Government looks to dispose of Adilabad cement plant
It may soon be the end for the Cement Corporation of India ’s Adilabad plant as the government has taken initial steps for its disposal. Online electronic bids are being in...
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Multiple potential buyers for Holcim Russia
More than 30 potential buyers have expressed an interest in Holcim’s Russia business, according to Jan Jenisch, CEO, Holcim. Holcim announced in March that it plans to exi...
IFC to fund Diamond Cement Guinea with US$30m loan
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has agreed to provide a US$30m loan to Diamond Cement Guinea , a subsidiary of West African Cement (WACEM), to support the comple...
Spanish cement consumption grows by 9% in April
Spanish cement consumption grew by 8.8 per cent in April to 1,346,704t, according Oficemen (Spanish Cement Association). This figure represents the recovery of 108,632t compar...
Boral and Calix join forces on carbon capture project
Boral is partnering with Calix on a new carbon capture project designed to capture up to 100,000tpa of carbon emissions from Boral’s Southern Highlands plant in New South Wal...
Redecam commissions Bamburi Cement baghouse
Redecam has commissioned a new bag filter at Bamburi Cement ( Holcim Group ), Mombasa , Kenya. The project required a turnkey solution to convert the main kiln and electr...
Arabian Cement 1Q profits see 37% drop
Arabian Cement’ s net profit after zakat and tax declined 37 per cent YoY to SAR41.9m (US$11.2m) in the first quarter of 2022. When compared with the fourth quarter of 2021, n...
Iranian cement demand hits 4Mt mark
Cement consumption in Iran reached 4Mt in April 2022, according to the Iranian cement association. The country produced 6.99Mt of clinker, of which it exported 0.79Mt. Cemen...
Adani Group acquires Holcim India
Adani Group has agreed to purchase Holcim India for CHF6.4bn (US$6.37bn). The deal includes Holcim’s 63.11 per cent stake in Ambuja Cement, which owns a 50.05 per cent intere...
Lafarge Egypt and Lumika sign US$93m solar power pact
Holcim-owned Lafarge Egypt has signed a US$93m long-term agreement with Lumika Renewables Egypt, part of the AP Moller Egypt, to generate 140GWh of solar energy annually, accor...
New cement and clinker plants for Burundi
Burundi company Intracom is finalising the process to set up clinker and cement plants in Kigoma, according to the Daily News. The cement plant will have a capacity of 0.6Mta w...
Pakistan cements export plunges in April and 10MFY22
Pakistan's cement exports continued to fall in April alone and 10MFY22, in particular due to high freight costs and other local factors, according to Pakistan Bureau of Statist...
Holcim to acquire Izolbet of Poland
Holcim has entered an agreement to acquire Izolbet, one of the leading players in the specialty building solutions market in Poland. Izolbet has delivered double-dig...
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions and VIBM sign MoU
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions Vietnam and the Vietnam Institute of Building Materials (VIBM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation between both pa...
FICEM reaffirms commitment to carbon neutrality by 2050
FICEM has joined forces with the UN-backed Race to Zero initiative, the American Concrete Institute (ACI), ASTM International and the International Finance Corp (IFC) to achiev...
Danucem’s Banská Bystrica plant adds alternative fuels line
Companies Ecorec Slovensko and GreenTech Slovakia have joined forces and launched a new line for the production of alternative fuels at Danucem’s ( CRH ) Banská Bystrica con...
Decarbonisation in the lime sector
This week Air Liquide partnered Lhoist for the operation of a carbon capture facility at Lhoist's Rety lime plant in France. ICR looks at how the lime sector has set about deca...
Buzzi Unicem reports 3% uptick in cement sales in 1Q22
In the opening quarter of 2022, Buzzi Unicem saw its cement sales advance by 2.9 per cent YoY to 6.36Mt (1Q21: 6.19Mt). Ready-mixed concrete sales over the same period improv...
Hanson UK and Shell sign net zero MoU
Hanson UK ( HeidelbergCement Gropup ) and Shell have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to explore opportunities that help facilitate the constructi...
Cemex Ventures increases its investment in Carbon Clean
Cemex has announced that Cemex Ventures, its corporate venture capital and open innovation unit, is increasing its investment in Carbon Clean. Cemex Ventures has been an ea...
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