Tanga Cement set to begin new line construction, Tanzania
Tanga Cement Company Ltd (TCC) is expected to start construction of the second kiln in the third quarter of this year. The second kiln will enable the cement factory to produ...
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China MIIT unveils 1st batch qualified cement production lines
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has published its first batch of qualified cement production lines. There are 108 cement production lines at 68 ...
Gresik Power plant project delayed, Indonesia
PT Semen Gresik, says that the completion of its power plant project in Pangkep, South Sulawesi, will be delayed due to bad weather and man power limitations, according to repo...
Enersource and Holcim (Canada) launch heat recovery project
Enersource has assisted Holcim (Canada) in securing a financial incentive from the Ontario Power Authority of US$6.37m to support the development and construction of a waste he...
Cementos Argos announces investment in Colombia's central zone
Colombia’s leading cement producer Cementos Argos announced yesterday that it is to spend US$93m in expanding its cement capacity in the country’s central zone as the company p...
Further Spanish cuts ahead
The Spanish cement sector is facing more job cuts and possible further restructuring measures as local cement consumption continues to tumble. Management of Cementos Lemona p...
Govt to appeal court order Assiut Cement renationalisation, Egypt
The Egyptian government plans to file an appeal against a Thursday court ruling renationalising Assiut Cement, Industry and Foreign Trade Minister Hatem Saleh told Ahram Online...
Attock Cement full year profit rises, Pakistan
Attock Cement Pakistan reported profit after tax to PKR1.44bn for the year ended 30 June 2012 compared to PKR684m in the previous year, thanks to higher prices. Net sales ro...
A TEC GRECO announces new managing director, Austria
A TEC GRECO has announced the appointment of Ulrich Kuegler as Managing Director – COO (Chief Operating Officer), effective August 2012. Mr Kuegler, former Corporate Project ...
Inchini Cement seeks export permit, Ethiopia
Ethiopia-based producer Inchini Bedrock Cement factory is seeking approval to export cement volumes to neighbouring countries as domestic demand has declined, forcing the facto...
West Bengal project inaugurated, India
Kolkata-based Roofers Group inaugurated its 0.2Mta cement plant in West Bengal, India on Tuesday according to local press reports. “We have initially invested INR30 crore to ...
Southern Province faces further delays to mill project
Southern Province Cement Co said that further to its announcement on April 29 2009, regarding the delay of the operation of the third mill in Jazan plant, there will be a delay...
Guangdong producers buy CO2 permits
Four cement producers in China's Guangdong province have bought 1.3 million CO2 permits from the local government at CNY60/unit (EUR7.25), according to local press. China Re...
Spain: eight month consumption down 34.3% YoY
Spanish cement consumption for the first eight months of 2012 has declined by 34.3 per cent YoY to 9.56Mt, according to the latest data from Spanish cement association Oficemen...
Cemex to increase Philippine capacity
Cemex announced today that it is planning to expand the cement production capacity of its APO plant in the Philippines by 1.5Mta. Through an investment of approximately US$65m,...
Boral announces new CEO, Australia
Mike Kane has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Boral Limited, effective 1 October 2012. Mike Kane will replace Ross Batstone who became Boral’s ...
Vietnam production declines 2% YoY
Vietnam produced 31.59Mt of cement in the first eight months of this year, down two per cent from a year earlier, the Vietnam National Cement Association (VNCA) said. In Augus...
Fauji Cement increases full year profit, Pakistan
Profit after tax of Fauji Cement Company Limited increased to PKR552.590m in the year ended 30 June 2012 (FY12) compared to PKR425.661m in the same period in FY11. According ...
Reliance Cement launches into the Indian cement market
Reliance Infrastructure Limited (RInfra), part of the Anil Ambani led Reliance Group, through its subsidiary Reliance Cement Company Private Limited (RCC), launched of its "Rel...
Cemex completes refinancing deal, Mexico
Cemex said on Monday it has completed its plan to refinance US$7.2bn of debt and push back maturities by up to four years. Last week, the company and nearly all of its credit...
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