Pakistan cement dispatches down 24% YoY in March
Total cement dispatches (local sales and exports) in Pakistan fell 24 per cent YoY in March to 3.795Mt, according to the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA)....
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Cement demand in Colombia falls 4% in February
Cement consumption in Colombia fell by 4.4 per cent YoY to 1.058Mt in February 2023 from 1.107Mt, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. Of this total, bagged ceme...
Holcim Romania expands aggregates portfolio
Holcim Romania has expanded its aggregates division by acquiring Stones Business Development SRL, one of the main suppliers of aggregates in the Bucharest-Ilfov area of Roman...
Holcim's Holly Hill plant reaches 100% TSR
Holcim ’s Holly Hill plant , South Carolina, USA, has reached 100 per cent thermal energy substitution rate (TSR) and is progressing with clinker reduction and alternative fu...
UltraTech sees 12% hike in sales volume in FY22-23
UltraTech Cement , part of Aditya Birla Group , has reported a 12 per cent advance in consolidated sales volume, including its overseas operations in UAE, Bahrain and Sri La...
Votorantim Cimentos reports decarbonisation progress
Votorantim Cimentos ended 2022 with positive results in its decarbonisation journey. Globally, the company emitted 579kg of CO 2 /t of cement produced, a three per cent reduc...
CICSA Group completes CADERSA acquisition
Italy-based CICSA Group has completed the acquisition of CADERSA Cadenas y Derivados SL of Barcelona, a company leader in Spain in the production of mechanical chains for bulk ...
Cemex considers exiting Phillipines
Cemex is considering exiting the Philippines as part of its ongoing strategy to focus on markets with higher growth and lower risk. Cemex currently owns 89.86 per cent of Ceme...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Osaka Gas sign CCUS value chain feasibility study
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) and Osaka Gas Co Ltd have signed an agreement for a feasibility study on a project to develop a CO 2 value chain for carbon capture,...
New cement plant for Afghanistan
Afghanistan will increase its cement capacity with a new 1Mta cement plant, the Shur Andem cement project, located in Kandahar. The acting head of Kandahar’s Mines and Petroleu...
Bamburi Cement to open a new shale quarry
Kenya-based Bamburi Cement (part of Holcim )will be opening a new shale quarry in Kwale County to serve a new cement plant. The quarry is expected to supply around 20 per ce...
Dalmia Cement to burn 5000t of baled plastics in Ariyalur kilns
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) will be using 5000t of baled plastics to fire its cement kilns in Ariyalur following a memorandum of understanding with Greater Chennai Corp (GCC). Th...
Hanson UK wins planning permission for new Padeswood SRF facility
Flintshire Council's planning committee has granted permission for a new solid revered fuel (SRF) facility at Heidelberg Material 's subsidary Hanson UK ’s Padeswood cemen...
Canacem-Mexico-FICEM 2030 roadmap launched
At FICEM Hoja de Ruta 2023, the Canacem-Mexico-FICEM 2030 roadmap “Towards a Low Carbon Economy” was launched by Mexico's national cement chamber, CANACEM, in collaboration ...
Indian producers look to alternative fuels and green energy
The continued rise in coal and petcoke prices has resulting in an increase in demand for alternative fuels (AF) from the Indian cement sector. Research by Antique Stock Brokin...
Holcim to invest over US$2bn in CCUS
Holcim plans to invest CHF2bn (US$2.187bn) by 2030 in carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technologies to capture more than 5Mt of CO 2 each year. According to it...
Spain's cement market contracts 7% in February
Cement consumption in Spain has fallen 7.1 per cent YoY to 1,175,290t in February, reports Oficemen. The association’s Managing Director, Aniceto Zaragoza, points that in Febru...
First FLSmidth FUELFLEX® Pyrolyzer installed at Mannok
FLSmidth has celebrated the installation of its FUELFLEX ® Pyrolyzer at Mannok Cement , Ireland. The world’s first FUELFLEX ® Pyrolyzer has been successfully been in ope...
Hanson UK enters CCS due diligence and negotiation phase
Hanson UK ( Heidelberg Materials ) has progressed to the due diligence and negotiation phase in its bid to install carbon capture technology at its Padeswood cement works ...
Ciments du Maroc posts 25% drop in net profit in 2022
Morocco-based Ciments du Maroc , part of Heidelberg Materials , has reported a turnover of MAD4.043bn (US$395.4m) in 2022, representing a decrease of 2.1 per cent YoY from MA...
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