Thatta Cement Co appoints new Karachi director
Pakistan-based Thatta Cement Co has announced the appointment of Shaista Bono Gilani as new director, effective from 27 December 2023. The appointment of Ms Gilani marks a no...
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UltraTech's sales rise 6% YoY in 3QFY23-24
UltraTech 's consolidated sales rose by six per cent per cent to 27.32Mt YoY in the third quarter ended 31 December 2023. Aditya Birla Group , UltraTech's parent company, ann...
New cement plant on track for Kyrgyzstan
A new cement plant is set to launch in Chuy region, Kyrgyzstan in 2024. The plant will have a capacity of 1.7Mta and is expected to create 650 jobs. The plant will use ash d...
Wonder Cement announces Tulsigam grinding plant
Wonder Cement Ltd has announced the setting up of a new production facility at Tulsigam, Gujarat, India. The 2Mta Tulsigam unit is set to augment the brand's manufacturing ca...
Indian port modified norms for handling imported limestone
Porbandar Port has made some changes in handling raw materials for cement and other industries. Porbandar is a medium-sized port on India's west coast, in the Saurashtra region...
Power Cement exports to the UK
Power Cement of Pakistan has marked a significant milestone. It has successfully entered the European market by exporting its high-quality cement to the United Kingdom. This ...
Environmental threat as fly ash cargo sinks
Bangladesh's cement industry saw disappointing news about the wastage of imported raw materials from India for the industry. The local lighter vessel carried 1422t of fly ash f...
BUA Cement confirms 2024 cement prices
Chairman of the BUA Group, Nigeria, Abdul-Samad Rabiu, has confirmed cement prices will be held at NGN3500 per bag (US$3.90) from January 2024. He said the company would mak...
Cemex Czech renews limestone permits
Cemex Czech Republic has resubmitted a revised environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the continuation of limestone mining at the Prachovice quarry. The original mining area...
Dushanbe cement plant shuts down
The Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Cementi Tojik (Tajik Cement), which operates the Dushanbe cement plant, has announced its closure and the cement plant was shut down on 26 D...
New Gävle terminal for Schwenk
After two years of planning and construction Schwenk inaugurated a new terminal in the Swedish port of Gävle in December 2023. The new terminal is 45m high and has a volumetr...
Cementos Cienfuegos reports progress rehabilitation programme
Cementos Cienfuegos SA, the largest cement factory in Cuba, is making progress in its rehabilitation, the plant's management reports. The plant currently runs at 30 per cent ...
UltraTech Cement acquires 26% stake in Clean Max Terra
UltraTech Cement has entered into a share subscription and shareholders agreement to acquire 26 percent equity shares of renewable energy company Clean Max Terra. The equity in...
FOB discounts decrease but ARA discounts up
Coal, along with oil fell to US$100 on 21 December 2023, and OPEC+ introduced new cuts to support oil at US$75-80. However, oil rose due to naval attacks in the Red Sea and tro...
Kyrgyzstan cement production increases 10.9 per cent in year to November
A total of 2.848Mt of cement was produced in Kyrgyzstan between January and November 2023, according to a report by Trend News. Data from the country's National Statistical Co...
InterCement completes sale of Africa businesses
InterCement Participações SA has announced that the divestment of its businesses in South Africa and Mozambique – collectively known as the ‘Africa Business’ – to Huaxin Cement...
Armenia imposes 6-month cement import ban
The Armenian government has banned imports from third countries for a period of six months. The step was taken to create favourable conditions for local cement producers. “Th...
Ukrainian cement production up 38% YoY in 11M23
Cement production in Ukraine came in at 5.8Mt in the first 11 months of 2023, according to Ukrcement. This marks a 38.2 per cent increase on the same period a year earlier. Pr...
UCIL wins WCA grinding upgrade award
Bangladesh-based Unique Cement Industries Ltd (UCIL) has won the World Cement Association Project Award 2023: Grinding Upgrade. The award reportedly recognises the innovative...
Vietnamese market contracts 15% in November
Cement dispatches in Vietnam declined by 15 per cent YoY to 4,965,222t in November 2023, according to the Vietnam National Cement Association, VNCA. Of this total, 1,525,967t w...
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