APCMA reports local dispatches improve while exports fall in 9MFY22
According to the data released by the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), Pakistan cement total dispatches (local and overseas) declined by 6.3 per cent in ...
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Empire Cement Ghana denies producing cement without a permit
Empire Cement Ghana Ltd, located at Weija, in Accra, Ghana, allegedly been producing and distributing cement without authorisation according to rival local cement manufacturer...
FLSmidth and AVEVA sign global digital solutions and service partnership agreement
FLSmidth and AVEVA have signed a global partnership to deliver cutting-edge digitally enabled solutions and services to the mining industry. The agreement will accelerate the ...
PCA Spring Economic forecast growth of 1% for US cement demand in 2022
Ed Sullivan, PCA executive vice-president and chief economist, reports that the PCA's Spring 2022 USA economy, construction market and cement consumption forecasts were given a...
Kolos Cement sees 39% rise in turnover in 2021
Mauritius-based Kolos Cement Ltd reported a turnover of MUR1.8bn (US$40.2m) in 2021, up 38.5 per cent from MUR1.3bn in 2020. However the company’s operating profit reached MUR1...
March deliveries in Morocco down 7% YoY
Cement deliveries in Morocco declined seven per cent YoY to 1,188,217t in March 2022 from 1,277,221t according to data published by the Ministry of Housing and Urbanisation. Th...
South Korean producers aim to boost cement production
South Korean cement companies have agreed to increased their production by 35 per cent for the next three months to ease concerns over a supply shortage amid the crisis surrou...
Summit Materials publishes 2021 ESG and DEI reports
Summit Materials Inc has published its 2021 environment, social and governance (ESG) report and its inaugural diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) report. These rep...
A review of listed cement companies in Pakistan
The total market capitalisation of the top 15 cement companies in Pakistan stood at US$2.738bn as of 28 March 2022. They represent a market share of 97.4 per cent in the tota...
CADE gives initial approval of CSN acquisition of LafargeHolcim's Brazil operations
Technical staff at Brazil's antitrust watchdog CADE have approved the acquisition of LafargeHolcim 's local business by steelmaker Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) with...
Cemex increases lower-carbon PLC production in Colorado
Cemex USA announced that as part of its drive to reduce its carbon emissions, the company has increased production of Portland limestone cement (PLC) at its plant in Lyons, C...
Holcim Argentina warns of gas shortage stopping kilns over winter
Holcim Argentina’s CEO, Christian Dedeu, has warned that clinker production at its plants could come to a halt as he has no guarantee that there will be gas to fire the kilns t...
Caltrans has approved the use of low-carbon cement for highway projects
California’s agency for highways and freeways, Caltrans, has approved the use of Portland limestone cement (PLC) in the building of its highway system. The agency hopes to redu...
ABB installs its distribution control system at Star Super Cement
ABB was the electrical and automation partner for the Star Cement clinkerisation plant 10 years ago and had deployed ABB’s DCS for three cement grinding units when these plant...
MAN Truck & Bus Schweiz supplies Holcim Switzerland
MAN Truck & Bus Schweiz AG has again handed over vehicles to its long-standing customer Holcim Switzerland. This time the vehicles will be used by Holcim Gravel and Concrete...
Chilean cement market contracts 9% in February
Cement dispatches in Chile declined by 9.3 per cent in February 2022 to 318,964t from 351,735t in February 2021, according to the Chilean cement and construction chamber, CChCC...
thyssenkrupp Polysius wins US polycom® HP grinding roll order
thyssenkrupp Polysius has been assigned with the supply of two complete roll units with compound cast roll bodies for a polycom ® high-pressure grinding roll operated in the ...
ASEC repairs bearings in kiln tyre supports at UAE plant
A cement plant in the UAE faced a major incident in February 2022 that caused severe damage in the journal bearings and roller supports in the middle tyre of the kiln. At...
India’s cement producers to pay for NABL tests
To ensure supplied cement meets quality standards, India’s cement manufacturers will need to absorb the testing costs at laboratories approved by the National Accreditation Boa...
JSW Cement signs waste deal with Punjab Renewable Energy Systems
JSW Cement has signed an agreement with Punjab Renewable Energy Systems (PRESPL) to use agricultural waste as a source of biomass energy in its cement manufacturing units. ...
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