Senegal's cement consumption fell 22% in April
The Senegalese cement market contracted 22.1 per cent MoM and 10.6 per cent YoY to 525,100t in April 2023, according to the country’s Department for Economic Planning and Polic...
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Heidelberg Materials collaborates with Volvo Group
Heidelberg Materials has signed a collaboration agreement with Volvo Group with the potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions in the construction industry. The aim i...
Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Ltd seeks loan deferment
Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Ltd (PIBTL) informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) last week that it has requested the International Finance Corp (IFC) and OPEC Fund for I...
World's largest 3D printed building completed
The world’s largest 3D printed building has been completed in Florida, USA. The project is a luxury equestrian facility that has been completed by Florida-based Printed Farms u...
Republic Cement works with landfill company to divert waste
Pilotage, a sanitary landfill located in San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines, is adopting innovative segregation and diversion techniques to recover valuable materials, including r...
Bamburi Cement to consider expansion despite macroeconomy
Bamburi Cement PLC ( Holcim group ) held its 72nd Annual General Meeting in Nairobi on 15 June, chaired by the Board and Management, which included Chairman Dr John Simba, G...
Shree Cement announces further expansion plans
Shree Cement has announced a new round of capacity expansions, which will take the company’s total cement production capacity to 55.9Mta. The cement producer currently runs 4...
New plant adds 2Mta to Cambodia capacity
A new 2Mta cement plant in the Oral district of Kampong Speu province in Cambodia is due to start production soon. According to the Khmer Times, Conch KT Cement has invested a...
Shree Digvijay halts production due to cyclone
Shree Digvijay Cement Co has reportedly halted production at its 1.2Mta Digvijaygram integrated plant in Gujarat, India, due to a cyclone. Tropical cyclone Biparjoy made la...
Cembureau elects new president and vice president
The European cement association, CEMBUREAU, has elected Ken McKnight, member of the CRH Executive Committee, as president, and Jon Morrish, CEO western and southern Europe, Hei...
Shiva Cement inaugurates Sundergarh mill
India-based Shiva Cement , part of JSW Cement , has inaugurated its new cement plant in Sundergarh, Odisha. The new plant has an overall capacity of 1.05Mta as well as an a...
Sustainability-linked loans gain momentum in the cement industry
This week JSW Cement announced that it was signing a new loan agreement that would be sustainability-linked to raise US$50m in debt capital to help achieve its 50Mta production...
Limak Cement addresses Turkey's "Green Transformation"
Limak Cement 's new business platforms will be “the most important catalyst in the Green Transformation," said Limak’s CEO, Erkam Kocakerim, speaking at the ‘Climate Change Su...
Puerto Rico’s cement sales down 9% in May
Cement sales in Puerto Rico declined 8.5 per cent YoY to 1.2m bags of 94lb, or 51,165t, in April 2023, according to the country’s Institute of Statistics. However, in May 2023 ...
Cement players expect demand in FY24 to remain stable
Topline Securities hosted the Pakistan Cement Conference 2023, where top executives of major cement players Maple Leaf Cement (MLCF), Lucky Cement (LUCK), DG Khan Cement ...
Architects claim first commercial use of LC3 in the UK
UK architects Cairn’s latest construction project in the UK is laying calcined clay (LC3) in what is believed to be the first time it has been commercially used in the countr...
Kesoram Industries banks on blended cement for future growth
Indian cement producer Kesoram Industries has reported a loss of INR1160m (US$14.2m) in the year ended 31 March 2023 (FY22-23), down from INR1300m in the same period a year e...
Geocycle UK accelerates decarbonisation efforts
The investment of GBP13.5M (US$17.25m/EUR15.7m) contributes to Geocycle's commitment to decarbonise the Aggregate Industries ' Cauldon cement plant ( Holcim group ) by savin...
Heidelberg Materials opens revamped Mitchell plant
Heidelberg Materials celebrated the opening of its new cement plant in Mitchell, Indiana, USA on 13 June 2023. The state-of-the-art facility will be the second-largest ceme...
Chile’s cement market contracts 4% in April
Cement dispatches in Chile declined 4.2 per cent YoY to 299,858t in April 2023 from 313,101t in April 2022, according to the country’s construction chamber, CChC. In the Janua...
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