CEMEX restarts line in Dominican Republic
CEMEX has restarted the 0.5Mta Line 1 at its San Pedro de Macorís plant in the Dominican Republic. The US$34m upgrade project began in 2021 and forms part of the company’s ...
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Energy crisis - plant closure warning
CEMBUREAU this week called for urgent action at a European and national level to help tackle the rising cost of energy, which it warns “will lead to widespread plant closures a...
Cemento Polpaico reports 17% rise in 1H revenues, 1H profits are down
Cemento Polpaico SA reported revenues of CLP178.053bn (US$201.8m) in the January-June 2022 period, up 16.9 per cent when compared with CLP152.376bn in the January-June 2021. ...
Cherat Cement greenfield project likely to be delayed
The management of Cherat Cement Ltd informed that a letter of credit for the 8000-9000tpd greenfield project at Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, has not been...
FLSmidth to lead new consortium targeting CO2 emissions
FLSmidth has announced that it will lead a new consortium to mature and deploy carbonation technologies in the cement industry. According to the company, the consortium will be...
Moroccan cement deliveries see 5% dip in August
Cement deliveries in Morocco declined 5.4 per cent to 1,071,990t in August 2022 when compared with August 2021, when 1,132,900t was dispatched, according to the country’s cemen...
Asia Cement posts TWD59bn revenue in 8M22
Taiwan-based Asia Cement Corp reported a 1.7 per cent drop in revenues to TWD7.069bn (US$228.5m) in August 2022 when compared with the TWD7.193bn posted in August 2021. In ...
Two new cement plants for Kyrgyzstan
The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan and a consortium of companiese Terek-Tash LLC and ZENIT Firm LLC have signed an investment agreement to build two cement plants in the co...
Armenia reduces import duty for cement
Armenia’s parliamentary committee on economic affairs has given the green light on a bill by ruling Civil Contract Party MP Babken Tunyan on the lowering of import duty on ceme...
Carthage Cement reports 5% fall in 1H net profit
Tunisia-based Carthage Cement posted a five per cent drop in net profit to TND15.3m (US$4.8m) in the 1H22 when compared with TND16.1m in the 1H21. Revenues in the January-J...
Venezuelan cement industry operates 40% capacity
The cement industry in Venezuela is operating at 40 per cent of its installed capacity, according to Orlando Chirinos, president of the Cement Workers Federation (Fetracemento)...
US cement demand up 7% in June
Portland and blended cement consumption in the USA and Puerto Rico increased seven per cent to 10.8Mt in June 2022, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). A total of 36....
Argentina’s cement market expands 13% in August
Cement consumption in Argentina increased by 13.2 per cent YoY and seven per cent MoM to 1,226,646t in August 2022, according to the country’s cement association, AFCP. In Augu...
CEMEX supplies longest bridge in the Philippines
CEMEX has announced that it was the sole supplier of cement for the construction of the longest bridge in the Philippines. The company supplied nearly 70,000t of cement for t...
The Ramco Cements Ltd scoops award for Alathiyur plant
The Ramco Cements Ltd has announced that its Alathiyur plant has been awarded “Gold Medal” in the India Green Manufacturing Challenge 2021-22 by The International Research ...
Czech market expands 5% in 2021
Cement consumption in the Czech Republic saw a 5.2 per cent advance to 4.68Mt in 2021 when compared with the previous year, according to the Czech Cement Association. Domesti...
Adani Group scouts for M&A chief
The Adani Group is looking to recruit a new chief of mergers and acquisitions, replacing Vinod Bahety, who is moving to a new role within the company. According to Financi...
Holcim closes Brazilian deal
Holcim has closed the sale of its business in Brazil to CSN (Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional) for an enterprise value of US$1.025bn. The deal was closed following approvals fr...
Bestway Cement in profit slides during FY21-22
Pakistan-based Bestway Cement Ltd has reported a 11.6 per cent decline in company profit to PKR10.239bn (US$45.9m) in FY21-22 (July 2021-June 2022) from PKR11.577bn in FY20-21....
Chile cement deliveries contract 24% in July
Chilean cement dispatches declined 23.6 per cent YoY in July 2022 to 276,554t when compared with July 2021 when 361,956t were dispatched, according to the Chilean construction ...
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