Tamil Nadu Cement orders 10MW solar power plant
Tamil Nadu Cement Corp Ltd will be setting up a 10MW solar power plant at an outlay of INR650m (US$8.52m) for captive use, said Minister for Industries, Thangam Thennarasu....
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Holcim US Joppa plant transitions to Portland limestone cement
Holcim US has announced that its Lafarge Joppa cement plant , located in Grand Chain, Illinois, has transitioned to OneCem ® Portland limestone cement (PLC) production. The...
Cuba’s government approves retail prices for cement
The Cuban government approved retail prices for white and grey cement in bulk and 42.5kg bags. Grey cement costs CUP79 (US$3.24)/bag while the price for a tonne of bulk cemen...
Peruvian cement market expands 8% in March
Cement dispatches in Peru increased eight per cent YoY to 1.173Mt in March 2022, according to the country’s cement association, Asocem. In March 2021 dispatches were at a level...
Cuban cement plants intend to take output over 1Mta in 2022
While cement plants in Cuba will produce more cement in 2022, this would remain insufficient to meet national cement demand, according to the Cuban Ministry of Construction. It...
Kanodia Cement completes Amethi grinding plant expansion
Kanodia Cement has set up a new cement grinding unit at its Amethi plant, India. The grinding expansion is already completed and production began in April 2022. All four of t...
Cameroon prices rise as construction demand strengthens
Cement prices in Cameroon have risen in April to XAF6000-6600 (US$9.89-10.88)/50kg bag, past the November 2021 peak. The price rise is expected the help cement producers offset...
Alabama hit by cement shortage
Officials with the Alabama Concrete Industries Association said Alabama saw a 14 per cent increase in the demand for concrete last year, but the current cement shortage might c...
Holcim reported to be looking for potential buyers of ACC Ltd
Bloomberg has reported on Holcim proposing to dispose of Ambuja Cements Ltd. Holcim owns ACC Ltd and Ambuja Cements in India. With approximately 64Mta of cement capacity it is ...
UltraTech acquires 29% stake in RAK White Cement
UltraTech Cement Middle East Investments , part of UltraTech Cement in UAE, has invested US$101m to acquire a 29.39 per cent stake in RAK Cement Co for White Cement and Const...
Italy’s cement output sees 14% YoY drop in January
Italy's cement production index (base year 2015) fell from 99 in December 2021 to 65 in January 2022, or by 14 per cent when compared with January 2021, according to Federbeton...
Akkermann Cement acquires unfinished Kaluga Cement plant
Russia’s Akkermann Cement , owned by USM Holding , has acquired the Kaluga Cement Plant for RUB8.95bn (US$110m) at an auction, reports Esmerk Russian News. Kaluga Cement wa...
Puerto Rican cement sales down 7% in March
In March 2022 cement sales in Puerto Rico fell by 6.5 per cent YoY to 1.47m bags of 94lb, or 62,677t, according to the country’s Institute of Statistics. Despite the fourth-con...
Tajikistan to increase cement exports to 2Mt by 2024
Tajikistan plans to increase cement exports to 2Mt by 2024, with an annual growth of 200,000t, according to the latest forecast of key macroeconomic indicators for the country....
UK cement and lime producers look to low carbon industrial clusters
This week Hanson UK (HeidelbergCement group) gave an update on its involvement in the HyNet North West industrial cluster project that will see the cement company aim to capt...
Dal Machinery & Design win dryer order at Zement & Kalkwerke Otterbein
Zement & Kalkwerke Otterbein has awarded Dal Machinery & Design (DAL Engineering Group) an EPC project to replace its limestone rotary dryer, which has been operating since 2...
Mondi acquires paper bag lines from Lafarge Cement Egypt subsidiaries
Mondi Group’s Mondi Paper Bags business unit has purchased paper bag converting lines from National Bag and Egypt Sack, two subsidiaries of Lafarge Cement Egypt . The addition...
Vicat Cement Egypt's acquisition of Sinai Cement approved
The Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has approved the publication of a disclosure of an acquisition offer by Vicat Cement Egypt for a 42.12 per cent stake in Sinai Cement C...
Steppe Cement's market share edges up
Kazakhstan-based Steppe Cement sold 281,968t of cement for KZT6.299m in the first quarter of 2022. This brings the company’s market share to 13.7 per cent in the 1Q22 from 13...
Iranian cement market reaches 5.72Mt
Cement demand in Iran stood at 5.72Mt in March 2022, according to the Iranian Cement Association. The domestic output of 5.67Mt of cement and 6.33Mt of clinker was sufficient t...
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