Lafarge expands concrete delivery capability in Alberta
Lafarge Canada has received provincial approval to operate trailers equipped with hydraulically forced steering axles for concrete delivery in Alberta, Canada, marking a signif...
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Smyrna ready-mix concrete acquires Gerig Concrete
Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete LLC (SRM Concrete) has announced the acquisition of Gerig Concrete, a ready-mix producer based in Hernando, Florida, USA.
Cement demand recovering in Vietnam
Cement dispatches in Vietnam increased by 22 per cent YoY to 7.828Mt in March 2025, according to the Vietnam National Cement Association (VNCA). Of this total, VICEM delivered ...
Bahrain announces stricter new cement standards
The government of Bahrain has announced tougher new standards for locally-produced and imported cement as it tightens control over the industry to raise the standard of constr...
US tariffs create massive uncertainty, sending markets lower, while coal switch drives petcoke down
The global markets collapsed after the US administration declared unprecedented customs tariffs. At the time of writing, the full impact on stock markets and the potential inf...
Oman Cement Company reports losses in 1Q25
Oman Cement Co has recently updated the Muscat Stock Exchange (MSX) regarding its initial unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2025, indicating a decline in pro...
Pakistan records fall in cement production 8MFY25
Pakistan’s large-scale manufacturing (LSM) output contracted 3.5 per cent YoY in February 2025, marking a continued slowdown in industrial activity, according to data compiled ...
Al Jouf Cement’s revenue drop results in net loss in 2024
Al Jouf Cement Co reported a 4.8 per cent decline in revenues to SAR256.5m (US$68.4m) in 2024 from SAR269.28m in 2023, according to initial financial results reported by Zawy...
Could the cement sector aid decarbonisation of aviation?
This week the ECO2Fly project offered an insight into how captured CO2 emissions from a cement plant could be reused in the production of synthetic aviation fuel (e-SAF). Holc...
Buzzi increases tender offer to Gulf Cement Co
After the offer document submitted on 13 March 2025 for TC Mena Holdings Ltd, a subsidiary of Buzzi SpA , to acquire a 37.6 per cent share of the capital in Gulf Cement Co ...
Cement dispatches in Colombia down 7% in February
Colombia's cement market contracted 6.6 per cent YoY in February 2025 as dispatches fell to 0.965Mt from 1.032Mt in the year-ago period, reported DANE, the national statistics ...
Misr Beni Suef Cement net profit surges to EGP833.439m in 2024
Misr Beni Suef Cement Co reported a 93.8 per cent hike in non-consolidated net sales of EGP3.94bn (US$77.1m) in 2024 from EGP2.033bn in the year prior. Stand-alone net pr...
GCC secures US$135m financing for plant expansion in Texas
Mexico-based cement and construction materials producer GCC , formerly known as Grupo Cementos Chihuahua, has closed a pair of bank loans for US$135m to finance expansion ...
Romcim acquires two BCC Aggregate Betoane concrete plants
CRH Ciment (Romania) SA has bought two concrete plants from BCC Aggregate Betoane. Located in Iasi and the Miroslava community, the plants will enable CRH to serve the northe...
Fauji Cement launches the Ashar Navaid Solar Park
Fauji Cement Ltd (FCCL) has established a 26 MWp solar plant called the Ashar Navaid Solar Park at its Nizampur cement plant with an average annual power generation of ...
VLS Environmental Solutions to build AF facility in New Braunfels
VLS Environmental Solutions has unveiled plans for an alternative engineered fuel (AEF) waste processing facility in New Braunfels, Texas, USA. The plant will support Zero ...
Aalborg Portland cuts CO2 emissions by 36% since 2022
Aalborg Portland ( Cementir Holding ) has reduced its CO 2 emissions by more than a third in the last three years, it has announced. The company reduced its CO 2 emissions...
Sinoma Cement acquires stake in Jbel Oust
On 15 April an official ceremony was held at the Jbel Oust cement plant in Zaghouan governorate, Tunisia, to mark the US$140m purchase of the Votorantim Ciment stake in the p...
Raysut Cement incurs further losses
Oman-based Raysut Cement Co reported financial losses for 1Q25, according to financial results published on the Muscat Stock Exchange website on 15 April. The group’s cons...
Indian cement prices expected to rise as 4QFY24-25 demand up
Cement demand in India increased by 6-7 per cent YoY to 128Mt with most regions seeing expansion of 5-8 per cent YoY in the fourth quarter of FY24-25. The average pan-India...
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