Lucky Cement recognised for 'green supply chain', Pakistan
Pakistan cement producer Lucky Cement has been awarded for its green supply chain operations and logistics at the Second International Shipping, Logistics and Supply Chain conf...
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HeidelbergCement rises on upgrade for debt - report
HeidelbergCement AG jumped the most in more than four months after MainFirst Bank AG analysts predicted the company will regain an investment-grade credit rating next year, acc...
Raysut CEO withdraws resignation, Oman
Mohammed Ahmed Al Dheeb has agreed to withdraw his resignation and continue working for Raysut Cement Company as the Group CEO. The board of directors had unanimously agreed to...
KHD wins new order for 9000tpd ACC plant, India
KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG subsidiaries, Humboldt Wedag India, Pvt Ltd and Humboldt Wedag GmbH received an order from Holcim Group company ACC Ltd, India, for a new 90...
French cement consumption rises 5% in October
French cement demand increased by five per cent YoY to 1.904Mt in October, data from association Syndicat Français de l'Industrie Cimentière (SFIC) shows. Domestic producers a...
Holcim Belgique to close Haccourt facility
Holcim Belgique announced it will close its Haccourt cement grinding plant, near Liège, Belgium. The unit currently employs 43 people. This project is part of a reorganisati...
Titan successfully concludes issuance of new EUR200m notes
Greece-based cement producer Titan has successfully concluded the issuance of new €200m guaranteed notes, due in January 2017. Demand from international and domestic institu...
Sociedad de Cementos y Materiales looks to cut 35 jobs
Spanish cement and building materials producer Sociedad de Cementos y Materiales de Construccion de Andalucia, is reportedly planning to lay-off 35 members of staff. The comp...
Malvern Instruments opens new applications laboratory in São Paulo, Brazil
Malvern Instruments has opened a new applications and demonstration laboratory in Brazil. Located at the São Paulo facility of Malvern’s parent company Spectris, the new labor...
PPC appoints general manager for Jupiter plant, South Africa
Busi Legodi has been appointed as PPC Ltd's first black female general manager to oversee operations at its Jupiter plant in Germiston. Legodi has been with the company for 1...
Cemex completes financial plan for 2012
Cemex announced today the completion of its financial plan for 2012, which included several transactions to refinance and/or prepay debt scheduled to mature through 2014, there...
Spain to see fifth consecutive annual double-digit fall in demand
Spanish cement association Oficemen expects consumption to reduce by 33 per cent in 2012 per cent in 2013 , the fifth double-digit decline in a row. This will take ...
Pakistan invites Expressions of Interest for new coal terminal
The Karachi Port Trust (KPT), which operates under Pakistan’s Ministry of Ports and Shipping, is inviting expressions of interest (EOI) to develop a dedicated coal terminal on ...
Peru Jan-November cement deliveries up 16.62%
Domestic cement shipments in Peru jumped 16.62 per cent to 8.756Mt in the first 11 months of 2012, according to the Peruvian Association of Cement Producers (Asocem). Producti...
India cement sector to see recovery in FY13-14
India's cement industry is expected to see a sharp recovery in cement prices in FY13-14 with an improving supply and demand scenario, as well as government measures to fast-tra...
Siam Cement sees strong demand into 2013
Increased demand witnessed over 2012 in Thailand will continue rising well into next year, according to the head of the Siam Cement Group (SCG). "The momentum of demand grow...
ACC awards contract for Jamul Cement plant construction, India
McNally Bharat Engineering has been awarded a contract by ACC Ltd for the construction and installation of a cement plant in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. "The com...
Indonesia Jan-November 2012 sales rise 15%
Indonesia's cement sales have continued their upward trend, with domestic consumption having risen 15 per cent in the first 11 months of 2012, thanks to the country's infrastru...
Holcim to restructure operations in Europe
Holcim has said it will introduce a leaner management structure in Europe to reflect the lower level of construction activity, and expects to save at least CHF120m (EUR97mm) ...
Egyptian government to raise mazout fuel prices for cement companies
The Egyptian government is to raise fuel prices for cement companies that use mazout for production by 130 per cent, according to local press. The price hike means that per-t...
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