Christian Dedeu named new Holcim general manager Mexico
Holcim Mexico SA de CV has appointed Christian Dedeu as its new general manager for Mexico. He will succeed Jaime Hill, who was appointed as the company’s regional head of No...
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Cemex sells operations in Guatemala
Cemex announced that it has sold its operations in Guatemala to Holcim Group , for a total consideration of approximately US$200m, with the transaction signed and closed 1...
Iran’s cement market contracts 17% in August
Iranian cement demand decreased 17.2 per cent YoY to 4,778,492t in August 2024 from 5.77Mt in August 2023, according to the Iranian Cement Association. Cement production cem...
Vietnam's cement industry leaders call for action following 42 line stoppages
Production in the Vietnamese building materials sector has seen a sharp decline, with the Ministry of Construction reporting significant drops in both production and sales thro...
Maple Leaf Cement Factory's profit grows by 19% in FY23-24
Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd (MLCF) uploaded its financial results for FY23-24 to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on 11 September 2024. The company posted a profit after t...
U-Ming purchases two new cement carriers
Taipei-listed dry bulk ship owner U-Ming that it has bought two new cement carriers to replace older vessels. The new vessels are expected to operate with improved fuel effic...
Attock Cement Pakistan receives sales proceeds from the Iraqi plant
Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on 9 September that it had received the sales proceeds of its stake in a cement facility in Iraq. Atto...
Domestic cement sales in Brazil increased 4% in August 2024
Domestic cement sales in Brazil increased by 3.5 per cent YoY to 6.175Mt in August 2024 from 5.968Mt in August 2023, reports the country's cement association, SNIC. Sales vol...
China to include cement in national carbon trading
China has announced its draft plan to expand the country’s carbon trading market by including cement as well as electrolytic aluminium and steel, seeking public feedback. The ...
Denmark’s first CO2 storage facility ready to store large volumes of CO2
Project Greensand, Denmark’s CO2 storage facility in the North Sea subsoil, is ready to receive large amounts of CO 2 . The project is now awaiting the Danish authorities' appr...
Argos Panama’s strive for carbon neutrality
Argos Panama (part of Cementos Argos SA ) is committed to making the construction of housing and infrastructure more sustainable. Gustavo Uribe, CEO of Argos Central America...
Cemex joins initiative to lift Latin American living standards
Cemex has joined the "100,000 Pisos Para Jugar" ("100,000 Floors to Play") initiative alongside Habitat for Humanity and the Inter-American Cement Federation (FICEM). The ini...
Kenya surveils substandard cement
Three out of five cement samples that the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) collected in a market surveillance operation failed the standards test. The report indicates that o...
Senegal's market expands 17% in July
Cement sales in Senegal increased by 17.4 per cent in July 2024 to 672,700t when compared with 573,200t in July 2023, according to Senegal's Planning and Economic Study Directo...
Egypt’s cement consumption expected to fall to 45Mt in 2024
Cement consumption in Egypt is expected to decline to 45Mt this year, compared to 47Mt in 2023, according to Ahmed Shireen, head of the Federation of Egyptian Industries' (FEI)...
Attock Cement Pakistan sees 135% PAT surge in FY23-24
Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd (ACPL) earned a profit after tax (PAT) of PKR3.56bn (US$12.8m) in FY23-24 compared to PAT of PKR1.51bn in the same period last year, according to t...
Sri Lanka slash duty on cement import
To facilitate uninterrupted imported cement and boost the construction industry, the Sri Lankan government announced that the cess imposed on imported cement was reduced by INR...
Kohat Cement Company’s profit advances 53% in FY23-24
Pakistan’s northern cement producer, Kohat Cement Co Ltd (KOHC), announced its financial results for FY23-24 on the Pakistan Stock Exchange website on 5 September. The compan...
Pakistan cement dispatches witness 26% drop in August
Total cement dispatches in Pakistan declined by 25.7 per cent to 3.37Mt in August 2024 when compared with 4.53Mt in August 2023. According to the All Pakistan Cement Manufact...
Ukraine's antimonopoly committee clears CRH acquisition of Dyckerhoff Cement Ukraine
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) has approved the deal by CRH Ukraine BV to acquire shares of PRJSC Dyckerhoff Cement Ukraine , according to an AMCU website repo...
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