Loesche wins Holcim Ecuador VRM contract
Loesche will deliver one LM 56.4 vertical roller mill for cement raw material grinding to Holcim Ecuador's cement plant Guayaquil. The order with Loesche was placed by general ...
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Siam Cement Group to lift capacity by 4.5Mta in two years
Siam Cement Group plans to spend US$1.5bn to expand cement production capacity in Southeast Asia by 4.5Mta over the next two years. President and chief executive of Siam Cem...
Saudi Cement to rehabilitate two kiln lines, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Cement Company’s board of directors has announced that the cement producer is to rehabilitate and re-operate Kilns 4 & 5 in Hofuf factory with a total designed capacity o...
Steppe Cement’s full-year profit rises on increased sales and prices
Kazakhstan-based cement producer Steppe Cement Ltd on Wednesday confirmed that pretax profit more than doubled in the year ended 2012 thanks to sales that were up by almost 10 ...
Mustehkam Cement and Bestway Cement to merge, Pakistan
Two Pakistan-based cement producers, Mustehkam Cement and Bestway Cement, have informed the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) of their intention to merge and operate as a single com...
Siam Cement first quarter net profit rises 47% YoY, Thailand
Siam Cement reported a 47 per cent is first quarter net profit, mainly due to advances in its cement and petrochemical business. The Thai conglomerate posted a net profit of ...
South Korean cement producers to withdraw price hikes
Major cement producers in South Korea have withdrawn price rises announced earlier in 2013 and will maintain current prices for a year. Manufacturers such as Tongyang Cement...
UltraTech in talks with JP Associates for Gujarat assets, India
UltraTech Cement is reportedly closing in on a deal to acquire the cement assets of Jaiprakash Associates in the state of Gujarat, India, according to local press reports. "...
Sale of Akmenes Cementas shares blocked by anti-trust regulator
Lithuania’s Competition Council has blocked the sale of a 51 per cent stake in Akmenes Cementas to Concretus Materials, part of the Betoneta Group. The regulator concluded o...
Qatar National Cement Co 1Q13 sales edge ahead
Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC) reported a net profit of QAR118.6m (US$32.6m) for the first three months of this year, slightly ahead on the QAR117.9m recorded in the same...
UltraTech Cement quarterly net profit falls 16.3%, India
UltraTech Cement on Monday announced a 16.3 per cent YoY fall in quarterly profit, which it attributed to an increase in railway freight costs and diesel prices. The company r...
Anhui Conch reports first quarter decline, China
China’s second-largest cement producer by capacity, Anhui Conch Cement, reported a decline in first-quarter net profit but an improved pricing environment has begun to emerge i...
Positive earnings outlook for Siam Cement, Thailand
Siam Cement Plc (SCC) of Thailand is expected to post good earnings growth thanks in part to domestic demand for cement and building products remaining strong. According to ...
Waste processing facility launched, Philippines
The Mundo Verde Corporation, in partnership with the Quezon local government, has officially launched a waste processing facility in Payatas, Quezon City, to turn municipal w...
Goldman positive on Eastern China markets
Goldman Sachs said it remains positive on China's cement sector but continues to be regionally and stock selective. The investment bank expects further upside to cement prices...
Peru first-quarter dispatches up 10.8%
Cement dispatches from the Peruvian market reached 2,476,577t in the first quarter of 2013, representing a YoY rise of 10.8 per cent on the same period of last year (2,235,485t...
MPA survey indicate further decline in UK construction activity
Survey results by the Mineral Products Association (MPA) results for the first quarter of 2013 confirm the slow start to UK construction activity in 2013 and it has expresed th...
Philippine cement sales rise 3.4% in 1Q13
Philippine cement sales in the first quarter of 2013 rose 3.4 per cent YoY to 4.787Mt, according to the head of the Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines. Fir...
Eastern Province Cement Co net profit rises 4.8% YoY
Eastern Province Cement Co has announced a 4.8 per cent YoY rise in net profit to SAR109m (US$29m) in 1Q13 compared to SAR104m in the same period of last year. The increase is ...
Cemex to pay US$1m to settle Clean Air Act fine, USA
Cemex is to pay a US$1m civil penalty and install US$600,000 worth of new pollution control equipment at its Lyons plant in Colorado, to settle alleged violations of the Clean ...
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