Pakistani cement likely to get caught up in Torkham border suspension
Pakistan imports/exports in general and incoming/outgoing dispatches of containers/cargo from Pakistani ports to Afghanistan, as a transit trade facility in particular, have ...
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Finnsement appoints new operational and commercial director
Tommy Ranta has been appointed operational and commercial director at Finnsementti . Mr Ranta, who previously worked as production manager and factory manager at the Pargas ...
Dome Technology completes Davenport cement DomeSilo project
Continental Cement Co ( Summit Materials ) has built another DomeSilo with Dome Technology, this time at its Davenport , Iowa, USA facility. The DomeSilo can store 125,000st...
Fauji Cement sees positive way ahead
Fauji Cement Co Ltd (FCCL) expects local cement demand to develop positively in the FY23-24 with exports to Afghanistan, depending on the border situation, to improve, the co...
TITAN expands investment in Rondo Energy
TITAN has expanded its existing investment in Rondo Energy, a US-based pioneer in zero-carbon industrial heat solutions. In collaboration with other global leaders, TITAN's c...
Chile’s dispatches increase 1% in July
Cement dispatches in Chile were up by 1.4 per cent YoY to 280,545t in July 2023 from 276,554t in July 2022, says the Chilean construction chamber, CChC. However, in the Janua...
Breedon commits to being an Armed Forces-friendly employer
UK-based Breedon has signed the Armed Forces Covenant as part of its focus on becoming a truly inclusive organisation. Since signing the covenant, the cement producer has bee...
ALCCC welcomes nine new members
The Alliance for Low-Carbon Cement & Concrete (ALCCC) has welcomed nine new members, taking its total membership to 21. New members include Betolar, 3Béton, Carbon RE, Cemvisio...
Oficemen elects Alan Svaiter as new president
Alan Svaiter, CEO of Votorantim Cimentos Spain, has been unanimously elected as president of Oficemen. He will lead the proposals and initiatives of the Spanish cement indust...
Caribbean Cement sees revenue advance in 1H23
Caribbean Cement Co Ltd has reported consolidated unaudited revenue of JMD14,277m (US$92.48m) in the first half of 2023. This compares to JMD13,516m in the same period a year...
Dangote to cut fossil fuel use by 25% by 2025
Dangote Cement aims to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels by 25 per cent by 2025, according to Dr Eseosa Ighile, head of sustainability at the company’s Obajana plant. S...
Iranian cement consumption sees 16% rise in August
Iran’s cement market expanded by 15.9 per cent YoY to 5.77Mt in August 2023 from 4.98Mt in August 2022, according to the Iranian Cement Association. Cement production increase...
Saipem launches its first industrialised product for carbon capture
Saipem has launched Bluenzyme™, an innovative pre-engineered line of CO 2 capture solutions based on the proprietary enzymatic technology “CO 2 Solutions by Saipem”, with the...
CEMEX receives first Putzmeister iONTRON ready-mix trucks
CEMEX will start delivering ready-mixed concrete to German construction sites with zero exhaust emissions during the start of September 2023. CEMEX has received two all-elect...
Fortera appoints chief strategy officer
US-based cement decarbonisation specialist Fortera has appointed Kas Farsad as its chief strategy officer (CSO). According to the company, Mr Farsad will lead a multidisciplina...
Argentine dispatches slip 1% in August
Cement dispatches in Argentina declined by 1.4. per cent YoY to 1,209,746t in August 2023 from 1,226,632t in August 2022, according to the country’s cement association, AFCP. ...
US DOE awards C-Crete Technologies US$950,000 for green concrete funding
The US Department of Energy has awarded C-Crete Technologies US$950,000 to expand the types of materials it can use to make its revolutionary cement-free concrete. The use of l...
City Cement sets up AF joint venture
Saudi Arabia-based City Cement Co has announced that its subsidiary Green Solutions for Environmental Services has set up a joint venture to produce alternative fuel from was...
Flender opens new facility in Sydney, Australia
German drive specialist Flender has expanded its operations with a new facility in Sydney, Australia. The move is designed to tap into Australia’s role in the global ramp-up of...
C-Capture visited by UK Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
C-Capture, UK developers of innovative, next generation carbon capture technology, welcomed a visit from the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer to their headquarters in Leeds o...
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