Ste. Genevieve County cement plant’s construction on schedule
Construction of the US’ largest cement plant in Ste. Genevieve County is on track for its scheduled completion next year, its plant manager said Thursday.
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FLSmidth wins large expansion project in Egypt
FLSmidth has signed a contract worth EUR63m with Arabian Cement Company (ACC) to supply engineering and equipment for a complete 6,000tpd cement production line.
Talks with Saudi on cement supply soon
Prime Minister, Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, yesterday reviewed with senior government officials the impact the shortage of cement and other building materials on the l...
New order for Polysius
Devnya Cement AD, the Bulgarian subsidiary of Italcementi and the largest producer in the country, has contracted Polysius to supply a kiln line for 7000tpd of clinker.
UAE’s Union Cement eyes using coal as fuel
Union Cement Co said on Wednesday it is considering using coal to fire one of its kilns instead of natural gas or heavy fuel.
Cement plants risk oversupply
While Vietnam is facing a cement shortage, the situation may reverse by 2010 when a series of cement plants start up, warned the Vietnam National Cement Association (VNCA).
HeidelbergCement and Italcementi in technical agreement
Italcementi and HeidelbergCement are to jointly further develop the photoactive binders market.
Qatar to freeze cement, steel prices
Qatar plans to impose a three-year freeze on cement and steel prices as well as
Al Badia signs MoU with CBMI for 3.2Mt capacity cement plant in Syria
Al Badia Cement JSC (Under-establishment) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Chinese contractor CBMI to build a cement plant in Abu Al Shamat, Damascus Rural Area.
Sabah wants cement import duties abolished, Malaysia
Sabah wants the import duties on cement from Asean countries to be abolished as the state government announced cost-cutting measures to mitigate rising fuel costs.
Cimsa receives approval for acquisition of ready-mixed cement plants
Turkish cement producer Cimsa Cimento Sanayi has announced that the competition board has approved
Sri Lanka Holcim unit says cement market slowing
A senior company official from Holcim Lanka there has been a slowdown in demand for cement from the island’s construction sector
Italcementi invests in Syria
The Italcementi subsidiary Ciments Français is taking a 12.5% stake in Al Badia Cement, a new cement company being established to build a 3.2Mta cement works in Syria
Holcim Lanka makes bid to invest in Jaffna cement plant
Holcim Lanka said it has made an investment proposal to Lanka Cement to revive production at its defunct plant in the northern Jaffna peninsula or build a new one.
Taiwan Cement to double capacity at China’s Jiangsu plant
Taiwan Cement Corp has decided to invest US$135m to double capacity at its plant in China’s Jiangsu province to 4.5Mt
Iranian company to build cement factory in south Kyrgyzstan
An Iranian company, Mapsa, has applied to invest EUR150m in a cement factory in the city of Taskomur in Kyrgyzstan
Sichuan Yadong Cement third-phase project to start
Taiwan-funded Sichuan Yadong Cement Co, Ltd. is to start the construction of its third cement production line in Pengzhou Cit
ASEC Cement Holding puts together new management team
Italcement’s Giorgio Bodo and CEMEX’s Tarek El Gammal take on key posts with ASEC Cement Holding as its owners Citadel Capital aims to take the company into major phase of devel...
Jura Cement’s mills benefit from ABB’s award winning Expert Optimizer
Expert Optimizer 5.0 is successfully applying Model Predictive Control to Jura Cement’s vertical raw mill and cement ball mill at the Wildegg plant.
France’s Lafarge to build cement plant in Rostov region
Lafarge SA plans to build a cement plant in Russia’s Rostov Region, the press office of the regional economic development ministry
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