Dewan Cement reported a loss of PKR252m in 1QFY24-25
Dewan Cement Ltd of Pakistan reported a loss of PKR252m (US$0.905m) for the first quarter of FY24-25 (ended on 30 September), compared to PKR115.958m in September 2023. Accor...
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EUROSAC and CEPI Eurokraft join Paper Sacks Go Circular Spain alliance
EUROSAC and CEPI Eurokraft have joined the Paper Sacks Go Circular Spain alliance. The alliance unites about 50 European companies from the whole value chain. They share the co...
Huaxin Cement is poised to be a major African player
This week Huaxin Cement Ltd again showed the strengthening influence of the Chinese in Africa's cement markets as it acquired the majority stake in Lafarge Africa PLC, Nigeria,...
Brazilian cement sales pick up by 5% in 10M24
Cement sales in Brazil (excluding imports) saw a 9.1 per cent advance to 5.921Mt in October 2024 when compared with the year-ago period, when 5.425Mt was sold in the domestic m...
Cimpor celebrates 50 years of Souselas
Cimpor has celebrated its 50th anniversary of the company's Souselas plant. The celebration was attended by the Mayor of Coimbra, José Manuel Silva, the Chairman of the Sou...
Planned spin-off of Holcim’s North American business to occur in 1H25
Holcim is progressing on the planned full capital market separation of its North American business, planned through a 100 per cent spin-off and to be listed on the New York S...
Airvault plant modernisation project is progressing well
Heidelberg Materials ' Airvault 2025 project is making great strides. The modernisation of the cement plant in Deux-Sèvres continues. The project will cover 90 per cent of t...
Construction begins on US$220m Jabal Saraj cement factory in Afghanistan
Construction has commenced on a new cement factory in Jabal Saraj, north of Kabul, marking a significant milestone in Afghanistan’s industrial development. The proj...
Cemex completes sale of Philippine operations
Mexico-based concrete and building materials company Cemex has announced the completion of its previously disclosed divestment of operations in the Philippines. The transacti...
TCMA announces progress made with Saraburi Sandbox
At COP29, in Baku, the Thai Cement Manufacturers Association (TCMA), in collaboration with Department of Climate Change and Environment (DCCE), Global Cement and Concrete Asso...
Afrimat Construction Index continues upward trend in 3Q24
Afrimat has released the findings of its Afrimat Construction Index (ACI) for the 3Q24. The ACI is a composite index of the level of activity within the building and construct...
Morocco's cement market expands 9% in 11M24
Cement deliveries by Asment Témara , Ciments de l’Atlas , Ciments du Maroc and LafargeHolcim Maroc in Morocco grew by 14.8 per cent YoY to 1,278,801t in November 2024 fro...
Material Evolution starts low-carbon cement production at Wrexham
Material Evolution, the start-up aiming to decarbonise cement, announced today that its “ultra-low” carbon cement plant is now operational in Wrexham. The Mevo A1 Production Fa...
The EIA process starts for Çimsa AS's Calcium Aluminate Cement expansion
The project introduction file has been submitted to the Mersin Governorship for the "Calcium Aluminate Cement (CAC) Production Facility Capacity Increase" project of Çimsa Çim...
Al-Jouf Cement Co signs contract to supply clinker to Jordan
Al-Jouf Cement Co, Saudi Arabia, announces the signing of a contract to supply clinker to a Jordanian company. Under this contract, the Saudi Arabian company will export clin...
PIBTL overcomes a fire incident at the terminal
Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Ltd (PIBTL) operates a coal and cement handling facility at Port Qasim in Sindh province, which experienced a fire incident last month. Det...
Italian domestic cement output fell in September and imports cooling
Italian cement output fell sharply in September dropping six per cent YoY, according to the latest data from Italian concrete association, Federbeton. This follows no change in...
InterCement files for judicial reorganisation to safeguard operations
InterCement Participações SA (“InterCement”) has filed for judicial reorganisation in the Bankruptcy and Judicial Reorganisation Courts of São Paulo, along with its parent co...
Pakistan cement dispatches increase 5.6% in November 2024
Pakistan’s cement industry witnessed a 5.6 per cent YoY increase in total cement dispatches in November 2024, according to data released by the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturer...
Cementos Molins to invest EUR15m in Sant Vicenc dels Horts
Cementos Molins Industrial plans to invest EUR15m in renovation and new equipment for its Sant Vicenç dels Horts plant near Barcelona in the 2024-25 period. The company has bee...
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