Dalmia Cement's Ariyalur plant starts new IKN cooler
An IKN Pendulum cooler has been installed at Dalmia Cement’s Ariyalur plant in India. IKN engineers have designed an innovative Pendulum cooler with a compact design that all...
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Spain sees demand drop 4% in June but exports surge 24%
Spanish cement consumption in the first half of 2023 edged up by 0.3 per cent YoY to 7,539,907t, according to the country’s cement association, Oficemen. In June 2023 alone, ...
Pakistan's cement industry’s bottom line may improve in FY23-24
AHL Research has released a positive forecast for Pakistan’s cement industry performance in FY23-24. The analyst estimates that cement demand is expected to recover in FY23-24 ...
Votorantim to receive US$150m loan for Salto plant
The International Finance Corp (IFC) has proposed a US$150m investment 'A Loan' to Votorantim Cimentos SA for a capex project to enhance the cement co-processing capacity of ...
Bedeschi helps Takoradi Port receive largest ship
Takoradi Port, Ghana, has received the biggest bulk ship ever to call the port since its construction in 1928. Bedeschi Spa supplied all the conveyor lines of the terminal, the...
Carthage Cement advances 1H turnover by 24%
Tunisia-based Carthage Cement increased its turnover by 24 per cent YoY to TND208.546m (US$68.92m) in the first half of 2023, according to information on the Tunis Stock Exch...
C-Crete Technologies completes debut pour of cement-free concrete
US-based C-Crete Technologies has announced the inaugural pour of its breakthrough cement-free, ready-mix concrete in Seattle. According to the company, the concrete is essenti...
Brimstone carbon-negative cement meets ASTM standard
US-based climate technology company Brimstone has gained third-party certification of its carbon-negative cement, which the company says marks the first carbon-neutral or carb...
Argos to allocate US$130m for investments to combat climate change
Between 2022 and 2030 Argos has committed to allocate about US$130m in long-term assets (capex) for structuring and implementing initiatives associated with climate change mi...
Brazilian cement demand up 1% in June
Brazil’s cement market expanded by 1.4 per cent YoY to 5.253Mt in June 2023 from 5.182Mt in June 2022, according to the country’s cement association, SNIC. “Brazil's economy i...
Sarawak signs MoU with two cement producers
Sarawak’s cement industry is set to expand with the arrival of YTL Cement Bhd and SCG International (Thailand). Innocement Sdn Bhd, a joint venture between Sarawak’s Econom...
GeZero CCUS project selected for EU Innovation funding
The EU Innovation Fund, one of the world’s largest funding programmes for innovative low-carbon technologies, has selected Heidelberg Materials ’ pioneering GeZero Carbon Cap...
Sudden rise in Nigerian cement prices
Cement prices in Nigeria have risen suddenly, reportedly driven by high inflation that advanced to 22.4 per cent in May. In some markets, a 50kg bag of cement has increased in ...
Fujairah plant orders WHR system from Turboden
Turboden SpA, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group company, together with ENGIE Solutions GCC, has been selected by LEC for the production and installation of a 10MWe WHR organ...
Ecocem to collaborate with Point.P on low-carbon building solutions
POINT.P, part of Saint-Gobain Building Distribution France, and Ecocem have reinforced their long history of commercial collaboration with a partnership announcement to deve...
China starts CCUS focus
This week China announced the launch of its largest carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) project for the cement sector to date. The China United Qingzhou Co Ltd's 200...
IFESTOS CCUS project to receive EU commission grant
The EU Commission has selected IFESTOS for grant agreement preparation for the third call for large-scale projects under the EU Innovation Fund. IFESTOS is TITAN Group’s grou...
FLSmidth sells AFT filter media business
FLSmidth has sold its filter media business, AFT®, to the Micronics Engineered Filtration Group. AFT was started by FLSmidth in 1999 and was known previously as Advanced Filtra...
Pakistan's cement industry performance in FY22-23
In FY22-23, Pakistan’s cement industry’s local dispatches were affected by expensive construction (high steel and cement prices), declining consumer buying power and cuts in pu...
Holcim receives EU Innovation Fund grants for CCUS projects
Holcim has been selected for three grants from the European Union Innovation Fund for breakthrough carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects in Belgium, France a...
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