Flying Cement to install 21MW power plant for Line 2
Company Secretary of Flying Cement Co Ltd, Shahid Ahmad Awan has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that the Board of Directors of the company, in their meeting on 3 Octobe...
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APO Cement suspends Davao terminal
APO Cement Corporation , part of Cemex Holdings Philippines Inc , has temporarily suspended operations at its Davao terminal in the Philippines due to the constant influx of ...
Eagle Cement majority stake to San Miguel
San Miguel Corp (SMC) is to acquire an 88.5 per cent stake in Eagle Cement Corp , reports GMA News. SMC said its boards of directors authorised the management of the corpora...
Lehigh Hanson acquires concrete and asphalt recycling company
Lehigh Hanson, Inc has acquired JEV Recycling Inc a key recycler of concrete and asphalt with a large facility in Woodinville, Washington, USA. With the addition of the JEV bus...
Holcim buys Polymers Sealants North America
Holcim has completed the acquisition of the Polymers Sealants North America (PSNA) division of Illinois Tool Works. PSNA is a leader in coating, adhesive and sealant solutions ...
Votorantim adopts new logo and rebrands
Votorantim Cimentos is introducing its new corporate brand that aims to be more contemporary and representative of the diversity of its people, products and businesses, combi...
Cemtech industry conference: Cembureau warns that EU ETS costs risk carbon leakage
The European cement industry is facing increased costs imposed by the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), which is creating a competitive disadvantage with countries outside of ...
Unprecedented fall in global cement output
The biggest fall in worldwide cement production in two decades has been recorded, according to the World Cement Association (WCA). The WCA reports that global cement output ...
Italy's cement output contracts 13% in July
Cement production in Italy fell by 13 per cent YoY in July 2021, according to the country’s construction chamber, Federbeton. When compared with the 2015 base index production ...
India Cements in talks to sell Madhya Pradesh project
India Cements is reportedly in talks with a number of companies over the sale of its project in Madhya Pradesh. India Cements had planned to set up a 3Mta integrated cement p...
Thatta Cement receives an offer to explore minerals
Thatta Cement has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that the Director General Mines and Minerals of Baluchistan has granted a provisional offer to Thatta Cement to explo...
Construction on Kwinana Bulk Terminal starts
Work has started on BGC Group' s AU$55m (US$35.8m) Kwinana clinker facility. The facility will incorporate a 40,000t bulk storage dome and a conveyor linking the Kwinana Bulk...
Saxlund Group announces east European distribution agreement
Saxlund Group has signed signing of an official agency agreement to promote Saxlund products and services in Romania with Bucharest-based Room industrial Solutions, one of the ...
Colombian grey cement market expands 8% in August
Grey cement consumption in Colombia grew by 8.4 per cent YoY in August 2022 to 1.19Mt from 1.098Mt, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. Of this total, bulk ship...
Chinese cement producers welcome construction boost
Manufacturing activity in China has returned to growth with the country’s purchasing managers’ index for the manufacturing sector coming in at 50.1 in September, compared to 49...
JSW Cement secures funds for expansion plans
JSW Cement has secured a INR4000m (US$48.9m) sustainability-linked loan from MUFG Bank India to finance the company’s cement capacity expansion plans, according to The Econom...
Fives receives French Pillard NOVAFLAM® order
Fives has signed a contract for the delivery of a Pillard NOVAFLAM ® evolution for a new production line at a French cement plant. The cement producer is looking to decrease ...
Kingsblue and Haver & Boecker announce plant management platform partnership
Kingsblue and Haver & Boecker will be partnering up and providing an integrated experience for clients using Kingsblue’s Plant Management Platform (PMP). As a leading pr...
Qassim Cement initiates growth strategy
This week Qassim Cement Co (QCC) announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hail Cement Co (HCC) for the proposed acquisition of HCC. ICR explores the growth strategy o...
Birla plans US$1bn investment in new capacity
Birla Corp is planning to invest around US$1bn to increase cement production capacity from 20Mta to 30Mta over the next eight years. According to Harsh V Lodha, chairman of B...
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