Yamama Cement to exceed 30,000tpd clinker production
Saudi Arabia-based Yamama Cement Company expects its clinker production to exceed 30,000tpd following the launch of commercial operations at its new factory and relocation of...
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Holcim announces plans for new chairman
Holcim has announced that Beat Hess, chairman of the company since 2016, has decided not to seek re-election to the Board of Directors at the AGM in May 2023. The board inten...
Dangote Cement names new CEO
Dangote Cement Plc has named Arvind Pathak as the company’s new chief executive/managing director. Mr Pathak will replace Frenchman Michel Puchercos, who will leave at the e...
Holcim reshapes for the future
Holcim caught the cement world's attention this week when it announced the launch of a major low carbon cement project in Europe. The French cement plant of Saint-Pierre-la-Cou...
Holcim reports net sales of CHF29,289m in 2022
Holcim reported its financial results for 2022 announcing net sales of CHF29,189m (US$31.2m) for 2022. This was a 12.9 per cent rise on a LfL basis compared to the prior ye...
SCG reports 7% increase in revenue
The Siam Cement Public Co Ltd (SCG) reported a 14 per cent drop in sales revenue to THB122,190m (US$3510.1m) in the 4Q22 when compare with the 4Q21. The company’s EBITDA fell...
CEMEX signs ETFuels agreement
CEMEX has signed an agreement with green fuels producer ETFuels, to transform CO 2 from CEMEX’s Alicante cement plant in Spain into green fuels. Under this agreement, ETFu...
Gabon government issues cement price list
Gabon’s government has published a price list for cement bags, fixing the price of cement in accordance with the decree signed on 17 February by the Minister in State in charge...
UltraTech commissions solar plant at Dalla
UltraTech Cement inaugurated a 9.50MWp DC solar power plant at its Dalla plant as part of drive to source its energy from 100 per cent renewable energy sources by 2050. T...
Kyrgyzstan production up 7% in 2022
The Kyrgyz cement industry produced 2.666Mt of cement in 2022, according to the Eurasian Economic Commission. This represents a YoY increase of 7.1 per cent. Kazakhstan’s cem...
Orient Cement terminates grinding unit MoU
Orient Cement has terminated a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Adani Power Maharashtra Ltd (APML) to set up a grinding unit in Maharashtra, India. According to The Hind...
Fives Pillard reduces CO2 emissions for Middle East cement plant
Fives Pillard has converted two existing hot gas generator burners operating with coal to natural gas. The modified burners existing can now add natural gas to the fuel mix ...
Heidelberg Materials' revenue hits all-time high
Heidelberg Materials has reported a 13 per cent YoY increase in group revenue to an all-time high of EUR21.1bn in 2022. Adjusted profit for the financial year also rose signi...
Three Pakistan producers post profits in 1HFY22-23
Three of Pakistan’s cement factories have posted a profit in operation between July and December of FY22-23 (1HFY22-23). However, double-digit inflation, a hike in interest rat...
Spain's cement demand increases 5% in January
Cement consumption in Spain in January expanded by 5.4 per cent to 1,066,959t, according to Oficemen, the Spanish cement association. “We expected lower values at this beginni...
CEMEX records 41% fall in European CO2 emissions
CEMEX achieved a milestone 41 per cent reduction in the CO 2 emissions generated by its European cement business in 2022. A fifth of the total reduction attained since 1990 ha...
Indian Railways to create cement corridor
Indian Railways (IR) are planning to create a cement corridor to link cement and clinker plants along with fly ash facilities for the seamless movement of these products, senio...
Oil and coal are falling, petcoke climbs higher
By Frank O. Brannvoll, Brannvoll ApS, Denmark Another month with the European Central Bank (ECB) and the US Federal Reserve in focus: in the US the interest rate has been i...
FICEM and GCCA Seminar sets out Latin American Net Zero goal
FICEM and the Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA) hosted an online seminar on 'Acceleration of Net Zero: cement and concrete' on 22 February 2023 to outline the progres...
New plant director for Holcim Jerez plant
Holcim España has appointed José María Gómez as new plant manager of the company’s Jerez plant. His work will focus on promoting innovation and sustainability through circu...
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