia double
Exports of cement from Armenia to Georgia have doubled in the first three months of the year compared to the same period of 2012. Armenpress reported that exports reached 36...
Asia Cement raises US$220m from sale of five-year bond
Asia Cement has raised US$220m from the sale of a five-year, zero-coupon convertible bond which it plans to use to repay maturing bonds. Due to strong demand, the dea...
China first-quarter 2013 exports rise
China exported 2.85Mt of cement and cement clinker worth of US$160m in the first quarter of 2013, a YoY increase of 30.6 per cent and 20.8 per cent respectively, according to d...
Holcim Philippines gets go-ahead for new plant
Holcim Philippines has received approval from its Swiss parent company to construct a US$550m cement plant in Bulacan, to support brisk private and public-sector investment. ...
Argentina’s Supreme Court rejects cartel arguments
The Argentine Supreme Court rejected Wednesday the arguments provided by the country’s five largest cement companies – Loma Negra, Minetti, Cemento San Martin, Petroquímica Riv...
Cementos Portland Valderrivas revises 2012-21 business plan, Spain
Spain's leading cement producer, Cementos Portland Valderrivas, has revised its business plan for 2012-21 after recording a loss of EUR27.7m in the first quarter of 2013. Th...
Mangalam Cement to begin upgrade of Kiln Line 1, India
Mangalam Cement has halted operations of its Kiln Line 1 to upgrade its clinker manufacturing capacity, the company has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange. The cement producer...
Himachal Pradesh gives Reliance Cement green light for new cement works
The Himachal Pradesh government has given Reliance Cement the green light to set up a new cement plant in the north Indian state. It has also served notices to four cement plan...
Taiheiyo Cement full-year pretax profit seen beating estimates
Japan’s leading cement producer, Taiheiyo Cement Corp, is expected to have posted a 70 per cent YoY rise in pretax profit for the fiscal year to the end of March 2013. Net pr...
Cost cuts, improved pricing boost Holcim 1Q
Higher prices, cost savings from its efficiency programme as well as the sale of a stake in Cement Australia helped Holcim compensate for harsh first-quarter winter weather whi...
Venezuela government sees per capita demand reaching the 300kg mark
Venezuela’s cement consumption per capita is forecast at 300kg in 2013, in line with the National Plan, 2013-19, according to Vice President for Economy & Production and Minist...
HeidelbergCement net loss widens, confirms 2013 outlook
HeidelbergCement said its first-quarter loss widened in the first quarter of 2013 compared to a year ago as sales were impaired mostly by a weak European market. However, the G...
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