Raysut Cement appoint a new CEO
Raysut Cement Co has appointed Mr Tarek Talaat as its new CEO. Mr Talaat has 30 years of experience in the cement sector. He has worked at several leading companies in his...
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US and Puerto Rico imports increase 16% in July
Portland and blended cement shipments in the USA and Puerto Rico slipped 2.1 per cent to 9.3Mt in July 2023 when compared with July 2022, when 9.5Mt was shipped, according to t...
Dewan Cement reports losses on higher costs in FY22-23
Dewan Cement Ltd (DCL), subsidiary of Mega Conglomerate Pvt Ltd posted its financial results for FY22-23 on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) website on 26 September 2023. ...
Thatta Cement's profit increased in FY22-23 and plans share buyback
Thatta Cement Co Ltd (THCCL) announced its financial results for the year ended 30 June 2023 (FY22-23) at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on 27 September. It reported an in...
Holcim boosts renewable energy at Fort Totten RMC plant
Holcim US has installed new solar arrays at its Fort Totten ready-mix concrete plant in Washington, DC, helping to both offset the industrial load in a major metropolitan are...
Saint-Gobain to acquire Adfil NV
Saint-Gobain has entered into an agreement to acquire Adfil NV, a specialist in fibres for concrete reinforcement. Adfil operates two plants in Belgium and generated revenues c...
BCMA re-elects Kabir as President for two years
MD Alamgir Kabir has been re-elected as President of the Bangladesh Cement Manufacturers Association (BCMA) for 2023-24 and 2024-25 during the 22nd and 23rd AGMs held in Dhaka ...
Titan and Orcan Energy form clean energy partnership
Titan Cement Group and Orcan Energy, the leading cleantech company turning waste heat into clean electricity, have announced an innovation partnership. Together, the partners w...
Holcim US rolls out ECOPact to Dallas-Fort Worth
Building on the success and growth of its ECOPact low-carbon concrete, Holcim US has now introduced the sustainable construction material in the rapidly expanding Dallas-Fort...
Keerthi Industries reports 4% drop in revenue
Keerthi Industries Ltd (formerly Suvarna Cements Ltd) has reported revenue of INR2405.6m (US$28.9m) in the FY22-23, ended 31 March 2023, down four per cent compared to INR249...
GGBS unlikely to reduce GHG emissions, warns IStructE
The use of ground granulated blastfurnace slag (GGBS) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in concrete needs to be carefully considered, recommends a new paper from UK-base...
White cement anti-dumping duties issued in South Korea
South Korea is to impose anti-dumping duties on white Portland cement imported from Egypt, said the industry ministry. Following a preliminary examination, the Korea Trade Comm...
Shree Cement approves NCDs to fund expansion
Shree Cement has approved plans to raise INR7000m (US$84.11m) through the issue of non-convertible debentures (NCD) on a private placement basis. According to Realty, the sec...
Zimbabwe boosts PPC sales growth
PPC has recorded a three per cent advance in sales volumes in the five months to August 2023, compared to the same period in 2022, reports The Herald Zimbabwe. According to t...
Taiwan Cement plant has 107MWh battery commissioned
Nhoa Energy, a unit of Nhoa SA, formerly Engie EPS, has announced the commissioning of a 107.3MWh energy storage project at a Chinese plant of Taiwan Cement Group (TCC Group)...
Fears raised over cement price hike in Nigeria
The Cement Producers Association of Nigeria has praised the Nigerian government’s commitment to introduce concrete roads but warned that supply issues could push cement prices ...
Nova Marine Carriers ship grounds in St Lawrence River
Two tugs have been dispatched from Montreal to assist the NACC Argonaut, a cement carrier that ran aground on Sunday morning on the St Lawrence River near Cornwall in Ontario. ...
Anjani Portland Cement appoints new CFO
Rajesh Kumar Dhoot has been appointed chief financial officer of Anjani Portland Cement, effective from 1 October 2023. He succeeds Mr R S Ramanjaneyulu who resigned from the...
Maple Leaf Cement Factory reveals export risks
Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd (MLCFL), subsidiary of Kohinoor Textile Mills , said it has achieved the highest sales of PKR62bn (US$211.7m) and the highest ever operating pr...
CRH completes latest phase of buyback
CRH plc has completed the latest phase of its share buyback programme, returning a further US$1bn in cash to shareholders. Between 30 June 2023 and 22 September 2023, 17.7m o...
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