Pakistan cement producers turn to Afghan coal
Cement factories in north Pakistan have mostly switched to using a mix of coal sourced from Afghanistan and other countries as record-high world markets are making imports too ...
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Taiwan Cement posts 31% rise in February revenue
Taiwan Cement Corp reported a revenue of TWD5456m (US$192.1m), up 30.7 per cent YoY when compared with TWD4173m in February 2021. For the 2M22 the company’s revenue increas...
Golden Bay Cement orders two hydrogen trucks
Golden Bay Cement will receive two Hyzon-600HP 58t hydrogen-powered trucks in September 2022. It is another step towards lowering the New Zealand cement producer’s carbon ...
Chia Hsin Cement reports 14% drop in 2M22 revenue
Taiwan-based Chia Hsin Cement posted a 7.6 per cent fall in revenues in February 2022, declining from TWD145m (US$5.1m) in February 2021 to TWD134m. In the first two months of...
Loma Negra expects Argentina's cement demand to continue rising
This week CemNet reported that cement consumption in Argentina had expanded by 16 per cent in February, as the market continues to consolidate its recovery from the pandemic. T...
High energy prices shut down Cementos Portland Valderrivas kilns
Spain-based Cementos Portland Valderrivas has shut down all kilns at its seven main plants (Morata de Tajuña, Monjos, Vallcarca, Alcalá de Guadaira, Venta de Baños, Mataporqu...
Pakistani cement producers earn a profit in 1HFY22
The major players in Pakistan’s cement industry have reported a profit during 1HFY22 in Pakistan. The Spectrum Research has attributed to an increase in the topline, a decreas...
Indonesia's annual demand increased by 4.3 per cent in 2021
Indonesia's annual domestic cement demand reached 65.215Mt in 2021, representing an increase of 4.3 per cent on the year before, in line with industry expectations. All of th...
Cementir records strong regional results in 2021
Cementir 's regional markets results for 2021 produced increasing revenues in all markets. The highest revenues outside of Italy were recorded in Belgium and France. Norwa...
Medcem Cement to install its second WHR plant
Medcem Cement has a nnounced that it will produce 22 per cent of the electricity it needs, as it expects to commission its second waste heat recovery (WHR) system soon. ...
Indonesian cement and clinker exports rise to record levels in 2021
Indonesia is rapidly expanding its cement and clinker export activities, with YoY volumes climbing by 25.2 per cent to reach a record 11.610Mt in 2021. By year end, cement expo...
Cementir posts record EUR1360m group revenue in 2021
Cementir's group revenue in 2021 set the historical record of EUR1360m, up 11 per cent compared to EUR1224.8m in 2020. At constant 2020 exchange rates, revenue would have bee...
February sales in Brazil increase 1%
Cement sales in Brazil edged up 1.2 per cent YoY to 4.726Mt in February 2022 from 4.672Mt in February 2021, according to the country’s cement association, SNIC. Sales were supp...
Moroccan deliveries advance 3% in February
Cement deliveries in Morocco increased 2.9 per cent YoY to 1,111,349t in February 2022 from 1,079,983 according to data published by the Ministry of Housing and Urbanisation. T...
Ecocem joins Bill Gates in “Solving for Zero” documentary
Europe’s leading provider of low-carbon solutions for the cement and construction industries, Ecocem, is joining leading scientists and innovators in Bill Gates’ new documentar...
Madagascar imports cement to reduce price
The State Procurement of Madagascar (SPM) has imported cement at a reduced price to normalise the price of cement in the market and support the population after the passage of ...
Hercules Enterprises applies for new UK grinding plant
Hercules Enterprises Ltd, majority owned by Spanish group Cementos La Cruz , is applying to Kent County Council (KCC) for permission to build a 500,000tpa grinding plant at Sh...
Breedon Group Plc records revenue of GBP1232.5m in 2021
Breedon Group Plc announced revenue from audited annual results for the year ended 31 December 2021 totalling GBP1232.5m, up 33 per cent from GBP928.7m in 2020. Profit before t...
US and Puerto Rican cement market expands 5% in December 2021
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement shipments in the USA and Puerto Rico saw a 5.4 per cent uplift in December 2021 when compared with December 2020, according to th...
Cemex to start up CPN Kiln No2 in 3Q22
Cemex has announced that following its successful restart of one kiln at its CPN cement plant located in northwest Mexico in 2021, it is now reactivating the second CPN kil...
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