UltraTech Cement scales up e-truck deployment to cut CO2 emissions
UltraTech Cement is ramping up its adoption of electric trucks as part of its sustainable transportation strategy, supporting the Government of India’s eFAST initiative. Fol...
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Bangladesh Aramit Cement is grappling with losses in 1QFY24-25
Aramit Cement PLC recently announced that its 142nd Board of Directors meeting took place on 14 November 2024. During this meeting, the board approved the unaudited financial s...
BCS says no logging taking place at Tongod cement factory
There is no forestry at the site of the proposed clinker and cement factory in central Sabah’s Tongod district, Malaysia, says Borneo Cement chairman. Datuk Masiung Banah: "In...
Attock Cement Pakistan’s exports to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka rise
Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd (ACPL) held its corporate briefing on 20 November to discuss its FY23-24 and 1QFY24-25 financial results and outlook. During the last fiscal year, th...
Aggregate Industries appoints new business lead
Building materials supplier Aggregate Industries (UK), part of the Holcim group , has appointed a new head of Geocycle to support the company’s ambitious decarbonisation pla...
Carbon capture trackers highlight FID delays
As COP29 enters its second week, a Global Project Tracker (GPT) mapping the pipeline of green industrial projects, with an assessment of their progress towards 2030 targets, ...
Colombian 9M dispatches down 6%
Cement dispatches in Colombia fell by 11.4 per cent to 1.003Mt in September 2024 from 1.131Mt in September 2023, according to the country's statistics office, DANE. This follow...
Breedon Group plc posts 7% revenue rise in 10M24
Breedon Group plc has delivered a resilient performance in the 10-month to 31 October 2024 with robust pricing and a focus on operational excellence more than offsetting th...
Uzbekistan raises customs fees for Tajik cement
Uzbekistan ’s custom authorities have raised the customs clearance fee for Tajik cement imports from US$35/t to US$300/t as of early November. A source speculated to Asia-Plus...
Imports into Philippines up 5%, industry calls for measures
Cement imports into the Philippines have increased by five per cent to 6.2Mt in the first 10 months of 2024, according to the Bureau of Customs. Vietnam is the main importing c...
Kohat Cement adds another solar plant
Kohat Cement Co has successfully installed and commissioned a 5.34MW on-grid solar power plant at its plant site in Kohat, Pakistan, according to information posted on the Pa...
Thung Song Cement joins the WCA
The World Cement Association (WCA) reports that Siam Cement (Thung Song) Co Ltd of Thailand, has joined WCA as its newest corporate member. Founded in 1962, Siam Cement Thung...
Adani Group refutes allegations of fraud
Adani Group has strongly refuted the allegations made by the US Department of Justice and the US Securities and Exchange Commission against its chairman Gautam Adani, and oth...
Cemex Ventures to deploy industrial scale hydrogen combustion at Rugby plant
Cemex Ventures, Cemex ’s corporate venture capital (CVC) and open innovation unit, has announced an initial hydrogen deployment at industrial scale with HiiROC, the pioneering...
Sale of Loma Negra on track to be completed
Loma Negra , Argentina, moves closer to a new Brazilian owner. The sale of Loma Negra has added a new chapter and seems to be more on track to completion. The Argentinean comp...
US group offers US$500m for Cementos Bío Bío
Chile-based Cementos Bío Bío revealed that on 29 May it received an offer from US group Mississippi Lime Co to acquire 100 per cent of the company and that the shareholders a...
Pakistan's cement and clinker exports rise in 4MFY24-25
Pakistan's cement and clinker exports have increased by 12.39 per cent to a value of US$104.61m (2.857Mt) in the first four months of the FY24-25 (July-October 2024), compared ...
Misr Cement Qena reports 9M24 net profits of EGP51m
Misr Cement Qena posted higher consolidated net profits after tax at EGP51.03m (US$1.03m) in the first 9M24, compared to EGP21.75m in 9M23. The revenues reached EGP4.1bn as o...
Taiwan Cement establishes low-carbon construction building alliance
Taiwan Cement (TCC) invited over 100 construction companies to announce the establishment of the "Low Carbon Construction Building Alliance" on 18 November 2024. Over the ...
InterCement Participacoes SA and Mover Participacoes SA sign addendum with CSN
InterCement Participações SA and Mover Participações S A have signed an addendum to the agreement disclosed on 18 September 2024, providing for the exclusivity of Companhia ...
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