Saudi cement companies fined for price manipulation
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Competition (GAC) has fined 14 cement companies a total of SAR140m (US$37.33m) for price manipulation activities. Each company has been fo...
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Eriez® appoints John Blicha as VP Global Marketing & Brand Management
Separation technology specialist Eriez ® announces the promotion of John Blicha to Vice President, Global Marketing & Brand Management. Blicha will spearhead Eriez’ worldwide...
Lengfurt plant to establish CAP2U CCUS project
Heidelberg Materials and Linde have established a joint venture under the name "Capture-to-Use" (CAP2U) to build and operate a state-of-the-art CO 2 capture and liquefacti...
YTL Cement signs MoU to tackle standards and sustainability
YTL Cement Bhd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Construction Research Institute (CIDB) Malaysia to promote sustainability within the country's construction...
Dandot Cement completes Punjab plant upgrade
Muhammad Kamran, company secretary of Dandot Cement Co Ltd, has stated that commercial production is expected to resume in the first quarter of the next financial year upon com...
China Resources Cement issues 1Q23 profit warning
China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd has issued a profit warning for the first quarter of 2023 ended 31 March. Over the three-month period, the company expects to report a los...
Dalmia Bharat outlines next phase of expansion
Dalmia Bharat Ltd is planning to expand its cement production capacity to 75Mta by 2027, from its current capacity of 39Mta. The first phase of this expansion will see capaci...
UltraTech recognised in Sustainability World Index
UltraTech Cement is ranked sixth in the global sectoral ranking of the S&P Global Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI). UltraTech is the only Indian company in the t...
CEMEX launches Vertua® brand expansion
CEMEX has restructured its Vertua ® portfolio to allow for easier identification of the most sustainable options available for its customers. The new Vertua system now provi...
Stable US Portland and blended cement shipments in January
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement (including imports) in the USA and Puerto Rico in January 2023 remained stable at 6.6Mt in January 2023, according to the US Geol...
Mannok Cement secures Green Energy funding
Mannok Cement , located in Fermanagh, is one of two companies in Northern Ireland to secure funding in a new GCP240m (US$298.4m/EUR273.4m) UK Government Green Energy Scheme. ...
Oman will not export used tyres
The Omani Environment Authority (EA) has suspended issuing licences for exporting used tyres to support the local cement and other industries. The authority is also working on ...
Indian cement volumes forecast to rise 6% in 4QFY22-23
India’s cement sector is expected to see growth in the 4QFY22-23 of around six per cent YoY and 13 per cent QoQ, according to a new report by Antique Stock Broking Ltd (ABS). ...
Swiss market contracts by 10% in 1Q23
Deliveries of cement in Switzerland, including Liechtenstein, were down 10 per cent YoY to 855,144t in the first quarter of 2023 from 950,556t, according to data published by c...
Mixed January-March results for Taiwan’s cement producers
Taiwan-based Asia Cement Corp saw its revenue slip by 0.1 per cent to TWD8152.982m (US$267.17m) in March 2023 from TWD8160.414m in March 2022. In the January-March 2023 perio...
Chile’s cement dispatches down 10% in January-February 2023
Cement dispatches in Chile fell by 9.5 per cent to 288,761t in February 2023 from 309,297t in February 2022, according to the country’s construction chamber, CChC. In the firs...
Gareth Meese promoted to Eriez-Europe MD
Magnet specialist, Eriez ® has promoted Gareth Meese to Managing Director of Eriez-Europe. In this key leadership role within the company’s global group, Mr Meese will be resp...
Titan reports on record 2022
Titan Cement Group has published its 2022 Integrated Annual Report, which outlines the group’s financial, as well as environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance. A...
Edmonton plant CCUS MoU signed
Heidelberg Materials has announced the completion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Heidelberg Materials and the Government of Canada. This partnership will s...
Morocco sees small increase in March deliveries
Cement deliveries in Morocco by APC members edged up by 0.6 per cent YoY to 1,195,305t in March 2023 from 1,188,217, according to the country’s cement association, APC. Deliver...
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