Maple Leaf Cement has bought shares in a fertiliser company
Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd has acquired and settled 6m voting shares of M/s Agritech Ltd (formerly Pak-American Fertilizers Ltd), the first nitrogenous fertiliser plant bu...
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Tarmac embraces Schaeffler OPTIME solution
Schaeffler’s OPTIME wireless condition monitoring solution is helping prevent unplanned downtime of machines and auxiliary equipment at the Tarmac Tunstead limestone plant ...
New Holcim Board member proposed
Holcim has proposed Catrin Hinkel, CEO of Microsoft Switzerland, for election to its Board of Directors. She stands for election alongside nominee Michael H McGarry at Holcim...
Rebuilding boosted Turkey cement in 2023 and expected to be key driver in 2024
Domestic cement sales in Turkey came in at 5.602Mt in December 2023, down 5.5 per cent MoM and 14.9 per cent YoY, according to Turkey’s cement manufacturers association, Türkçi...
UltraTech announces two new greenfield plants
UltraTech Cement is investing INR324,000m (US$3.89bn) in capex over the next three years, including two new greenfield plants, which will add an additional 5.4Mta in cement p...
Votorantim prices St Marys Cement Inc debt security notes for environmental performance
Votorantim Cimentos SA has informed the general market that it has priced an offering in the international market of debt securities issued by its subsidiary St Marys Cement...
CEMEX receives EUR4.8m to reduce natural resource use
Spain’s Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has awarded a EUR4.8m (US$5.2m) to CEMEX España as part of its Strategic Project for th...
Buzzi SpA's 2023 regional results see cement sales climb in Italy
Buzzi SpA reported domestic hydraulic binders and clinker sales in Italy up 2.1 per cent in 2023, while the ready-mix concrete output slightly declined 1.4 per cent. The aver...
Power Cement debuts export to the USA
Power Cement Ltd has dispatched its first shipment to the USA. This shipment follows the start of exports to the Europe. On 27 December 2023, Power Cement marked a significan...
Rebound expected in Thailand after lacklustre 2023
Thai domestic cement sales, excluding clinker, came in at 3.74Mt in December 2023, up 28.1 per cent MoM and 25.5 per cent YoY, according to Thailand’s Office of Industrial Econ...
Bedeschi SpA to supply crushing unit to Buzzi Unicem
Bedeschi SpA has announced a finalised contract with Buzzi to provide a double-stage crushing unit for their cement plant in Guidonia, Italy. The system will take in lime...
Siam Cement develops new low-carbon cement
Thailand-based Siam Cement Group (SCG) has developed a new low-carbon cement that has lowered emissions by 15-20 per cent. According to SCG, the new product is better or stro...
Flying Cement Ltd's new Line II to announce start of production
Flying Cement Ltd has yet to officially announced the start of production of its new 9000tpd (clinker) Line II, which had a scheduled commissioning date of March 2024. JS ...
Buzzi SpA reports consolidated cement sales of 26Mt in 2023
In 2023 Buzzi SpA reported consolidated cement sales of 26.343Mt, down seven per cent compared to 2022. The generalised slowdown in deliveries, which has been already highlig...
Huaxin Cement net income picks up in 2023
China-based Huaxin Cement posted revenues of CNY33.8bn (US$4.671bn) in 2023, up 11 per cent when compared with the previous year. Net income edged up by 2.3 per cent YoY to C...
Shree Cement inaugurates new 3Mta plant
Shree Cement has inaugurated its new 3Mta cement plant in Guntur, India. Commissioned six months ahead of schedule, the new facility marks an investment of over INR25,000m (U...
Ketton works faces opposition for quarry expansion plans
Heidelberg Materials Ketton works plans to extend its Grange Top quarry, adjacent to Ketton cement works as mineral reserves are running out. However, hundreds of people ha...
Think tank to promote industrialisation in Pakistan
Pakistan's top trade body, the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI), has established a think tank including members from the cement industry to promot...
Holcim forms network partnership with Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Holcim has entered a network partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to accelerate circularity in the built environment. With this partnership, Holcim aims to support...
CEMEX receives EPA Energy Star Partner of the Year award for 6th consecutive year
CEMEX has been recognised by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as 2024 Energy Star® Partner of the Year for the sixth consecutive year. The Partner of the Year awa...
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