CAD40m to Ciment Québec to reduce carbon footprint
The Government of Québec announced that it will provide CAD40m to Ciment Québec Inc to modernise part of the cement producer’s Saint-Basile plant to enable the production of ...
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Caribbean Cement posts flat 1Q profit
Caribbean Cement Co Ltd in Jamaica has reported a flat profit for its 1Q22 but views the future with optimism. In the January-March 2022 quarter, Caribbean Cement saw a profi...
CalPortland wins 2022 Energy Star® Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence award
CalPortland ( Taiheiyo Cement Corp ) has received the 2022 Energy Star ® Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency and the...
Vicat sees 12% rise in consolidated sales in the 1Q22
Vicat has posted a 12.4 per cent uptick at constant scope and exchange rates in 1Q22 consolidated sales to EUR789m when compared with the equivalent year-ago period. The repo...
FLSmidth sees strong 1Q22 revenue growth
FLSmidth has reported strong revenue growth in the first quarter of 2022, driven by a high order backlog. Organic group revenue advanced by 23 per cent YoY over the three-month...
Pakistan’s producers contend with soaring costs
In the first nine months of the current financial year (9MFY22), Pakistan’s cement producers sold 40.8Mt of cement, down 2.5Mt or 5.8 per cent on the same period a year earlie...
Chinese cement production drops 12%
China’s cement production in the opening quarter of 2022 has fallen by 12.1 per cent YoY, according to Fitch Ratings. This is being attributed to ongoing lockdowns due to the p...
Euclid acquires Chryso NA cement grinding aid & additives business
Euclid Chemical Company, a leading manufacturer of concrete and masonry construction products, announced today that it has acquired Chryso's North American cement grinding aids...
HeidelbergCement expands its RMC business in the Czech Republic
HeidelbergCement has acquired six ready-mixed concrete plants and one sand pit via its Czech subsidiary Českomoravský beton from Kámen Zbraslav in the Moravia region in the e...
Geminor warns of secondary fuels shortage
A reduction in waste volumes in Europe, in addition to ongoing transport challenges, makes it harder to predict access to secondary fuels this coming winter season, according t...
Holcim board welcomes new members
At its annual general meeting on 4 May 2022, Holcim confirmed Beat Hess as the new chairman of the board. All members of the board standing for re-election were also confirme...
Martin Marietta sees record revenue in 1Q22
Martin Marietta’s building materials business has reported record 1Q22 products and services revenues of US$1077m, up 25.7 per cent YoY. According to the company, across all en...
Ministerial visit to Padeswood
Wales Minister David TC Davies MP has visited Hanson’s Padeswood cement production facility in North Wales, UK. The Minister heard first-hand about how the firm plans to upgra...
IEEE welcomes 800 delegates in Las Vegas
The 64th IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference and Exhibition's general sessions opened on Tuesday, 3 May, in Las Vegas, USA. Brett Lindsay, Local Conference Chair,...
Italy’s cement output sees 3% YoY uptick in February
Italy's cement production index (base year 2015) increased from 65 in January 2022 to 86 in February 2022, an advance of three per cent when compared with February 2021, accord...
Tamilnadu Cements to build new grinding unit
Tamilnadu Cements has revealed plans to build a new grinding plant at Alangulam, in Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu, India. The new unit, which will cost US$5.23m, will serve...
Three new US states approve use of PLC
Three new state Departments of Transportation in the USA have approved the use of Portland-limestone cement (PLC). The addition of Maryland, Arizona and Vermont means that a to...
Hearing postponed for those arrested in Cruz Azul confrontation
The 10 people arrested for the confrontation at the Cruz Azul cement plant in Hidalgo, Mexico, on 27 April remain in custody after the lawyers of the accused obtained a postpon...
Fitch: Colombia's positive cement cycle partially mitigates inflationary impacts
Fitch Ratings has said Colombian cement companies face a challenging operating environment as rising commodity and energy prices, global supply chain disruptions and political ...
Çimsa Cement invests US$45m in CAC facility
Turkey’s Çimsa Cement is investing US$45m expanding the capacity of its calcium aluminate cement (CAC) facility at its Mersin plant , according to Yatırımlar Magazine. The m...
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