Dangote responds to Obajana plant closure
Dangote Cement Plc wishes to enlighten stakeholders and the public on the recent shutdown at its Obajana Cement plant in Kogi State. Dangote Cement said, "thugs and l...
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China Resources Cement releases profit warning
China Resources Cement has issued a profit warning, stating that the company expects its profit attributable to the owners to contract by 64-66 per cent in the 9M22, compared ...
Mill breakdown at Umm Al-Qura Cement
Umm Al-Qura Cement reported a breakdown of its cement mill No 1 on 9 August, which led to a mill stoppage and a reduction in cement sold by 1161tpd, according to a bourse sta...
Vassiliko Cement donates land for bird breeding
Vassiliko Cement has donated four plots of land, amounting to an area of around 45,000m2, to environmental NGO Terra Cypria. The land, which falls within a ‘Natura 2000’ prot...
Fecto Cement reports 37% revenue growth
Fecto Cement ’s net sales revenue in the 2022 financial year came in at PKR6775m (US$30.8m), compared to PKR4961m in the previous year, marking a YoY increase of 36.56 per cen...
Recession looms for European construction sector
Faced with rising energy costs, inflation and sluggish demand the European construction sector is braced for a negative landing in 2023, according to CIC-Market Solutions. With...
Steppe Cement reports 9% increase in revenue in 3Q22
Kazakhstan's Steppe Cement Ltd has posted a nine per cent YoY increase in revenue in the 3Q22. Revenue came in at KZT13,071m (US$27.7m) compared to KZT12,045m in the same per...
Shell and CRH sign decarbonisation agreement
Shell and CRH have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) whereby both businesses will work together to develop and deploy decarbonisation solutions and technologies to ...
Thatta Cement dispatches up 68% YoY
Pakistan's Thatta Cement has reported net sales of PKR4.26bn (US$19.3m) in the 2022 financial year (ended 30 June, 2022), compared to PKR2.43bn in the previous year. Gross pr...
Holcim acquires Wiltshire Heavy Building Materials
Holcim has acquired UK-based Wiltshire Heavy Building Materials, a leading building solutions and material circularity company with net sales of over CHF20m (US$20.2m) in 202...
Hoffmann Green signs 3-year deal to supply clinker-free cement
France-based Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies has signed a three-year deal to supply its clinker-free and low energy cement H-EVA SOL to OTE, a specialist in energy and dig...
ENVEA Global appoints new CEO
ENVEA Global, ambient, emissions monitoring and proces system manufacturer, has appointed Trevor Sands as its new CEO. Trevor has extensive senior leadership experience in glob...
Dewan Cement appoints new CFO
Pakistan's Dewan Cement has appointed Hazrat Ali as its chief financial officer. He succeeds Imran Ahmed Javed. The cement producer currently operates two plants in Pakistan ...
Menzel Elektromotoren carries out crane motor order
Menzel Elektromotoren has manufactured four crane motors with the exact electrical and mechanical interfacing positions of a make that is no longer available today for a cement...
Holcim partners with TotalEnergies to fully decarbonise Obourg plant
Holcim has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TotalEnergies to work together to fully decarbonise the cement producer’s Obourg plant in Belgium. In a bid to c...
Dangote's Obajana cement factory closed off
Dangote Cement's Obajana cement factory in Kogi state, Nigeria, has been sealed off by Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS). The plant has been closed off because K...
Saint-Gobain and Ecocem join forces to speed up delivery of low carbon products
Saint-Gobain and Ecocem have announced a major partnership focused on accelerating the delivery of low carbon products to market. Designed to reduce CO 2 emissions from ceme...
CEMEX affiliate signs Mexican recycling agreement
Through its affiliate Pro Ambiente, CEMEX will work with Tetra Pak and the government of the Mexican city of Querétaro to recycle over 1.5m beverage cartons per month. Pro...
Electric Hydrogen targets cement sector decarbonisation
Boston-based climate tech company Electric Hydrogen (EH2) has ambitious plans to decarbonise the heavy manufacturing industry, including the cement sector. EH2's high-throughpu...
BillerudKronäs to shorten its name to Billerud
Packaging supplier to the cement industry, BillerudKronäs, is changing its name to Billerud from 12 October 2022. The name change symbolises the company’s growth agenda as well...
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