Mira SA plans 0.7Mta plant in Cameroon
Mira SA will soon launch the construction of an industrial cement plant in the north region of Cameroon. The XAF120bn (US$182.9m) project see the construction of a 0.7Mta cl...
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Menzel Elektromotoren supplies replacement motor
Menzel Elektromotoren has built a replacement motor for a cement plant in Pakistan that can drive any one of three applications: the raw mill, another cement mill or a fan. ...
Dongwu Cement appoints executive vice president
China's Dongwu Cement International Ltd has appointed Mr Xu Zhenghua as executive vice president, effective from 24 August 2022. Mr Xu brings with him extensive experien...
CRH posts 14% YoY increase in sales in 1H22
CRH has reported a 14 per cent YoY increase in sales to US$15bn in the first half of 2022. EBITDA over the same period has improved by 21 per cent to US$2.2bn, with the EBITD...
CEMEX to install hydrogen technology at San Pedro De Macoris plant
CEMEX is implementing hydrogen technology at its San Pedro De Macoris cement plant in the Dominican Republic. Fernando A González, CEO of CEMEX, was at the project's inaugu...
TPI Polene posts 2Q22 sales growth of 21%
TPI Polene posted a 21 per cent YoY growth in sales in the 2Q22 to THB12.5bn (US$346.2m) and 24 per cent growth in revenues to THB13.6bn, partly thanks to forex gains. Overal...
Argos buys 200 mixer trucks in USA
Argos ( Grupo Argos' Cement Co ) is renewing its fleet of trucks in the USA by purchasing 200 mixer trucks with state-of-the-art technology. These trucks, representing ne...
Adani orders Gebr Pfeiffer mill and classifier
Adani , Gujarat, will supply the market in western India with high-quality cement from a Pfeiffer MVR mill through its subsidiary Adani Cement Industries Ltd. A grinding plant...
Summit Material's Hannibal plant converts fully to PLC production
Summit Materials Inc is celebrating that its Hannibal plant in Missouri, operated by Continental Cement Co LLC has converted 100 per cent of its production to Portland l...
Holcim joins water coalitions
Holcim has joined the 50L Home Coalition and the Water Resilience Coalition. Through the 50L Home Coalition, Holcim will expand its reach in addressing urban water crises aro...
Shredder converts waste into RDF for Colombia's cement industry
An UNTHA CR2000 shredder is set to drive forward Geofuturo’s energy-from-waste (EfW) operations in Colombia, converting the country’s waste into refuse-derived fuel (RDF) for t...
Ethiopian investor plans US$1bn cement plant
Worku Ayetenew, a wealthy Ethiopian investor, wants to build a US$1bn cement plant. Mr Ayetenew is seeking a partner for the new cement factory, while he has already requested ...
Peru’s cement market contracts 3% in July
Cement dispatches in Peru slipped by three per cent to 1.089Mt in July 2022 from 1.126Mt in July 2021, according to the country’s cement association, ASOCEM. Of this total, 1.0...
Uzbekistan reduces imports by 25% in 7M22
In the January-July 2022 period Uzbekistan has imported 1.3Mt of cement, with a value of US$52.2m. In terms of volume, this represents a 24.5 per cent YoY drop from 1.721Mt in ...
Devki Group plans 60MW wind energy plant
Kenya's Devki Group ( National Cement ) plans to develop a wind power plant in Kenya to try and mitigate electricity costs . The cement, steel and power group said in a disc...
Iskitim buys analyser for grinding department
Russia-based Iskitimcement has purchased a RUB5m X-Supreme 8000 XRF bench top analyser for its grinding department laboratory. The analyser will be used to quickly and accura...
Adbri increases revenue by 8% in 1H22
Adbri ’s revenue increased to NZD812.4m (US$501.4m) in the 1H22, up eight per cent on 1H21 driven primarily by strong construction and mining sector demand and improved pricin...
July deliveries drop 30% in Morocco
Cement deliveries by members of Morocco’s cement association, AFCP, declined by 29.8 per cent in July 2022 to 630,479t from 898,429t in July 2021, according to Ipsos. The data ...
Carbon prices reflect demand destruction but kept up by increased coal consumption, awaiting new regulation
By Frank O. Brannvoll, Brannvoll ApS, Denmark Carbon prices tested the downside, due to fear of demand destruction and potential closing of production sites as a consequenc...
Colombian cement market expands 4% in June
Colombia’s cement demand advanced 4.2 per cent in June 2022 to 1.117Mt from 1.072Mt in June 2021, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. When compared with June 20...
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