ISA Engenharia completes Votorantim project
Brazil-based ISA Engenharia, a specialist in automation solutions, has recently completed a project with Votorantim Cimentos to replace the gas analyser on Line 2 at Votorant...
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Liquid air energy storage technology goes live
An industry-first application of liquid air energy storage (LAES) energy efficiency technology is now a live demonstrator project at Aggregate Industries’ Cauldon cement plant ...
Adbri announces new net zero targets
Adbri Ltd has released its Net Zero Emissions Roadmap for 2050, outlining three new medium-term 2030 emissions reduction targets for cement, lime and electricity. The roadmap...
Dalmia Bharat joins the Holcim India race
Dalmia Bharat Ltd is reportedly planning to bid for Holcim’s India businesses. According to sources close to Dalmia, the company is in talks with banks to secure financing fo...
Holcim buys six quarries from FAMY Group
Holcim has acquired six quarries from the FAMY Group, a major player in the aggregates sector in eastern France. The quarries currently serve the metropolitan areas of Dijon,...
JK Lakshmi partners with TARA for carbon neutrality
JK Lakshmi Cement i s to tie up with the Society for Technology and Action for Rural Advancement (TARA), India, with the signing of a long-term memorandum of understanding (Mo...
Bamburi Cement full-year profit rises
Bamburi Cement Group reported a pre-tax profit of KES2.2bn (US$19m) in 2021, representing a 22.3 per cent YoY increase from KES1.8bn in 2020. The advance comes on the back of...
PPC Cement Zimbabwe announces solar investment
PPC Cement Zimbabwe has announced a US$40m solar power investment for its Bulawayo and Colleen Bawn plants to support the company’s energy requirements and help reduce gas su...
Hoffmann Green signs supply contract with Groupe Duret Immobilier
Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies announced that it has signed a three-year partnership agreement with the Groupe Duret Immobilier. From 2022, and for the next three years, H...
CalPortland converts Mojave plant to PLC production
CalPortland has announced the conversion of its Mojave cement plant, USA, to ADVANCEMENT™ HS, a blended portland limestone cement. The plant, located in southern California p...
UltraTechCement Ltd reports consolidated sales of INR155bn in 4QFY21-22
UltraTech Cement Ltd has announced its financial results for the 4QFY21-22 and year ended 31 March 2022. The company reported consolidated net sales of INR155,570m (...
Les Ciments de Bizerte reports 30% drop in turnover in 1Q22
Tunisia’s Les Ciments de Bizerte has recorded clinker production of 161,000t in the 1Q22, representing a 20.7 per cent decline YoY. Cement production over the same period came ...
JSW Group joins the race for Holcim in India
The race for the acquisition of a controlling stake in Holcim Group’s cement businesses in India is intensifying, with JSW Group lining up an array of private equity firms and ...
Plant disruption drives Lafarge Zimbabwe to a loss
Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe recorded a US$695m loss in 2021, compared to a US$5bn profit in the same period a year earlier. The fall is reportedly due to the negative impact of dis...
Authorities investigate aggression at Cruz Azul plant
Authorities in the State of Hidalgo and the Cruz Azul Cooperative are investigating an incident at the Cruz Azul cement plant in Mexico on April 27, 2022, which left eight peop...
Lucky Cement sees double-digit profit growth
Lucky Cement Limited has reported profit after tax on a consolidated basis of PKR26.53bn (US$142.9m), of which PKR5.81bn was attributable to non-controlling interests, in the n...
Vietnam exports to dip as China weakens
Vietnam’s cement and clinker exports are expected to record an annual drop of 1.5 and two per cent YoY, respectively, to 45Mt in 2022-23, according to VNDirect Securities. This...
VICEM goes for green
Vietnam Cement Corp (VICEM) has used the COVID-19 period to increase its use of alternative fuels and waste raw materials. ICR highlights Tai Nguyen and Moi Truong's recent rep...
Cemex reports 1Q22 net sales increase of 13%
Cemex announced its first quarter of 2022 results, with consolidated net sales and EBITDA growing YoY by 13 and three per cent, respectively, despite a challenging cost environ...
Energy complex awaits impact of sanctions on Russia
By Frank O. Brannvoll, Brannvoll ApS, Denmark Since ICR’s most recent energy report , the energy complex remains in range, awaiting the impact of sanctions on Russia. Oil...
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