Cimtogo increases delivery prices
From August, HeidelbergCement -owned Cimtogo will increase its delivery costs. "The commercial management has decided to revise upwards the delivery prices of our products...
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INC deliveries impacted by bag shortage
Paraguay’s state-owned cement producer INC is still not delivering cement from its Villeta plant due to a shortage of bags, reports ABC Color. The company has received bi...
CEMEX orders 200 low-carbon trucks
CEMEX has added nearly 200 lower-carbon natural gas-powered trucks as part of a comprehensive strategy seeking to decarbonise its global fleet. This initiative is part of the c...
Higher inflation and fear of recession impact energy complex
Since ICR’s most recent energy report , the energy complex is trending lower due to higher inflation and the fear of recession. Higher interest rates are fuelling demand destr...
Pakistan cement dispatches dwindle in July 2022
Pakistan dispatched a 2.039Mt of cement during July 2022, down 47.7 per cent from 3.899Mt during the same month of the last fiscal year. According to the data released by ...
India's carbon trading market to be announced this month
Anticipation is building that India is about to start a carbon trading market for major emitters in the energy, steel and cement industries. The clean energy initiative is expe...
Ramco Cements 1Q net profit falls 34%
Indian cement producer The Ramco Cements saw its revenue from operations expand by 44 per cent to INR17.72bn (US$225.5bn). The company reported a stand-alone net profit of IN...
thyssenkrupp wins Prepol precalciner order
thyssenkrupp Industrial Services in Asia-Pacific has been entrusted to provide a Prepol SC combustion chamber for a cement plant in South Korea. The target is to increase the t...
Star Cement 1Q net profit drops 24%
India-based Star Cement has seen its net profit decline by 23.7 per cent YoY to INR413.2m (US$5.23m) in the first quarter of FY22-23 (ended 30 June 2022) when compared with a n...
EAPCC sees start kiln shell replacement
East African Portland Cement Co (EAPCC) has started the replacement of the kiln shell at its Athi River plant in Kenya. The burning zone of the kiln has been damaged for so...
Dangote Cement's regional volumes fall by 11% in 1H22
Dangote Cement 's pan-African volumes reduced by 11 per cent to 4.9Mt from 5.5Mt in the 1H22 due to increased supply chain challenges and maintenance activities. The best-...
Dangote Cement's revenue rises 17% to NGN808bn in 1H22
Dangote Cement reported group revenue of NGN808bn (US$1.942bn) in the 1H22, a rise of 17 per cent YoY. Group EBITDA rose by 6.3 per cent to NGN373.2bn and profit after tax ...
Calucem plans a US$35m US calcium aluminate cement plant
Specialty cement manufacturer Calucem will enter the US market by developing a US$35m manufacturing facility in eastern New Orleans. Calucem (Cementos Molins group) is the worl...
Najran Cement sees drop in quarterly profit
Najran Cement Co of Saudi Arabia reported a net profit after zakat and tax of SAR13.3m (US$3.5m) in the second quarter of 2022, down 59.3 per cent when compared with SAR32.7m...
Holcim acquires SES insulation and roofing business
Holcim has successfully completed the acquisition of SES Foam LLC, the biggest independent spray foam insulation company in the US with 2022 estimated net sales of US$200m. S...
RECODEH2020 carbon capture demonstration project at Kamari plant
Greece’s first carbon capture project in a cement plant has begun with RECODEH2020 partners successfully launching the demonstration unit at TITAN Cement Group’s Kamari plant ...
Northern Cement sees 21% increase in 2Q profit
Jordan-based Northern Cement Co reported a 21.4 per cent rise in profit to JOD1.7m (US$2.39m) in the 2Q222 from JOD1.4m in the 2Q21. Sales in the 2Q22 were down 3.3 per cen...
Iskitimcement produces 0.53Mt of cement in 1H
Russia-based Iskitimcement produced 528,000t of cement in the 1H22, up six per cent when compared with the 1H21. Of this total, CEM I 42.5B cement accounts for 42 per cent,...
Al Jouf Cement appoints new chairman
Saudi Arabia-based Al Jouf Cement has appointed Abdullah Bin Odeh Al-Ghabeen Al-Enezi as chairman. Mr Bin Odeh Al-Ghabeen Al-Enezi succeeds Eng Mohammed Bin Saeed Al-Attiy...
Italy’s cement output down in May 2022
Cement production declined by eight per cent in May 2022 when compared to May 2021, when compared with the 2015 base index, output increased to 104, according to Federbeton. Th...
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