Dangote wins three FMDQ awards
Dangote Industries Ltd and Dangote Cement Plc have picked up three accolades at the FMDQ Gold Awards - ‘Largest Corporate Bond Lodgment on FMDG’, ’Most Trusted Brand of the Y...
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Foundation stone laid for Ciment Sahel Mali SA
Mahamoud Ould Mohamed, the Minister of Industry and Trade, laid the foundation stone for the new Ciment Sahel Mali SA cement plant, on 24 November 2022. Construction of the f...
InterCement posts 17% sales increase in 3Q22
InterCement has reported cement and clinker sales of 5.494Mt in the third quarter of 2022, up 1.2 per cent on the same quarter a year earlier (3Q21: 5.428Mt). Total sales ove...
Kohat Cement presses ahead with Punjab project
Kohat Cement Company (KOHC), based in northern Pakistan, has started developing the infrastructure for a greenfield production line in Khushab, Punjab province, the company s...
Hanson reports another carbon capture breakthrough
Hanson has demonstrated another ground-breaking carbon capture process, this time at its Ribblesdale cement works in Clitheroe, Lancashire, UK. The team proved that enfo...
Court halts production at Empire Cement
The Accra High Court in Ghana has put an injunction in place preventing Empire Cement from continuing cement production at its plant in McCarthy Hill or in any other location...
Ecocem appoints european standards manager
Ecocem has appointed Christian Clergue as its new european standards manager. A sustainable concrete and cement expert, Mr Clergue brings with him 33 years of experience in c...
APCMA elects new executive committee
Muhammad Ali Tabba, chief executive of Lucky Cement , has been appointed chairman of the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) for the 12 months ending Septemb...
Cemex announces new CCUS projects
CEMEX has announced that it is implementing several new carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) projects throughout its global cement operations as it seeks to accele...
CRH sees sales advance 13% YoY in 9M22
In the opening nine months of 2022, CRH plc has seen its sales advance by 13 per cent YoY to US$24.4bn. Over the same period, EBITDA has improved by 14 per cent to US$4.2bn, ...
RHI Magnesita acquires Dalmia Bharat Refractories Ltd
RHI Magnesita announces the acquisition of the Indian refractory business of Dalmia Bharat Refractories Ltd (DBRL) via a share swap agreement, in exchange for 27 million shares...
Lehigh Hanson set to close Glens Falls plant
Lehigh Hanson 's Glens Falls cement plant, based in New York State, USA, is set to close next year with operations shifting to the newly-modernised Mitchell plant in India...
Holcim US fined for dust emissions
Holcim US is to pay US$100,000 in fines for air pollution violations following reports of large clouds of cement dust leaving its factory in Theodore , Mobile County, USA. A...
SIMPEC increases scope of Cockburn Cement's Kwinana upgrade
WestStar Industrial subsidiary SIMPEC has been awarded an increase in scope of ~AUD2.5m (US$1.66m) as part of work with Cockburn Cement Ltd (CCL) for the Kwinana plant upgr...
Titan America completes conversion to low-carbon cement
Titan America LLC is proud to announce the full conversion of its cement plants to the production of Type IL Portland-limestone cement, a low-carbon construction material. Ti...
Aramit Cement Ltd posts loss in 1QFY23
Aramit Cement Ltd of Bangladesh has announced its financial results for three months (July 2022 to September 2022) on 14 November 2022. It posted a net loss of BDT89.5m (US$...
Pakistan export volumes fall but earnings rise
Export volumes from Pakistan's cement industry in the first four months (July-October 2022) of FY22-23 fell but export prices rose, leading to higher export earnings, according...
Holcim to delist from Euronext Paris
Holcim Ltd has announced that it is delisting its shares from Euronext Paris to simplify its trading structure, effective from 30 December 2022. According to the company, th...
Ultratech places follow-up order with Gebr Pfeiffer
As part of Ultratech Cement Ltd 's expansion drive, Gebr Pfeiffer SE (Germany) and its Indian subsidiary Gebr Pfeiffer (India) Pvt. Ltd, has received an order for the deliver...
Bamburi Cement celebrates eco-friendly certification
Bamburi Cement Kenya has secured an eco-friendly cement range certification for its four brands after achieving 30 per cent lower carbon dioxide (CO2). Speaking at the launch...
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