Buzzi buys 38% of Gulf Cement Co
Buzzi SpA , through TC Mena Holdings Ltd (TC Mena), a 90 per cent owned subsidiary incorporated under the laws of Abu Dhabi Global Market, has acquired 37.6 per cent of the sh...
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New research on CCS and electrification examines clinker formation changes
The cement industry is transitioning to more sustainable cement production. New research from Heidelberg Materials provides important knowledge about how cement production wi...
Heidelberg Materials' Airvault plant orders VRM for ultra-fine cement
Heidelberg Materials has ordered an MVR vertical roller mill of the type MVR 5000 C-4 from Gebr Pfeiffer. This mill will grind ultra-fine Portland cement at the existing Heid...
Cimpor invest in UK terminal and Alhandra Kiln 7 upgrade
Cimpor is investing EUR20-25m in a terminal at the port of Bristol in the UK and plans to expand its product range in this country in the coming years. Cimpor global ch...
Lafarge Canada plans to open waste processing unit in Burnaby
Lafarge Canada plans to open a facility in Burnaby that could process all of Metro Vancouver's contaminated soil. The soil-washing facility would divert large volumes of cont...
Tamil Nadu government proposes limestone levy
The government of Tamil Nadu, India, has proposed a levy of an additional INR160/t (US$1.84) on limestone with effect from 20 February 2025. It follows the introduction of an I...
Cimpor Global and FIZIX digital collaboration
Cimpor Global announces a new collaboration with FIZIX to detect malfunctions in cement production facilities before they occur. Cimpor Global (TCC Group) will commission th...
Cementir's reports Turkish revival in 2024 results
Cementir' s regional results for the 2024 saw strong cement sales in Türkiye and stable sales in Denmark and USA, but elsewhere cement performances came under pressure from sl...
Slovak cement industry achieves 75% thermal substitution
In 2024 cement plants in Slovakia achieved a thermal substitution rate of 75 per cent, replacing part of their fossil fuel requirement by 374,000t of alternative fuels. This sa...
Caribbean Cement posts US$37.5m net profit in 2024
Caribbean Cement Co Ltd (CCC) posted a net profit of JMD5.9bn (US$37.5m) for its December year-end, marking a 6.7 per cent increase YoY despite adverse weather conditions. ...
Brazil's cement market expands 7% in 2M25
Cement dispatches in Brazil advanced by 7.6 per cent YoY to 5.107Mt in February 2025 from 4.748Mt in February 2024, according to the country’s cement association, SNIC. Sales w...
Cementir posts 2024 results with gross profits down 7 %
Cementir ’s Board of Directors released the company’s financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024. Profit before taxes was EUR295.3m, down 6.5 per cent on E...
Loma Negra improves environmental performance in 2024
Argentinian cement producer Loma Negra improved its sustainability indicators in 2024 as it produced close to 5Mt of cement with 31 per cent less water and 0.9Mt less CO 2 emi...
Semen Baturaja increases AFR use
Semen Baturaja, part of PT Semen Indonesia, increased its alternative fuels and raw materials (AFR) use by 41 per cent to 9401t, up from 6661t in 2023. This has lifted the comp...
PIBTL to handle precious metals at Port Qasim
The Pakistan Executive Committee of Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) has agreed to allow Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Ltd (PIBTL) to handle other commodit...
US cement market contracts in 2024
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement (including imports) in the USA and Puerto Rico, declined by 6.7 per cent YoY to 6.75Mt in December 2024, according to the US Geol...
JM and Cemvision enter strategic partnership
The Swedish cement manufacturer Cemvision and the Nordic residential developer JM have initiated a collaboration to accelerate the transition to climate-friendly construction. ...
Bangladesh's cement exports continued to decline in 8MFY2024-25
Bangladesh experienced a 28.7 per cent YoY drop in cement export revenue, totalling US$8.88m in the 8MFY24-25 (July 2024-February 2025), down from US$12.46m during the same per...
Decarbonised clinker from Hoffmann Green receives a technical approval
Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies , which designs and markets innovative clinker-free cements, has obtained a Technical Approval (ATEc) for its H-UKR cement, a world premiere...
Dewan Cement reports losses in 1HFY24-25
Pakistani cement producer Dewan Cement Ltd (DCL) posted its financial results for the 1HFY24-25 on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) website on 26 February 2025. The company ...
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