Italy cement output cools in April
Italian cement output has cooled in recent months. Output shrank two per cent YoY in April, adding to the 11 per cent YoY contraction reported in March, according to the latest...
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Pakistan experienced a partial growth in cement dispatches in FY23-24
The cement industry in Pakistan experienced a minor growth in cement dispatches in FY23-24 due to significant export volume. However, the sector recorded a 12.6 per cent declin...
Colombia’s cement shipments fall 11% in May
Cement dispatches in Colombia declined 10.9 per cent to 1.003Mt in May 2024 from 1.126Mt in May 2023, according to statistics agency DANE. Production was down 11.6 per cent YoY...
Argentine cement market contracts 33% in June
Cement demand in Argentina fell 32.8 per cent YoY and seven per cent MoM to 725,661t in June 2024, according to the country’s cement association, AFCP. This includes 81t of imp...
The Materials Processing Institute received GBP4.2m for EconoMISER programme
The Materials Processing Institute has received a GBP4.2m (US$5.3m) investment as part of the groundbreaking EconoMISER programme, new CEO Terry Walsh has announced. The Tee...
Titan and Sinoma CBMI sign net zero technology MoU
Titan Group and Sinoma CBMI have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore new business opportunities and drive technological innovations aimed at decarbonising a...
Limak Cement trials hydrogen fuel calciner tests
For the first time in Turkey, Limak Cement has successfully conducted the hydrogen-blended 50 per cent carbon-neutral fuel test at its Limak Anka cement plant with Air Liquid...
Petcoke discounts offer potential
Coal prices moved slightly higher with oil and geopolitics stabilising to surpass the US$110 mark on 21 June 2024. However, the risk is growing with the latest developments in ...
Alfalah ul Alami joins WCA as an associate corporate member
The World Cement Association (WCA) is welcoming Alfalah ul Alami, a mining and construction materials production company, based in Afghanistan, as an associate corporate member...
Vietnam cement exports drop 10.8% in 1H24
Between 2019 and 2022, the average export value of cement and clinker ranged from US$1bn to US$1.3bn annually. However, in 2023, export earnings sharply declined due to falling...
US considering carbon pricing for imports
The US is looking to a potential carbon pricing system for goods and services imported into the country as part of a wider carbon policy. The step is a key policy shift as it l...
ANRAV project completes temporary installation of OxyCal and Oxygen storage units
Heidelberg Materials reports that over the last six months significant progress has been made at its Bulgarian Devnya cement plant with the installation of the temporary Ox...
Sri Lanka considering price control for cement
Sri Lanka’s Trade Minister Malin Fernando said the country was considering the introduction of price controls on cement. The step followed cement companies’ announcement that t...
Power Cement Ltd tapped new export markets, including the US and UK
Power Cement Ltd held its analyst briefing on 26 June, during which management reviewed past performance and looked ahead. The company posted a loss of PKR1.2bn (US$4.32m) in...
Low-carbon cement technology licensed to CalPortland
Solidia Technologies, Inc a pioneer and leading company in the low carbon cement and concrete market, has entered into a technology licensing arrangement with CalPortland® Co i...
Cementos Moctezuma appoints director of legal affairs
Mexico-based Cementos Moctezuma SA de CV , part of Cementos Molins SA , has appointed Fortino Delgado Carillo as its new corporate director of legal affairs. Mr Delgado will ...
Dalmia Bharat to collect an additional 70,000t of RDF from Gadakana
The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corp(BMC) has announced its decision to allow Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd to collect an additional 70,000t of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) from the Gada...
Leilac to share decarbonisation recommendations with DoE
Leilac is responding to the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) recent 'Request for Information on Transforming Industry – Strategies for Decarbonisation,' to help identify cost-ef...
Dominican cement price rise affects housing construction
In the Dominican Republic, cement prices, as represented in the Direct Cost of Housing Construction (ICDV), have increased by 49.3 per cent between January 2020-April 2024, acc...
Amran Cement Factory to be modernised
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Yemeni General Corp for Cement Industry and Marketing , Yahya Atifa, has reviewed the progress of production work at the 2Mta Amran ...
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