Buzzi Unicem modifies corporate structure
Buzzi Unicem’s corporate revision project, which had already been approved by the Board of Directors and communicated on 3 August 2022 and 8 November 2022, has been implemented...
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Holcim divests business in Russia
Holcim has signed an agreement to sell its business in Russia to the local management team. With the new owners, the business will operate independently under a different brand...
Brazil's cement market contracts 1% in November
Cement sales in Brazil slipped 0.8 per cent YoY to 5.3Mt in November 2022, according to the Brazilian cement association, SNIC. In the January-November 2022 period sales dec...
Cementa gets go-ahead for Gotland quarry
A Swedish court has given Cementa the green light to continue mining limestone at its quarry on the island of Gotland, heading off the risk of a shortage of cement in the bui...
Colombia’s cement dispatches up 5% in 10M22
Cement dispatches in the Colombian market decreased by 2.4 per cent to 1.123Mt in October 2022 from 1.15Mt in the year-ago period, according to the country’s statistics office,...
UltraTech Cement commissions 1.9Mta grinding plant
UltraTech Cement ( Aditya Birla Group ) has commissioned its 1.9Mta greenfield clinker backed grinding capacity at Pali Cement Works , Rajasthan India. This forms part of th...
CEMEX announces first Circularity Center
CEMEX has announced the launch in Colombia of its first Circularity Center worldwide. The site is located south of Bogotá in an old quarry that has been restored recently and...
Vicat increases stake in Sinai cement
France-based Vicat SA has increased its stake in Egypt’s Sinai Cement from 51 per cent to 67 per cent. According to Reuters, Vicat bought additional shares worth US$5.65m f...
Coolbrook achieves first demonstration of its RotoDynamic Technology
Coolbrook has conducted the first live pilot of its RotoDynamic Technology to electrify high-temperature industrial processes. Hosted at the Brightlands Chemlot Campus in Ge...
EU reaches deal on carbon border tariff
Following a night of negotiations, the European Union came to a political deal in the early hours of this morning to impose a carbon dioxide emissions tariff on polluting goods...
Cement demand in Argentina up 9% in 11M22
Cement consumption in Argentina saw a 0.2 per cent uptick in November 2022 to 1,144,153t when compared with November 2022, when the market absorbed 1,142,127t, according to the...
Dalmia Bharat to acquire Jaiprakash Associates Ltd
Following CemNet's Jaiprakash Associates Ltd news story on Monday , Dalmia Bharat Cement has announced the acquisition of the cement assets of Jaypee Group 's flagship comp...
Adani Cement launches Geoclean waste management solution
Adani Cement has launched its new waste management initiative, Geoclean, to reduce emissions from its cement production processes. Built on the foundation of sustainability a...
AALBORG SOLID for civil engineering and infrastructure is launched
Aalborg Portland A/S ( Cementir ) launches a new type of cement that is particularly useful for civil engineering and infrastructure projects, according to the company. The n...
Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe appoints new Acting CEO
Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe Ltd has appointed Innocent Zulu Chikwata as Acting Chief Executive, effective from 1 December 2022. Mr Chikwata has 16 years experience in the fast...
Cement and clinker imports into US increase 43% in September as market expands
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement, including imports, in the USA and Puerto Rico increased by 5.7 per cent YoY to 10.3Mt in September 2022, according to the US Geo...
Yanbu Cement pays out US$31m in dividends
Yanbu Cement Company is to pay out cash dividends worth SAR118.12m (US$31.49m) to shareholders in the second half of 2022. This represents 7.5 per cent of capital. According ...
Lafarge Egypt to increase AR rate to 50%
Lafarge Egypt plans to increase its alternative fuel rate to 50 per cent in the near future. Speaking at the Euromoney Egypt Conference 2022 in Cairo last week, Ahmed Khalifa...
Chongqing Sifang resumes operations
China-based cement producer Chongqing Sifang New Materials has resumed operations following the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in the country, according to Reuters. Pr...
SOCOCIM Industries to arrange IFC loan for Kiln 6 project
Senegal-based SOCOCIM Industries (VICAT group) is organising a debt facility with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to construct a high fuel-efficient Kiln 6. T...
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