INC drops Paraguayan cement prices
The price of cement produced by Paraguay’s Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) will be reduced by PYG2000/bag (US$0.27/bag) and by up to PYG40,000/t for bulk cement, according...
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GCCA appoints Fernando González as new president
Fernando González, CEO of CEMEX, has been elected as the new president of the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), succeeding Jan Jenisch. Mr González has been the ...
Colombian cement market contracts 7% in August
Cement consumption in Colombia declined 7.3 per cent to 1.103Mt in August 2023 from 1.19Mt in August 2022, according to the national statistics office, DANE. Contributing to ...
Study reveals cost of decarbonising India's cement industry
India’s steel and cement plants will require INR47trn (US$627bn) in additional capital expenditure (capex) to achieve net-zero carbon emissions, according to independent studie...
Breedon Ireland reports 48% profit growth in 2022
Breedon Ireland , the Irish cement-making business of the UK-based Breedon Group , reported profit of EUR21.5m in 2022, up 48 per cent from EUR14.5m in the previous year. Rev...
Ecocem proposal at Port of Los Angeles takes next step
The Port of Los Angeles has issued a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for a proposed low-carbon cement processing facility at the port in Wilmington. According to Rando...
AfriSam invests in construction training programmes
To stay ahead in the industry’s war for talent, AfriSam has over the years placed skills at the forefront of its people development initiatives. With its several training pr...
CEMEX Philippines makes impressive debut on S&P's sustainability index
CEMEX Philippines has been placed in the top 25 per cent of the construction materials industry in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) for 2022. Marking ...
Chile’s cement dispatches drop 18% in August
Cement dispatches in Chile saw a 17.5 per cent drop in August 2023 to 247,238t from 299,855t in August 2022, according to the country’s construction chamber, CChC. In the Janu...
Expanding the EU's carbon management accounting framework
This week the CCS+ initiative released its EU guide to an integrated carbon accounting infrastructure for the industrial carbon management market. The market for carbon capture...
Brazilian cement market contracts 2% in 9M23
Cement sales in Brazil declined by 4.6 per cent YoY to 5.222Mt in September 2023 from 5.476Mt, according to the Brazilian cement association, SNIC. High basic interest rates of...
First Graphene enters development and commercialisation agreement with Breedon
Following on from the positive results from First Graphene’s first round of trials of its graphene-enhanced cement at Breedon Cement’s Hope Cement Works , UK, First Graphene...
thyssenkrupp Polysius wins order for Cimpor Ghana's calcined clay plant
Cimpor Ghana Ltd has commissioned thyssenkrupp Polysius GmbH for its new calcined clay project Cimpor Ghana Ltd has commissioned thyssenkrupp Polysius GmbH with...
Universal Cement reports 11% increase in 9M revenue
Taiwan-based Universal Cement Corp report a 3.6 per cent advance in revenues to TWD618.592m (US$19.28m) in September 2023 from TWD597.159m in September 2022. In the January-...
FCT Combustion wins North American order
FCT Combustion has recently commissioned a complete combustion system for one of the largest clinker lines in the USA. The pyroprocessing line uses natural gas as the main fu...
Kohat Cement Co to renew cement bag manufacturing unit investment
Among matters to be considered in its 44th AGM of shareholders of 16 October 2023, Kohat Cement Co Ltd (KCCL) will approve, if deemed fit, the renewal of investment in the f...
Lindner creates Lindner France with Groupe Cimme
Recycling specialist Lindner is establishing Lindner France with Groupe Cimme. Lindner’s recycling solutions and shredders efficiently process a wide range of different waste s...
Argentina’s cement market contracts 8% in September
Cement consumption in Argentina fell by 7.8 per cent YoY to 1,118,042t in September 2023, according to the country’s cement association, AFCP. Argentina’s total demand was met ...
Republic Cement to use plastic waste as fuel
Republic Cement & Building Materials Inc , a member of the Aboitiz Group, has partnered with household and personal care products manufacturer ACS Manufacturing Corp in a bid ...
A review of the financial performance of Pakistan's cement sector during FY22-23
Topline Research of Pakistan has reviewed the financial performance of the top 13 listed cement companies (out of 15) on the Pakistan stock exchange (PSX). These 13 companies c...
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