Vietnamese cement market expands 25% in September
Total cement dispatches in Vietnam surged by 25 per cent YoY to 4,631,353t in September 2022, according to data published by the Vietnam National Cement Association (VNCA). O...
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Dangote sees revenue advance 15% YoY in 9M22
Dangote Cement has reported group revenue of NGN1177.3bn (US$2.68bn) in the first nine months of 2022, up 15.2 per cent YoY. Group EBITDA over the same period advanced by 0.2...
Lafarge Africa posts 23% rise in revenue in 9M22
Nigeria-based Lafarge Africa has seen its net income expand by 11.2 per cent YoY to NGN44.9bn (US$102.1m) in the opening nine months of 2022. This compares to NGN40.39bn in t...
Cementos Pacasmayo posts 9% increase in revenue in 3Q22
Peru-based Cementos Pacasmayo has announced a 9.1 per cent increase in revenue in the 3Q22, compared to the same period a year earlier. According to the company, the increase...
Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe expects to double cement production volumes in 2023
Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe is planning to double its cement production volumes in 2023 following the expected 4Q22 startup of its new vertical roller mill. “The commissioning p...
Royal White Cement increases US Southwest throughput capacity
US-based Royal White Cement plans to construct a 100,000tpa terminal on the Houston Ship Channel in Texas, USA to transfer cementitious materials to truck tankers or rail car...
Anhui Conch sees revenue fall 30% in 3Q22
Anhui Conch has reported revenue of CNY29,052m (US$4006m) in the third quarter of 2022, down 29.6 per cent on the same period a year earlier, after adjustment. Net profit att...
Vietnam cement demand advances 37% in August
Cement consumption in Vietnam increased by 37 per cent YoY in August 2022, according to data published by the Vietnam National Cement Association (VNCA). VICEM sales improved...
CEMEX's net sales grow 13% in 3Q22
CEMEX announced continued solid top line growth in the 3Q22. Net sales grew by 13 per cent to US$3,956m while net income of reached US$494m. Pricing was the main driver with ...
Cement consumption in Spain down 3% in September
Spain’s cement market contracted by 3.4 per cent YoY in September to 1,245,816t, according to Oficemen, the Spanish cement association. Moreover, the fifth-consecutive monthly ...
BUA Cement 's revenue rises by 41% in 9M22
BUA Cement ’s revenue in 9M22 increased by 40.5 per cent to NGN262.6bn (US$5.99m) from NGN186.9bn as at 9M21. Operating profit increases by 31.1 per cent to NGN99.2bn from NGN...
National Cement Factory to import clinker
National Cement Factory LLC (NCF), UAE, will import 600,000t of OPC clinker divided into equal monthly quantities of 50,000t (with ±10 per cent margin), starting from 1 Decem...
Dandot Cement Co expects to complete BMR in 3QFY23
Dandot Cement Co Ltd Company Secretary, Muhammad Kamran, recently released a progress report on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) of Balancing Modernisation of Replacements (BM...
Arabian Cement revenue up 8% in 3Q22
Arabian Cement has recorded an eight per cent increase in revenue to SAR241m (US$64.2m) in the third quarter of 2022, compared to the same period a year earlier. Profit over ...
Russian cement sector withstands crisis
Despite the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, and unprecedented sanctions imposed on Russia, the Russian cement industry is withstanding the crisis with volumes continuing to expan...
Cement Plant for sale, ready to be reassembled
EquipNet, the world's largest online platform for buying/selling surplus assets is working alongside a top cement manufacturer to sell its 94,100 cu3 USA Cement Plant. The plan...
Eagle Materials posts 19% rise in revenue in 2QFY23
Eagle Materials has posted a 19 per cent YoY increase in revenue to a record US$605m in the second quarter of fiscal year 2023 ended 30 September. Record net earnings of US$1...
US and Puerto Rico Portland and blended cement market expands 7% in August
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement, including imports, in the USA and Puerto Rico saw a 7.3 per cent YoY advance to 10.9Mt in August 2022, according to the US Geolo...
Heidelberg Materials signs global licence agreement with Leilac
Heidelberg Materials has signed an indefinite global licence agreement with the technology company Leilac, enabling the future scale-up of the joint carbon capture, utilisati...
TITAN raises targets to limit global warming
TITAN Group has not only reported robust decarbonisation results, it has also strengthened its commitment to net zero and updated its science-based CO 2 targets to levels al...
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