Holcim extends sales channels in Mexico
Holcim has acquired INDAR, a leading hardware wholesaler in Mexico with 2022 net sales of US$71m. With this acquisition, Holcim adds more than 10,600 additional hardware prod...
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Maple Leaf Cement becomes Pakistan's fourth largest producer
Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd ( Kohinoor Textile Mills Ltd group ) has become the fourth-largest grey cement producer in Pakistan after its capacity now stands at 7.9Mta aft...
Buzzi Unicem defends itself against defamatory campaign
Buzzi Unicem has refuted allegations against its reputation with a company statement issued on 10 March 2023. “We are aware of a defamatory campaign against Buzzi Unicem whic...
Nepal exports 153,493t of cement to India in 7MFY22-23
In the 7MFY22-23 Nepal exported cement and clinker worth NPR167.03m (US$1.273m), reports Khabarhub. According to Nepal’s Department of Customs, over the seven-month period, 15...
Modifying Germany's carbon capture plans
As a leading industrial nation in the EU, Germany's carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) strategy is key for the succesful reduction of European CO2 emissions. The Ger...
Cementir announces record revenues of EUR1721m in 2022
Cementir announced historical group revenues in 2022 from sales and services totalling EUR1720.9m, up 26.5 per cent on EUR360m in 2021. The increase in revenue is mainly d...
Taiheiyo Cement secures Japan's first transition-linked loan
Taiheiyo Cement Corp has raised capital from the Development Bank of Japan Inc through a transition-linked loan, marking the first time transition finance has been secured by...
Carbon Clean to expand North American presence
Carbon Clean, a leading global carbon capture solutions business, has announced a significant expansion in North America to meet booming demand for its carbon capture technolo...
Cockburn Cement fined for odour breaches
Cockburn Cement Ltd (CCL) has been fined AUD290,000 (US$191,000) for odour breaches from its Munster cement plant, according to the Government of Western Australia. The com...
PSX listed cement companies release financial results for 1HFY23
Cement companies listed in the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continue to report mixed financial results for the 1HFY22-23 (July-December 2022) of the current financial year FY...
Loma Negra posts 1% uptick in revenue in 2022
Argentina’s Loma Negra has reported a two per cent YoY increase in revenue in the 4Q22 to ARS36,763m (US$215m), mainly driven by a strong performance in the concrete and aggr...
BUA Cement's revenue increased by 40% in 2022
BUA Cement Plc of Nigeria reported that revenue increased by 40.3 per cent or NGN103.7bn (US$22 5.3m) in 2022 to NGN361bn from NGN257.3bn in 2021, given the combination of p...
Progressive Planet launches PozGlass pilot plant
Canada-based Progressive Planet, a CleanTech and manufacturing company specialising in the creation of planet-friendly products, has announced that it will be building a pilot...
Geminor HUB supplying Aalborg Cement has record year
Geminor's waste treatment HUB in Aalborg, Denmark, processed 99,538t of waste in 2022. Last year, the waste treated in the Aalborg HUB went to 10 different off-takers, the big...
Breedon records revenue of GBP1396m in 2022
During 2022, Breedon Group Plc grew revenue by 13 per cent to GBP1396.3m (EUR1566.7m/US$1658.4m) in 2022 (2021: GBP1232.5m) and the company’s underlying EBIT rose by 16 per ...
Holcim Switzerland start deliveries with Hugelshofer Logistik electric truck
A fully-electric truck from Hugelshofer Logistik AG is supplementing Holcim Switzerland’s fleet of electric vehicles and delivering cement quietly and without CO 2 emission...
Dugongo Cimentos announces new plant
Dugongo Cimentos is building a new 6000tpd cement plant in Nacala-Porto, Nampula province, on the northern cost of Mozambique. The project is believed to cost US$192m, accord...
Bangladesh reports 50% increase in cement export revenue
Bangladesh has reported 49.7 per cent YoY growth in cement export revenue to US$8.13m in the 8MFY22-23 (July 2022-February 2023). This compares to US$5.43m in the same period ...
Lafarge Canada fined for dust pollution
Lafarge Canada Inc has been fined CAD$200,000 (US$145,395) for breaching the Environmental Protection Act, reports The Intelligencer. In October 2019 clinker dust from the co...
GCCA marks International Women's Day
To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March 2023, the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) launched a campaign to highlight the essential role played by women in the...
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