Vassiliko Cement fire caused by shredder
Vassiliko Cement suffered a fire over the weekend beause a tyre shredder ignited at the Cypriot cement plant. The director of the environment department, Costas Hadjipanayio...
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Adani Group in discussions to raise US$4.5bn
Following its acquisition of Holcim’s business in India, the Adani Group is in discussions with more than a dozen foreign banks in a bid to raise US$4.5bn. According to The ...
USA/Puerto Rico cement market expands 3% in March
Portland and blended cement deliveries in the USA and Puerto Rico saw a 3.3 per cent YoY uptick in March 2022, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). A total of 45 per c...
Lucky Cement plans Karachi renewable energy project
Lucky Cement Ltd has informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that the Board of Directors of Lucky cement, in its emergent meeting on 11 June 2022, has authorised the manag...
Steppe Cement increases capex for 2022-23
Kazahstan’s Steppe Cement plans to invest US$7m in capex in 2022 and the first half of 2023. Among the projects outlined is the completion of the new separator for cement mill ...
Holcim Croatia joins virtual power plant group
Holcim’s Komoračno cement plant is contributing to the integration of renewable energy in Croatia by joining KOER, a virtual power plant aggregator that adjusts electricity c...
Court ruling favours Arabian Cement in Emaar Economic City case
Arabian Cement Co reports that it has received a Jeddah commercial court order in its favour, ordering Emaar The Economic City to supply to the company 4.57Mt of limestone ba...
North Korean cement production boost
Cement producers across North Korea have supplied more cement to major construction sites even under the maximum emergency anti-epidemic system. Officials and workers of the...
German construction sector outlook adds to cement producer worries
Germany's construction sector is showing signs of weakness despite having been supported by strong stimulus plans. This week CIC-Market Solutions reported that the explosion in...
Colombia sees 4% increase in cement sales in April
Colombian cement dispatches saw a 3.7 per cent YoY uptick to 1.089Mt in April 2022 from 1.051Mt in April 2021, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. Of this tot...
Pakistan producers await budget FY23
Pakistan’s cement producers will be paying close attention to the government’s federal budget for FY23, which is due to be announced today. The industry hopes it will include a...
Chile’s cement market contracts 16% in May
Cement dispatches in Chile declined by 15.8 per cent YoY to 313,101t in May 2022 when compared with the 371,947t dispatches in May 2021, according to CChC, the Chilean construc...
Cembureau calls MEPs to secure a timely ETS and CBAM agreement
C EMBUREAU (European Cement Association) expressed its disappointment at the European Parliament plenary votes on the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) and the EU Carbon Border...
Taiwan cement producers sees dent in revenues in May
Taiwan’s cement producers reported mostly a decrease in revenues in May. Lucky Cement posted a 6.9 per cent YoY drop in May revenue to TWD332.258m (US$11.23m) from TWD357.03...
Dalmia Bharat Ltd announced INR90,000m capex spending
Dalmia Bharat Ltd has said that the government's continued focus on the infrastructure and housing sectors builds ‘optimism’ for the cement industry and the company has ...
Dal Engineering supplies Votorantim Cimentos Tunisia with kiln shell orders
Dal Engineering has supplied three kiln shells and one heavy kiln shell to Votorantim Cimentos Tunisia. The complete set of equipment was delivered in May 2022. Votorantim ...
dy-pack wins EUROSAC Gold Award
After two years of social distancing, the members of EUROSAC got together for a physical congress on 20 May in Bilbao, Spain. Under the theme 'Paper sacks on the move!', around...
Brazilian cement dispatches slip in May
Cement sales by Brazil’s cement producers slipped by 0.8 per cent to 5.487Mt in May 2022 when compared with 5.529Mt in May 2021, according to SNIC, the Brazilian cement associa...
Ramco Cements announces capex and price rise
Ramco Cements has announced capex of INR12-13bn (US$154-167m) to expand its production capacity over the next two years. At its Kurnool plant, trial production of clinker is ...
Argentina’s cement market expands by a quarter in May
Cement consumption in Argentina increased by 24.5 per cent to 1,087,998t in May 2022 when compared with May 2021 when 874,188t was sold in the domestic market, according to the...
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