Thatta Cement achieves 22.57% increase in local cement dispatches
The directors of Thatta Cement Co Ltd (TCCL) have released a financial report and the company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2024. In ...
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Confidence Cement invests US$68m in new facility in Narsingdi
Confidence Cement PLC , a leading cement producer based in Bangladesh, is investing BDT8.15bn (US$68.2m) to construct a new production facility on 10 acres of land in Narsingd...
JSW Cement adds 2Mta of capacity to its grinding plant in Karnataka
JSW Cement has expanded its Vijayanagar plant in Karnataka by adding an additional 2Mta of grinding capacity, bringing the total capacity at the site to 6Mta. The project, wh...
Morocco’s cement deliveries up 4% in September
Cement deliveries by Asment Témara , Ciments de l’Atlas , Ciments du Maroc , and LafargeHolcim Maroc in Morocco in September 2024 increased by 4.1 per cent YoY to 1,088,12...
Dewan Cement Ltd reported a net loss of US$1.72m for FY23-24
Dewan Cement Ltd (DCL), a major cement producer in Pakistan, has reported a net loss of PKR509.7m (US$1.72m) for the financial year ended 30 June 2024 (FY23-24), slightly imp...
Holcim invests in new cooler and PV plant at Mannersdorf
Holcim will invest EUR10m in a new clinker cooler system to reduce heat consumption and save 18,000tpa of CO 2 at its plant in Mannersdorf , Austria. The project is schedul...
Discounts high as petcoke slides
Oil prices recovered to US$74.50/bbl from US$70 on 20 September 2024, supported by OPEC+ and the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut. Coal fell on lower oil prices while gas...
Polish cement sector to accelerate carbon capture strategy from 2025, argues Polish minister at Cemtech Europe 2024
Cemtech Europe 2024 is now underway in Warsaw, Poland, with over 300 delegates from 40 countries coming together to discuss decarbonisation of the cement industry. CEMBUREAU,...
Holcim plans new US$44m calcined clay processing line in Czech Republic
Holcim Cesko is set to embark on its largest investment to date with the construction of a new calcined clay processing line at its Cížkovice cement plant, worth CZK1bn (US$4...
PPC cement sales fall in 4M24-25
PPC cement sales declined 4.6 per cent in South Africa and Botswana in the first four months of FY24-25. However, revenue increased by 1.6 per cent YoY, supported by a 5.5 per ...
Bruks Siwertell supplies ship unloader to Kuwait Portland Cement Co
Bruks Siwertell has recently completed the commissioning of an ST 490-M Siwertell ship unloader for returning customer, Kuwait Portland Cement Co. It was installed on a jetty i...
Ambuja's proposed Ramannapet plant sparks local outcry over pollution
Plans for a new cement factory near Ramannapet have raised concerns among local residents over potential environmental impacts. The proposed plant, submitted by Ambuja Cement ...
Dalmia Cements prevents 350t of single-use plastic becoming landfill
Tiruchi City Corp has sent approximately 350t of single-use plastic to Dalmia Cements over the past 45 days to be converted into refuse-derived fuel (RDF). This comes after t...
Heavy fuel oil to be supplied to Egyptian cement factories
Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources will provide heavy fuel oil to cement factories through a centralised distribution system starting today, Deputy Prime Minis...
Rezzato Mazzano CCS feasibility study launched
Heidelberg Materials’ Rezzato Mazzano cement plant in the province of Brescia, Italy, is expected to be the first plant in the country to produce carbon captured net-zero cemen...
Puerto Rican cement sales fall 7% in May
Puerto Rican cement sales in May 2024 declined 6.9 per cent YoY when compared with 1.3m bags of 42.6kg (94lb) or 55,380t, according to the Puerto Rican Statistics Institute. ...
Jamaica’s cement shortage ends
Jamaica’s cement shortage has ended. According to the minister for Investment and Commerce in Jamaica, Senator Aubyn Hill, the Caribbean Cement Co Ltd (CCCL) has assured him ...
Ethiopia's PM inaugurates Lemi National Cement Plant
Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, inaugurated the Lemi National Cement Plant in the Lemi Building Materials Park, about 150km north of the country’s capital Addis Ababa....
USG Supramax/Ultramax market stabilised and rising after falling during last month
By Brannvoll ApS, Denmark The USG Supramax/Ultramax freight market was holding largely throughout the month. The rates fell mid-month as tonnage count in the region was risi...
GICA to raise exports to 10Mta
Algeria's Groupe Industriel des Ciments d'Algérie ( GICA ) is setting ambitious targets to elevate its export capacity to 10Mt in the coming years, according to Dzair Tube. Thi...
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