CEMEX France renews ISO 14001 environmental certification
This year, for the fourth time, CEMEX France is renewing its ISO 14001 environmental certification for 262 sites within its concrete and aggregates activities, a scope of uni...
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Sagar Cements sees profits tumble in 2022
India's Sagar Cements Ltd (SCL) has reported unaudited consolidated revenue from operations of INR5757.3m (US$70.7m) in the quarter ended 31 December 2022, up from the INR333...
Cement exports nosedive in 1HFY22-23 in Pakistan
Pakistan’s cement industry export revenue and overseas dispatches in the first six months of FY22-23 (July-December 2022) nosedived both YoY and MoM, according to the country...
ANRAV CCUS project funding signing completed
The EU Innovation Fund Grant Agreement for Heidelberg Materials ’ pioneering CCUS project ANRAV has been officially signed in Brussels. ANRAV aims to be the first full-chain C...
Work starts on dismantling Hranice cement’s cooler
Alicem sro has started dismantling work for the clinker cooler modernisation project at the Hranice cement plant ( Buzzi Unicem group ) in the Czech Republic. In one day Al...
SGS Industrial Services selected for Airvault modernisation project
SGS Industrial Services GmbH has been commissioned by thyssenkrupp Polysius with the mechanical and electrical assembly of a new 4000tpd clinker production plant. The plant wil...
Chile’s cement dispatches fall 23% in November
Cement dispatches in Chile saw a 22.9 per cent YoY drop to 300,800t in November 2022, according to the country’s construction chamber, CChC. In the January-November 2022 peri...
UltraTech Cement Ltd posts consolidated net sales of INR152,990m in 3QFY22
UltraTech Cement Ltd ( Aditya Birla Group ) has announced its financial results for the quarter ended 31 December 2022. Consolidated net sales totalled INR152,990m (US$1.88bn...
Peruvian cement market contracts 6% in December
Peru’s cement dispatches reached 1.092Mt in December 2022, representing a six per cent decline YoY from 1.159Mt, according to the country’s cement assocation, Asocem. Of this t...
CIMAF orders MVR mill from Gebr Pfeiffer
Ciments de l’Afrique (CIMAF) has ordered an MVR vertical roller mill from Gebr Pfeiffer for its plant at Keur Moussa, Senegal. This marks the first such mill to be installed ...
EUA prices consolidate at higher level awaiting policy decisions
By Frank O. Brannvoll, Brannvoll ApS, Denmark The increase in fossil fuels use for power generation is keeping the demand for EUAs relatively high. However, a mild winter st...
USG freight market sees softening rates
By Brannvoll ApS, Denmark USG Supramax freight market sentiment throughout the month was about negative undertones due to a somewhat thinner cargo book. Rates for shipments ...
EUA rising by end of year, driven by compliance and higher coal and gas prices
By Frank O. Brannvoll, Brannvoll ApS, Denmark There has been very little direct news in the carbon market, as political discussions of changes to the EU ETS are still ongo...
Holcim extends aggregates reach with US acquisition
Holcim has acquired the sand and aggregates quarries of Pioneer Landscape Centers, a market leader in the fast growing metropolitan US markets of Denver, Phoenix and Colorado...
Côte d’Ivoire amends cement standards to include dolomite
In Côte d’Ivoire the government has modified cement production standards to include dolomite. It will enable cement producers to reduce the cost of manufacturing cement. Curr...
Beumer appoint new centre of competence divisional director
Since the beginning of the year, Kay Wieczorek has headed BEUMER’s Centre of Competence (CoC) Product Business as divisional director. CoC Product Business is responsible for t...
FLSmidth to transform its cement business
FLSmidth launched its GREEN '26 strategy for its cement business at its recent Capital Markets Day, and explained how it intends to deliver new strategies for its cement, minin...
Holcim receives EUR328m funding for CCUS projects
Holcim has received EUR328m (US$355.36m) in funding from the European Union's Innovation Fund for two carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects. The schemes in ...
Cementos Artigas commissions new grinding plant
Cementos Artigas has started up its new grinding and dispatch plant in Minas, Uruguay. The US$40m investment represents significant improvements in terms of cost efficiency a...
Cementos Portland Valderrivas plans EUR5.48m Hontoria investment
Cementos Portland Valderrivas plans to invest EUR5.48m in the installation of a chlorine bypass at its plant in Hontoria , Palencia, Spain. The bypass will enable the plant ...
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