Al Jouf Cements invests in solar power plant
Al Jouf Cement Co is investing in a 22MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) plant. Engie, located in the south of Turaif Governorate, will supply the equipment and will manage all as...
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Ultracem welcomes President to discuss new plant
Ultracem management met with the President of the Republic of Guatemala. Members of Ultracem's management team, both from the corporate and the operation in Guatemala, had an a...
Domestic cement demand continues to decline in Iran
Iranian domestic cement sales contracted 2.5 per cent YoY to 5.919Mt in October, down from 6.070Mt a year earlier, according to the Iranian cement association. Contrastin...
Kohat Cement has yet to start importing equipment for greenfield plant
Kohat Cement (KOHC) held its corporate briefing session last week to review its operational and financial performance in FY24. The company reported an earnings per share (EPS...
ICG launches fourth cement plant in Kazakhstan
Singapore’s Mainboard-listed International Cement Group (ICG) has inaugurated its fourth integrated cement plant, Korcem, in Kazakhstan’s Jambyl Region. The US$153m facility,...
GCCA releases low carbon cement definitions at COP29
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has launched its international definitions for low carbon cement and concrete. The definitions are seen as crucial to provi...
US$200m cement plant to be established in Balkh
Local officials in Balkh province ( Afghanistan ) have announced that Afghan and Chinese companies are planning to establish a cement factory in the region at an estimated cost...
Low-carbon cement highway project achieves excellent results
Carbon Upcycling Technologies Inc along with, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and the National Road Research Alliance (NRRA) has successfully completed the...
UltraTech Cement scales up EV transport operations
UltraTech Cement Ltd, India's largest cement and ready-mix concrete company, has announced that it is scaling up the use of Electric Vehicles (EV trucks) for movement of mate...
Successful SOCOCIM conveyor commissioning
RBL-REI has commissioned new conveyor handling lines for SOCOCIM ( Vicat group ) in Senegal, West Africa. Designed and manufactured in partnership with REL-REI’s sister com...
Heidelberg Materials and Enagás sign carbon capture collaboration agreement
Enagás CEO Arturo Gonzalo and Heidelberg Materials Hispania CEO Jesús Ortiz have signed an agreement to jointly develop a decarbonisation project linked to the capture, trans...
Cimsa secures US$70m green loan from IFC for sustainability initiatives
Türkiye-based cement manufacturer Cimsa , a unit of Sabanci Holding , has secured a US$70m green loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World...
ECRA appoints new president
Eric Bourdon has been appointed President of the European Cement Research Academy (ECRA). The ECRA Technical Advisory Committee recently elected Eric Bourdon, Deputy CEO of the...
Kima Process Control starts mill optimisation at PT Semen Indonesia (Persero) Tbk
PT Semen Indonesia (Persero) Tbk ( Heidelberg Materials group ) has started a mill optimisation project for two ball mills and one vertical roller mill having ordered a Mi...
Thatta Cement Co expect to to export cement to Europe in 2024
Thatta Cement Co Ltd (THCCL) held a corporate briefing on 15 November to discuss FY24's financial results and prospects. Management reports that the company will likely enabl...
Charting the progress of biodiversity in Europe's quarries
As the first week of COP29 draws to a close, we consider the issue of biodiversity and the cement industry's impact on this important sustainability indicator. This week, ...
Grupo Argos 3Q profit surges 75%, driven by Cementos Argos recovery
Grupo Argos, parent group of Colombian cement giant Cementos Argos , has announced a 75 per cent YoY increase in its net profit for the third quarter of 2024, reaching COP332b...
CBMI to build calcined clay plant in Cote d'Ivoire
CBMI has signed an EPC contract with CIMCI for a 1200tpd clay suspension calcination line and 500,000tpa cement grinding project in Côte d'Ivoire. CBMI has successfully signed...
Heidelberg achieves 50% replacement of fossil fuels at its Edmonton plant
Heidelberg Materials North America has made significant sustainability advancements at its Edmonton cement plant, now replacing up to 50 per cent of fossil fuels with low-car...
Global cement leaders call for urgent government action at COP29
At COP29, currently being held in Baku, Azerbaijan, there has been a formal call for action from the cement and concrete industry to policymakers around the world to increase t...
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