Summit completes deal with Argos USA
Summit Materials has successfully completed its US$3.2bn combination with Argos North America Corp, the US operations of Cementos Argos SA . The combined company will be kno...
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Continental Cement Co chooses CemAI
CemAI Inc has teamed up with Summit Material subsidiary Continental Cement Company LLC to install CemAI's predictive and prescriptive maintenance solution at the cement pro...
Holcim's ECOCycle® recognised by World Economic Forum
Holcim ’s ECOCycle ® circular technology has been named a “Circularity Lighthouse in the Built Environment”, in a joint initiative between McKinsey & Company and the World Ec...
Unique Cement launches new blended cement
Bangladesh-based Unique Cement Industries Ltd (UCIL) has launched a new blended cement: Dhalai Special Cement. The blended cement, which is being released to the domestic mar...
Argentina’s cement demand slips by 3% in 2023
Cement consumption in Argentina fell by 13.1 per cent YoY and 20.5 per cent MoM to 810,314t in December 2023, down from 932,660t in December 2022, reports the Argentine cement ...
UltraTech invests in renewable energy specialist
UltraTech Cement has entered into a share subscription and shareholders’ agreement to acquire a 26 per cent stake in Amplus Ages Pvt Ltd, a specialist in the generation and t...
IFC invests US$130m in Iraq's Al Douh Cement
IFC is investing in Al-Douh Iraqi Company for Cement Industries (part of Al-Riyadh Investment Companies Group) to help boost economic diversification and improve sustainable ...
Holcim completes three European acquistions
Holcim has completed three bolt-on acquisitions in Europe, expanding its Solutions & Products portfolio for green growth. In Spain it has acquired a majority stake in Artepre...
Lafarge Canada supplies OneCem for Alberta housing project
Lafarge Canada ( Holcim ) has announced its combined effort with nidus3D in supplying its OneCem low-carbon cement in Canada’s largest 3D-printed housing project, aimed at ad...
Dyckerhoff supplies concrete for U81 light rail line
Dyckerhoff ( Buzzi SpA ) has supplied more than 71,000m 3 of concrete for the construction of the new section of the U81 light rail line, which from 2025 will connect Düssel...
Key election year for leading cement nations
The year 2024 is going to be a significant election year for the world, with several of the largest cement consuming nations going to the polls. This week, we look over the key...
US cement market contracts by 4% in October
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement, including imports, in the USA and Puerto Rico declined by 3.6 per cent YoY to 10.1Mt in October 2023, reports the US Geological ...
Pan United and partners to develop low-carbon opportunities
To collaborate on lower-carbon opportunities to support Singapore’s aspiration of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, Pan-United Corp, Chevron Singapore, Keppel, Surbana Juro...
Sika posts record sales in 2023
Sika reports record sales of CHF11.24bn in 2023, up 7.1 per cent YoY in Swiss franc terms and 14.5 per cent in local currency terms. There was a high negative foreign currency ...
Capsol Technologies awarded Schwenk Latvia CCUS project
Capsol Technologies has been awarded a feasibility study for the CapsolEoP® (end-of-pipe) carbon capture technology at Schwenk’s Building Material Group’s Brocēni cement plant...
IPIAC to build LC3 plant in Oman
Kaolin Group International, together with its local partners in Oman, Middle East Calcined Clay (Me-CC), has awarded IPIAC the contract to manufacture and supply the first LC2/...
Brazilian cement market sees contraction in 2022
In December 2023 cement sales in Brazil edged up by 0.8 per cent YoY to 4.497Mt from 4.463Mt in December 2022, according to the Brazilian cement association, SNIC. Growth was...
JSW Cement prepares for IPO
JSW Cement has reached out to domestic and foreign investment banks including SBI Capital, Kotak Mahindra Capital, JM Financial, DAM Capital, Jefferies, Citi and Goldman Sach...
Al Jouf Cement secures six-month export deal
Jordan-based Rabou’ Al Taybeh Co has agreed to receive clinker exports from Al Jouf Cement Co of Saudi Arabia for a period of six months. The contract’s value stands at SAR30...
Swiss cement market contracts 10% in 2023
Cement deliveries in Switzerland, including Liechtenstein, fell by 10 per cent to 875,146t in the 4Q23 from 971,994t in the equivalent period of the previous year, reports cems...
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