Fortera joins Alliance for Low Carbon Cement and Concrete
Cement decarbonisation company Fortera has joined the Alliance for Low Carbon Cement and Concrete (ALCCC). The ALCCC was created to support the decarbonisation of the cement a...
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Kolos Cement posts MUR48.5m loss
Mauritius-based Kolos Cement reported losses of MUR48.5m (US$1.06m) in the January-March 2023 quarter. The company’s turnover increased 9.4 per cent to MUR522m when compared wi...
Oman Cement appoints Zhu Yaping as new CEO
Oman Cement Co ’s board of directors has approved the appointment of Zhu Yaping as the company’s new CEO with immediate effect. He succeeds Salim Abdullah al Hajri, who retire...
Spain’s cement market contracts 12% in April
Cement consumption in Spain dropped 11.6 per cent YoY to 1,182,325t in April 2023, according to the Spanish cement association, Oficemen. The YoY drop needs to be considered ag...
Finnsementti sets decarbonisation and lower carbon cement goals
Through its parent company CRH , Finnsementti is committed to the science-based emission reduction goal of limiting global warming to less than 1.5˚C. To achieve these goal...
Nuvoco Vistas opens new RMC plant in Vizag
Nuvoco Vistas Corp Ltd has launched a new ready-mixed concrete (RMC) plant in Vizag, Andhra Pradesh, India. With a production capacity of 60m 3 /h, the plant will serve const...
Sinai Cement narrows 1Q loss
Egypt-based Sinai Cement Co , part of Vicat , saw consolidated net losses after tax of EGP58.47m (US$1.89m) in the first quarter of 2023, compared with losses of EGP67.19m in...
Holcim Beckum carbon capture project reaches first test phase
Holcim Germany , thyssenkrupp Uhde and the Technical University of Berlin have started the first test phase of latest amine scrubbing technology to separate the process exhau...
Freight rates stabilise on optimistic outlook
By Brannvoll ApS, Denmark The first half of the month looked inspiring for shipowners. The USG Supramax spot freight market improved with rates showing considerable spikes. ...
Qatar National Cement signs digital and Uzbekistan MoUs
Qatar National Cement Co (QNCC) has made a strategic decision to partner SAP and Google Cloud to fuel its digital transformation and ensure future-proof operations. ...
Holcim France accelerates decarbonisation goals
On the occasion of the launch of France Ciment, Holcim France has reaffirmed its ambition and plays its full part in the decarbonisation objectives of the sector . In lin...
SIG to plant red calliandra for biomass fuel
SIG 's Corporate Secretary, Vita Mahreyni, has explained that currently his company is increasing the use of alternative fuels as environmentally-friendly new renewable energ...
Meeting the biodiversity challenge
This week saw the UN-sanctioned "International Day for Biological Diversity", dedicated to promoting its new theme "From Agreement to Action: Build Back Biodiversity". The next...
Vietnam cement sales down 14% in April 2023
Cement sales in Vietnam saw a 14 per cent YoY decline to 5,621,586t in April 2023, according to the Vietnam National Cement Association (VNCA). Of this total, VICEM sales fell ...
UltraTech Cement to employ Coolbrook decarbonisation technology
UltraTech Cement Ltd and Coolbrook, a transformational technology and engineering company, will jointly develop a project to implement Coolbrook’s RotoDynamic Heater TM (RDH...
WHR project begins at Fujairah plant
Sustainable energy solutions provider Engie Solutions has announced that work has begun on its 10MW waste heat recovery (WHR) project at Lafarge Emirate Cement 's (LEC) plant...
Low cement production in 1HFY22-23 attributed to construction downtrend
Last week, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) released its half year report for the FY22-23 on the state of Pakistan’s economy. The analysis in the report covered all sectors, i...
Saxum partners Dome Technology in Argos dome project
Saxum has reported that it is working on the project for the expansion of the Argos USA 's Port Terminal, Houston, Texas, USA. Along with project partners Dome Technology , ...
The KCP Ltd sees profits slide as expenses climb
India-based cement producer, The KCP Limited , has announced standalone total income of INR4840m (US$58.5m) in the quarter ended 31 March 2023, up from INR4638.2m in the same ...
Holcim selected to create world's first nature targets
Holcim has announced that it is working with the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) to submit nature targets for validation in 2023, as part of a global initiative to set t...
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