Italian cement production increases 7% in December
Italian cement output saw robust growth of seven per cent in December 2024 when compared with December 2023, according to the latest data from Italian concrete association, Fed...
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UtraTech Cement adds additional capacity through debottlenecking
As part of its capacity expansion programmes, UltraTech Cement ( Aditya Birla group ) has identified several opportunities for debottlenecking and enhancing efficiency at va...
Whale Rock plans to acquire Schwenk Namibia
Whale Rock Cement (Pty) Ltd , the parent company of Cheetah Cement, has filed a notice to acquire Schwenk Namibia, which holds a majority stake in Ohorongo Cemen t. If su...
JK Lakshmi posts 59% drop in income in 3QGY24-25
JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd reported unaudited consolidated revenue from operations for the three months ended 31 December 2024 (3QFY24-25) of INR14.968bn (US$172.9m), down 12.1 pe...
Dangote resumes Itori project
Dangote Cement has resumed construction of a 6Mta cement plant in Ewekoro Local Government Area, Itori, Nigeria. The facility will have two lines built on 533ha of land and wil...
Arabian Cement Co signs 30-year solar power purchase agreement
Arabian Cement Co (ACC), part of Cementos La Union group , has signed a 30-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with IRSC for Renewable Energy Solutions, a leading developer...
Aggregate Industries rebrands to Holcim UK
Aggregate Industries has rebranded to Holcim UK as part of strategic shift to provide the construction industry with seamless access to the latest sustainable building solu...
Najran Cement posts 24% hike in profits in 2024
Saudi Arabia based Najran Cement Co saw a 10.1 per cent increase in revenue to SAR534.5m in 2024 from SAR485.65m in 2023, according to the company’s financial statements. Net...
Heidelberg Materials Bosnia sees 37% advance in net profit
Heidelberg Materials Cement BiH in Bosnia has increased its revenue by 25 per cent to BAM179.5m (US$99.9m) in 2024. Of this total, domestic sales revenue rose 30 per cent YoY...
Teplotechna completes Austrian cooler refractory lining project
Teplotechna DIS has successfully completed a turnkey refractory lining project (design and build) for the new clinker cooler and hot section at an Austrian cement plant. Cze...
Dalmia Bharat starts commercial production at Lanka plant
India based Dalmia Bharat Ltd announced in a regulatory filing that Dalmia Cement (North East) Ltd has commenced commercial production at its newly expanded 2.4Mta grinding u...
Cemex makes major solar power investment with EDP Energia Poland
Cemex has signed an agreement with EDP Energia Poland to build solar installations at several Cemex plants in Poland, with a total capacity of over 14MWp. This investment is ...
Premier Cement Mills to merge with National Cement and Premier Power
Premier Cement Mills PLC of Bangladesh has decided to absorb two of its concerns, National Cement Mills and Premier Power Generation, in a bid to streamline and optimise opera...
Kyrgyzstan sees increase in imports and domestic production
The import of cement to Kyrgyzstan increased by 3.3 times in January 2025 compared to January 2024, according to the National Statistics Committee. A total of 38,000t of cem...
CIMAF Chad denies ex-works price increase
CIMAF ’s subsidiary in Chad, CIMAF Chad , has officially denied any increase in the ex-works price of cement. The company stated that “the rates applied at the factory remain...
Sinai Cement returns to black in 2024
In 2024 Vicat -owned Sinai Cement returned a net profit of EGP3.07bn (US$60.8m) when compared with net losses of EGP-121.42m in 2023. Non-consolidated net profits reached EG...
Dynamis completes European burner project
Dynamis just successfully commissioned a new burner for an important cement plant in Europe. The new Dynamis D-Flame burner enables the plant to achieve a thermal substituti...
ABAD calls on Pakistan's government to announce a construction industry package
The Association of Builders and Developers of Pakistan (ABAD) urges the government to introduce a revival package for the construction sector. This package would facilitate la...
Energy costs undermining competitive UK cement industry
The UK's Minerals Product Association (MPA) has spoken out against the lack of government plans for balancing the need for building sustainable homes with the need to provide r...
Argentina's cement market expands 8% in February
Cement consumption in Argentina saw a 7.5 per cent increase to 735,330t in February 2025 when compared with February 2024 when demand reached 683,899t, according to the country...
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