Cambodia's cement producers output 7.7Mt in 11M22
Cambodia's five cement factories produced 7.7Mt of cement in the January-November period of last year, according to a report from the Cambodian Cement Manufacturing Association...
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Ambuja Cements forms shipping subsidiary
Ambuja Cements has formed a new, wholly-owned subsidiary called Ambuja Shipping Services Ltd (ASSL). The company has been incorporated by Ambuja Cements for the business of o...
Kenyan cement consumption falls 15% YoY
Cement consumption in Kenya declined from 2.596Mt in the third quarter of 2021 to 2.217Mt in the same period this year, marking a contraction of 14.6 per cent YoY. Cement produ...
ACC launches ACC ECOMaxX
ACC Ltd , the cement and building material company of Adani Cement and part of the Adani Group, is set to bring a new dimension to the building materials industry with the ...
Lucky Cement chairman passes away
The chairman of Pakistan’s largest cement producer, Lucky Cement Ltd, Muhammed Yunus Tabba, died on 2 January 2023 peacefully, according to a family announcement of the compa...
Colombian cement market contracts 4% in November
Grey cement consumption in Colombia declined by 4.2 per cent in November 2022 to 1.118Mt from 1.167Mt in November 2021, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. Whil...
Yura achieves 3Mt sales milestone
Peru-based Cemento Yura SA has reached the 3Mt sales mark for the first time in its 56-year history, reports Asocem, the country’s cement association. The company attributes ...
Mukul Agarwal raises stake in Sanghi Industries
Investor Mukul Agarwal has increased his stake in Sanghi Industries from 1.34 per cent in the September 2022 quarter to 1.97 per cent in the December quarter, reports The Eco...
Italy sees 5% reduction in cement output in October
Italian cement production fell by five per cent YoY in October 2022, according to the country’s construction chamber, Federbeton. When compared with the 2015 base index product...
Attock Cement seeks a supply of minerals
Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd has planned to outsource raw materials for its cement plant at Hub Choki in the Balochistan province from January 2023 to June 2023. The company as...
Cookstown Cement rebranded as Cemcor
The Cookstown cement plant acquired in January 2022 by LCC Group and David Millar for GBP56m has been rebranded to Cemcor following significant investment from its new owners...
Vietnamese cement market contracts 3% in November
Cement consumption in Vietnam in November 2022 totalled 5,275,474t, down by three per cent YoY, according to the Vietnam National Cement Association (VNCA). Of this total 1,800...
Indian Prayagraj region to become cement hub
India’s Prayagraj region in Uttar Pradesh is set to become a cement production hub. In addition to its two existing cement plants – the 6.6Mta Sadwa works of Jaypee Group and...
Iranian cement production expands 6% in 9M22
Cement production in Iran increased 5.7 per cent YoY in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (21 March-21 December 2022), according to data released by th...
Sancti Spíritus cement plant restarts
After a seven-month hiatus, the Siguaney cement plant, in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, has restarted production. The repair of its kiln with imported refractory bricks, has now been ...
India's NCR cement plants to desist from using unapproved fuels
The Indian National Capital Region’s (NCR) Commission for Air Quality Management has reminded all industrial and other sectors not to use unapproved fuels, including coal, from...
Lawrence Masha resigns as Tanga Cement board chairman
Lawrence Masha has left the board of Tanga Cement Co Ltd. In a statement to the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange, the company said:”Shareholders are advised that Tanga Cement PLC a...
Lucky Cement commissions 34MW solar power plant at Pezu
The installation of a 34MW captive solar power plant has been completed at the Pezu cement plant , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan, by Lucky Cement Limited , according to ...
DTI imposes definitive anti-dumping duty on Vietnam exporters
The Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (CeMAP) welcomed the imposition of definitive anti-dumping duties against cement imports from Vietnam, according to a re...
Holcim US runs 38 per cent of production from wind power
Holcim US has signed a virtual PPA with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) for renewable energy generation, according to a report from Euromoney. The ERCOT ...
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