Holcim divests Bamburi Cement
Holcim has closed the divestment of its business in Kenya through a sale to Amsons Group of its entire 58.6 per cent stake in Bamburi Cement Ltd , resulting in cash procee...
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Paraguay's INC reports sales of 11m bags in 11M24
Paraguayan cement producer Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) sold 11,057,000 bags of cement in the January-November 2024 period, according to the company. The high sales v...
Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies creates licensing agreement with Cemblend Ltd
Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies has announced a strategic licensing agreement with its UK partner Cemblend Ltd. This agreement strengthens the company's position in a key ...
FLSmidth announces proposed changes to its Board of Directors
FLSmidth & Co A/S has announced proposed changes to its Board of Directors (BoD) ahead of the Annual General Meeting on 2 April 2025. Curre...
2024 signs off with the cement sector committed to decarbonisation
CemNet's review of 2024 highlights significant acquisitions, new capacity projects, and continued advances in decarbonisation, underscoring yet another dynamic year for cement ...
Crown Cement earned a profit after tax of BDT1001m in FY24
Crown Cement PLC, in Bangladesh, recently released its annual report for FY23-24. During the last financial year, the company earned a profit after tax of BDT1001m (US$0.83m). ...
Heracles appoints Air Liquide for Olympus FEED contract
Heracles General Cement Co ( Holcim group ) has signed a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract with Air Liquide Engineering and Construction for the CO 2 capturing, l...
Lemi National Cement Factory boosts Ethiopia's cement market
Ethiopia’s cement sector is poised for growth with the launch of Lemi National Cement Factory , the country’s largest cement facility. The factory boasts a production capacity...
Gharibwal Cement announces board change
Gharibwal Cement Ltd has appointed Mian Nazir Ahmed Peracha as a director, effective 4 December 2024, following the resignation of Habiba Tousif Paracha. The announcement was...
Petcoke rises sharply, discounts lower after wave of geopolitical events – coal falls back in range
Geopolitical headlines in November and December dominated the news. The Trump team has been selected and the energy markets are waiting so see if tariffs will be introduced tha...
KHD signs FEED contract for oxyfuel kiln at Geseke plant
KHD has signed a front end engineering contract (FEED) for the planning of the new oxyfuel kiln line for Heidelberg Materials ’ GeZero CCS Project at the company's Geseke ce...
Wärtsila awarded propulsion order for 38,000dwt methanol-ready cement carrier
Finland based Wärtsila has been awarded the contract to supply a complete propulsion package for the world's largest cement carrier. Under the contract Wärtsila will be sup...
Ambuja Cements to merge two subsidiaries
India's Ambuja Cements is merging two of its recently purchased units into the company, to streamline the structure of the Adani Group's cement businesses and simplify compli...
Ukrainian imports threaten Polish industry
The latest statistics show that during the first seven months of 2024, as much as 343,000t of cement were imported to Poland from Ukraine. This is more than in the full-year 20...
Holcim Philippines and Megawide renew partnership
Holcim Philippines has renewed a supply agreement with Saavedra-led developer Megawide Construction Corp and will provide over 400,000t of aggregates for Megawide’s 2025 proj...
Huaxin Cement to acquire four Brazilian aggregate quarries
Huaxin Cement has announced a transaction of US$186.6m to acquire four aggregate quarries in Brazil. The acquisition is an important step in the implementation of the company...
Cimpor invests EUR60m in gypsum plant in Cameroon
Cimpor Global Holdings has signed a landmark agreement with the Cameroon Investment Promotion Agency (API) for the establishment of a modern gypsum factory in Kribi, Cameroon...
Capsol Technologies prepares carbon capture demonstration unit
Last week Capsol Technologies AS installed its CapsolGo ® unit at A kmenes cementas AB in Lithuania and is preparing for a demonstration campaign within the cement industry...
Pakistan’s economic indicators may positively impact the cement industry
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced that its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to cut the policy rate by 200 basis points to 13 per cent, effective 17 December 202...
The Carbon Management Alliance is launched
To capture, store and further processing of CO 2 (CCUS) in Germany across industries and to actively shape the necessary framework conditions, companies from the cement, lime,...
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