Les Ciments de Bizerte posts 59% drop in 1H revenue
Les Ciments de Bizerte announced disappointing results in 1H24. Revenues at the Tunisian cement producer declined by 59.3 per cent YoY to TND19.58m (US$6.45m) in the 1H24 from ...
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Saudi cement sales exhibited growth in 2QFY24
Saudi Arabia's cement industry recorded a 1.8 per cent sales growth in the 2Q124, reaching 10.85Mt. Al-Yamama Cement 's data showed that 95 per cent of these sales were domest...
CRH announces new CEO
CRH has announced the appointment of Jim Mintern as the next chief executive officer, succeeding Albert Manifold who will retire at the end of the year. Mr Mintern is cu...
GEDA supports CCB's CO2 reduction project
GEDA's 2500 Z/ZP platform transports heavy loads on the 100m-high main tower of the cement works Compagnie des Ciments Belges (CCB) is working on ...
BSI publishes guidance on alternative binders
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has published its latest code of practice, “Lower Carbon Concrete – Alternative Binder Systems (ABS) – BSI Flex 350 Version 2”, aimed at...
Calderys Group holds 2024 safe.day
Refractory supplier Calderys organised in all its industrial sites and offices the ‘safe.day’, a day on which the group halts operations for a few hours to promote and strength...
Vietnam's cement market expands 10% in August
Cement sales in Vietnam increased 10 per cent YoY to 4,922,817t in August when compared with August 2024 and remained stable when compared with July 2024, when sales reached 4,...
Ignites to supply green electricity to Akmenes Cementas
Smart energy solutions company Ignites will supply electricity generated by its wind farm in Mažeikiai to Akmenes Cementas , Lithuania. Ignites and Akmenes Cementas, which ...
Ramco Cements invests US$7m in 1Mta capacity upgrade
The Ramco Cements Ltd announced it has increased its cement capacity by nearly 1Mta following the debottlenecking of cement capacity at its Kalavatala plant in Andhra Prade...
Blowouts at Irish Cement spark calls for action
Following a recent early morning blowout at Irish Cement , a subsidiary of CRH Plc , that left local residents waking to cars and property coated in white dust, calls have be...
Bangladesh cement sales drop as major construction projects shelved
Sales of cement in Bangladesh have nearly halved in the last few of months as real estate developers cancelled construction plans, while public projects were delayed because of...
Energy Index driven lower by oil – petcoke below US$60 with high discount offer
By Frank O. Brannvoll, Brannvoll ApS, Denmark Geopolitics still dominate the markets. Financial markets expect the US Federal Reserve to deliver a 0.25 per cent cut in mid-S...
Sunchon Cement plant raises production
The Sunchon Cement plant in the North Korea has launched a drive to increase its production. The plant's officials and workers set a detailed readjustment and reinforcement...
China prepares for cement to join wider ETS market
While emissions trading in China is currently restricted to the power sector, the country is poised to open its carbon market to the cement, steel and aluminium industries. The...
Holcim North America's climate commitments scrutinised ahead of US$30bn US listing
Holcim North America is hiding pollution liabilities and other risks from investors as the company plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange in early 2025, warns a high prof...
Spanish cement market contracts 1% in 8M24
Cement demand in Spain slipped 1.4 per cent in the January-August 2024 period to 9,641,354t when compared with the first eight months of 2023, according to Oficemen. "Despite...
Cemex revolutionises operations with AI
Cemex (Mexico) has started using MARIA (the Monitoring and Remote Assistance with Artificial Intelligence system). This system permanently, and in real time, captures critica...
Steppe Cement reports 1H24 revenues of US$34m
Steppe Cement reported its 1H24 unaudited interim results with revenues amounting to US$34.4m, a seven per cent fall from US$36.9m in the corresponding period of 2023. The de...
Sumitomo Drive Technologies expands its Illinois warehouse
Sumitomo Drive Technologies, a leading manufacturer of power transmission and motion control solutions to the cement and other industrial sectors, held a grand opening ceremony...
National Renewable Energy Laboratory welcomes industry and government leaders
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) hosted its second annual Cement and Concrete Decarbonisation Meeting on 30-31 July 2024 at its South Table Mountain Campus, focu...
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