Cemex and Ecocem partner on lower-carbon R&D
Cemex and Ecocem have agreed to work together in a new partnership to explore opportunities to use lower-carbon cementitious material in concrete production, according to a...
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Cement sales in Chile fall 10% in March
Chile’s cement market contracted by 10.3 per cent YoY to 328,003t in March 2023 from 365,8926t in March 2022, according to the country’s construction chamber, CChC. In the Jan...
Breedon joins London Stock Exchange's Premium Listing segment
Breedon has announced its admission to the Premium Listing segment of the main market of the London Stock Exchange and the simultaneous cancellation from trading on the AIM m...
Brazilian market sees 11% contraction in April
Cement sales in Brazil declined 11.4 per cent YoY to 4.577Mt in April 2023 from 5.164Mt, according to the Brazilian cement association, SNIC. The association attributed the mar...
Pakistan cement production output fall in 9MFY23
The political unrest, fragile economy, high-interest rates and inflation are now reflected in the production data of large Pakistan-industry industries. On top of this, restric...
James Hardie Industries posts record results
James Hardie Industries has announced record global net sales of US$3777.1m for the fiscal year 2023, ending 31 March 2023, up four per cent YoY. Adjusted EBIT over the same p...
Vicat builds new 74,000t clinker dome
Vicat is building a new clinker hall for its Montalieu-Vercieu cement plant. The new 62m diameter silo will have a capacity of 74,000t of clinker. The next stage o...
Iranian cement market expands 3% in March
Cement sales in Iran reached 5.87Mt in March 2023, up 2.6 per cent when compared with March 2022, when 5.71Mt were sold, according to the Iranian Cement Association. There wer...
London project marks world first in cement-free concrete
UK-based National Grid and its contractor Hochtief-Murphy Joint Venture (HMJV) have completed what is believed to be the world’s largest ever continuous pour of cement-free Ea...
New administrator for Savannah Cement announced
Harveen Gadhoke of Adili Associates has been appointed to turn around impoverished Savannah Cement with the view of recovering KES10bn (US$72.8m) owed to KCB and Absa Bank Ke...
MPA welcomes EU law reforms
The Mineral Products Association (MPA), which represents producers of essential mineral products such as aggregates, concrete and asphalt, has welcomed the UK government’s deci...
Heidelberg Materials invest a further EUR65m in French calcined clay project
Following this week's 'Choose France summit', Heidelberg Materials has announced the investment of EUR65m to accelerate the decarbonisation of its Bussac-Forê t cement plant...
Nathdwara Cement commissions 0.8Mta of brownfield capacity
Nathdwara Cement Ltd , UltraTech Cement ’s wholly owned subsidiary has commissioned 0.8Mta of brownfield cement capacity at Neem Ka Thana , Rajasthan, India. The compa...
Saint-Gobain sales up 5% YoY in 1Q23
Saint-Gobain has reported “solid” sales growth in the opening three months of 2023 with like-for-like sales up 4.7 per cent to EUR12,406m, compared to EUR12,007m in the same ...
Dyckerhoff supplies low CO2 efficient construction
The new residential quarter in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, "Mein Ludwigs”, has been supplied with Dyckerhoff ’s low CO 2 efficient cements and concretes for the large-scale constr...
Arabian Cement reports 17% drop in 1Q profit
Arabian Cement Co posted a net profit after zakat and tax of SAR49.2m (US$13.1m) in the 1Q23, down 17.4 per YoY from SAR41.9m. It was 40.2 per cent higher QoQ when compared w...
Empresa Colombiana de Cementos appoints new MD
Empresa Colombiana de Cementos and its Alión brand have named Martha Patricia Quintero Valderrama as the company’s new managing director. She succeeds Juan Martínez Gilsanz,...
Buzzi Unicem posts 1Q23 consolidated net sales of EUR955.9m
Consolidated net sales for Buzzi Unicem in the 1Q23 reached EUR955.9m, a rise of 19.5 per cent compared to EUR8000.1m the 1Q22. However, Buzzi Unicem reported to a decline i...
Udaipur Cements Works sees revenue rise YoY
Udaipur Cement Works Ltd has reported revenue from operations of INR10,322.6m (US$125.6m) in the year ended 31 March 2023. This compares to INR8811m in the same period a year...
Ambuja Cements adds 8Mta capacity
Ambuja Cements is expanding its clinker capacity by 8Mta at its Bhatapara and Maratha units on the highest ESG standards with 42MW of waste heat recovery system, the abil...
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