PT Solusi Bangun Indonesia orders silos from Claudius Peters
PT Solusi Bangun Indonesia has ordered two Claudius Peters EC22 cement silos for a volume of approximately 17,200m³ via contractor PT Hutama Karaya (Persero). The scope of su...
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Heidelberg Materials places first sustainability-linked bond
Heidelberg Materials successfully placed its first sustainability-linked bond (ISIN XS2577874782) with an issue volume of EUR750m and a term until 2032 via HeidelbergCement A...
Itacamba appoints new general manager
Votorantim Cimentos -owned Itacamba Cemento SA has appointed Marcelo Morales as its new general manager with effect from 1 January 2023. Mr Morales previously served for se...
Bolivian cement market expands 6% in 10M22
Bolivia’s cement sales increased by 5.6 per cent YoY to 3.1Mt in the January-October 2022 period, according to the country’s National Institute of Statistics (INE). In the 10M2...
India invests in green hydrogen production
The Indian government has approved a plan to invest US$2.3bn in green hydrogen. It plans to produce at least 5Mt of green hydrogen by 2030, reducing the dependence of its ceme...
Oriano commissions solar projects for Shree Cement
India-based Oriano has commissioned two solar power projects for Shree Cement Ltd . The projects include a 10MWp at Seraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand, and 30MWp (2 x 15MWp) at ...
Ministry ready to act on cement and clinker price rises
The Turkish Ministry of Commerce stated that measures will be taken in Ankara, Anatolia region, to prevent cement and clinker price increases and to relieve domestic supply. ...
Holcim Philippines embrace drones and digitalisation for maintenance
Holcim Philippines has started to harness advanced technology as part of its regular maintenance programme in plants and manufacturing sites. Drones inspect the La Union fa...
CEMEX launches Bio-sourced admixture range
CEMEX has launched of a new range of bio-sourced admixtures designed for a reduced carbon footprint. These admixtures use natural, renewable and locally-sourced raw materials a...
Malaysia: Cement pricing highs
Escalating raw material and coal prices, higher shipping costs and the US dollar appreciation against the ringgit are all contributing to further price rises in Malaysia's ce...
Brazilian cement consumption down 3% in 2022
Domestic cement sales in Brazil saw a 6.3 per cent decline to 4.467Mt in December 2022 when compared with December 2021 when sales reached 4.766Mt, according to the country’s c...
China Resources Cement issues profit warning for 2022
China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd has issued a profit warning saying that it expects its profit attributable to owners of the company to contract by 74-78 per cent YoY in 2...
Cementa to develop water treatment plant
Cementa ( Heidelberg Materials ) plans a new water treatment plant to strengthen the drinking water supply in northern Gotland, Sweden. In the autumn of 2022, Cementa commis...
BBMG warns of 59% profit fall in 2022
China-based cement producer BBMG Corp has announced that it expects to report a 52-59 per cent YoY decline in net profit attributable to shareholders in 2022. Net profit for th...
Dal Engineering completes preheater modernisation
Dal Engineering of Turkey has completed the engineering scope of the preheater modernisation project at Lafarge Saint Pierre La Cour Cement plant ( Holcim group) in France ...
Emerson named ‘Industrial IoT Company of the Year’ for 5th time
Global technology and software company Emerson has been named the IoT Breakthrough 2023 ‘Industrial IoT Company of the Year’ for the fifth time, following previous awards in 2...
US market expands in October 2022
Shipments of Portland and blended cement, including imports, in the USA and Puerto Rico increased by 8.8 per cent YoY to 10.7Mt in October 2022, according to the US Geological ...
Savannah Cement sells 60% stake to Barak Asset Recovery
Mauritius-based Barak Asset Recovery has been given the green light by regulators to acquire a 60 per cent stake in Savannah Cement from Seruji Ltd . With one plant in A...
Steppe Cement records 11% revenue growth in 2022
Steppe Cement Ltd recorded 11 per cent revenue growth in 2022 to KZT40m (US$86,560) from KZT36m a year earlier, citing positive market conditions as it focussed on the Kazakh d...
Adani Group investment to soar
The Adani Group will invest over INR600,000m (US$7.4m) in a number of sectors in Madhya Predesh that would create thousands of jobs. This would reshape the economy of severa...
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