Umm Al-Qura Cement revises fuel price modification impact
Saudi Arabia-based Umm Al-Qura Cement Co has revised its estimated production cost increase due to the recent fuel price changes. Initially the company faced an 11 per cent i...
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InterCement Participacoes SA files for Preliminary Injunction
InterCement Participações SA and its subsidiary, InterCement Brasil SA, and its subsidiaries in the Netherlands and Spain, and its controlling shareholder, Mover Participações ...
Cemex US in JV with Couch Aggregates and Premier Holdings
Cemex has announced a joint venture agreement with sand and gravel supplier Couch Aggregates and marine bulk product distributor Premier Holdings. This agreement forms part o...
Hoffmann Green partners with Béton Contrôle de l’Estuaire
Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies has announced the signing of a commercial partnership with Béton Contrôle de l’Estuaire (BCE), an entity of the Duclos Group based in Chare...
New power supply agreement promises reduced costs for Cemex Holdings Philippines
Cemex Holdings Philippines (CHP) announced on Monday, 15 July that its subsidiary, Apo Cement Corp , has signed a supply contract with Semirara Calaca Reserve Corp to provid...
UCEM acquires Ecuador’s Ecoluz SA
Gloria Group , through its subsidiary Unión Cementera Nacional SA (UCEM), has closed the purchase and sale contract for 99.998 per cent of Ecuador-based hydropower company Eco...
Recycled cement paste offers decarbonisation opportunities
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) have published a new study, which found that recycling cement paste is one of the cheapest and most efficient methods of ...
MPA welcomes new UK government planning reforms
Plans set out by new UK Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to overhaul the UK’s planning system and boost housebuilding have been welcomed by the Mineral Products Association (MPA), w...
Bestway Group acquires shares in UNBL UK
Bestway Group of the UK, which has a stake as a parent company in cement and bank operations in Pakistan, will notice the exchange of shareholding patterns among two banking bu...
Lumbres cement plant opts for polysius® booster mill
Eqiom Lumbres cement plant (CRH group) in France has entrusted thyssenkrupp Polysius with the implementation of an ultrafine grinding plant. This additional grinding stage al...
Saint-Gobain completes CSR acquisition
Saint-Gobain has completed its acquisition of CSR Ltd (CSR), establishing a strong presence in the Australian construction market. CSR is a leading player in building materia...
Dealers' strike may impact cement sales and distribution in Pakistan
The sales and distribution of cement across Pakistan is expected to be significantly impacted due to a strike by one of the stakeholders, effective from 1 July, in protest of n...
Cemex supplies NASA bridge project
Cemex is supplying concrete for the rebuilding of the NASA Causeway Bridge, which will enhance accessibility along this corridor for transporting rockets to the Kennedy Space...
Pan-United Corp appoints executive chairman, CEO and director positions
Singapore-listed concrete producer, Pan-United Corp Ltd has appointed May Ng as executive chairman of the Board of Pan-United, and the appointment of Ken Loh as CEO of Pan-Unit...
Rüdersdorf plant to receive biochar facility
Cemex is building a biochar facility at its Rüdersdorf cement plant in Germany. The multinational cement producer has signed a joint venture agreement with recycling servic...
Cochin Port opens fourth terminal
A new cement terminal has entered operation on a 1.14ha plot at Ernakulam Wharf, Kerala, India. The Cochin Port Trust launched the port’s fourth terminal, which is expected to ...
Raysut Cement 1H loss widens
Oman-based Raysut Cement posted a total revenue of OMR31.6m (US$82.1m) in the first half of 2024, representing a 5.7 per cent decline when compared with OMR33.5m in the year-ag...
Holcim produces 99.2% clinker-free cement in North America
Holcim has successfully placed its first 99.2 per cent clinker-free concrete pavement in North America. In collaboration with Stoneway Concrete, this project resulted in 74.7 p...
Oriana Power awarded INR1.55bn solar plant order
Oriana Power received a new order for a 40MWp solar plant in Rajasthan, India. The INR1.55bn (US$18.5m) contract was awarded by an undisclosed cement producer and includes the ...
Titan included in FTSE4Good Index Series
Titan Group has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series. Created by the global index and data provider FTSE Russell, the FTSE4Good Index Series is designed to measure the...
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