Investor exit from Sabah cement plant questioned
The building of the Kampung Kawayoi Pinangah cement plant in Malaysia’s remote Tongod district on Sabah is now under scrutiny following claims that the investor pulled out. ...
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Kohat Cement completes buy-back of shares
Kohat Cement Co Ltd recently informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange that the purchase period for the buy-back of 12,000,000 company shares has been completed. Company Secret...
FLSmidth opens new mill liner plant in Chile
FLSmidth has inaugurated a new production plant for mill liners and related products in Casablanca, Valparaiso region, Chile. The company has invested more than DKK160m (US...
Cemex to use waste fishing nets as alternative fuel
Cemex will use abandoned fishing nets to produce alternative fuel for its kilns in Panama. Cemex, the Aquatic Resources Authority of Panama (ARAP) together with Audubon America...
Ghana commissions 'world's largest' LC3 plant
Ghana has taken a major step towards cement self-sufficiency with the commissioning of a US$100m facility in the port city of Tema, described as the world’s largest limestone ...
Titan buys Greek aggregates quarry
Titan has purchased Latekat, an established, family-owned quarry business in the Thessaly region of central Greece.
Heidelberg Materials Australia to acquire Midway Concrete
Heidelberg Materials Australia has entered into a conditional purchase agreement to acquire the ready-mixed concrete business of Midway Concrete.
Betolar enables the recovery of key metals and unused slags
Betolar has developed a method that combines the separation of metals from waste materials with the production of green cement.
Orient Cement reports fall in quarterly profits
Indian manufacturer Orient Cement Ltd (OCL), part of the CK Birla group, saw a 38.3 per cent drop in net profits to INR420.7m (US$4.88m) for the January-March 2025 quarter, a...
MPA calls on NISTA to boost delivery on infrastructure strategy
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has urged the new UK National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) and HM Treasury to seize the moment to boost del...
US construction spending up 2% in February
Construction spending in the USA saw a 2.1 per cent uptick in February 2025 when compared with the year-ago period, according to the US Portland Cement Association (PCA).
Holcim’s Villaluenga de la Sagra plant to provide CO2 for synthetic aviation fuel
Holcim ’s cement plant in Villaluenga de la Sagra , south of Madrid is to play a major part in providing captured CO 2 for a new synthetic aviation fuel plant (e-SAF). Th...
Pakistan cement firms likely to announce mixed results for 3QFY24-25
The Pakistan cement industry has yet to post its financial results for the third quarter of FY24-25 at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). However, Topline Pakistan Research for...
Shur Andem Cement plant nears completion
The Shur Andem Cement plant, currently under construction in the Kandahar Industrial Park, is nearing completion. Construction of the factory began about two years ago. Accordi...
Timegtane plant resumes operations
GICA ’S Timegtane cement plant in the Adrar region, Algeria, returned to production after a prolonged stoppage. Line 1, with a capacity of 1Mta, resumed operations on 12 April...
Cahya Mata Cement plans Line 2 at Mambong
Cahya Mata Cement Sdn Bhd, part of Cahya Mata Sarawak Bad, is seeking the go-ahead from the Sarawak government for the development of a second clinker line in Mambong, Borneo...
Indian roadmap aims for net zero by 2070
The Global Cement and Concrete Association India (GCCA India), in collaboration with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), has launched the "Decarbonisation Roadmap for th...
Votorantim Cimentos reduced its global CO2 emissions by 28% Between 1990 and 2024
Votorantim Cimentos ended 2024 with global emissions of 550kg of CO 2 per tonne of cementitious materials produced, a reduction of 27.9 per cent compared to 1990, the baseli...
Clinker delays lead to cement shortage in Ghana
Ghana is currently experiencing a significant shortage of cement, with several retailers and customers raising concerns over the reduced availability of key brands. The shortag...
LKAB and Forterra to use brick waste to recycle calcined clay
LKAB Minerals and Forterra are partnering to use recycled calcined clay as a replacement of traditional cement.
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