FLSmidth sees 5% rise in order intake in 2021
FLSmidth reported a five per cent increase in order intake in 2021 as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic waned and project sites became more accessible. Including currency eff...
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Spanish environmental cement projects to receive accelerated start-up advice
The carbon capture plant of LafargeHolcim España 's Carboneras (Almería) factory and the development of the new facilities for the recovery of non-hazardous waste from G...
ACC Ltd commissions new grinding capacity in Tikaria
ACC Ltd has commissioned 1.6Mta grinding capacity in Tikaria , Uttar Pradesh, India. The project has expanded cement capacity at the Tikaria plant to 3.91Mta. “As announ...
Consortium call for government action on cross-border industrial cluster strategy
HeidelbergCement , Holcim , Kalk Vielseitig Faszinierend Wetroll, Shell, Total, Lhoist and VDZ are among a collaboration of companies and private stakeholders that have sig...
Cemex to introduce electric ready-mix trucks
Cemex has announced that it is the first building materials company to complete a large-scale, multi-country pilot using fully electric ready-mix concrete trucks. In 20...
Cementos Pacasmayo sees 40% rise in sales volumes in 2021
Sales volumes of cement, concrete and prefabricated products of Peru-based Cementos Pacasmayo fell 6.2 per cent in the 4Q21 when compared with the 4Q20. Income was up 10.4 per...
Argos transitions to PLC production at three US terminals
Argos is announcing that its Roberta plant in Alabama, USA as well as its Wilmington, Statesville, and Durham terminals in North Carolina will transition their production and...
Adbri signs supply contract with OZ Minerals
Adbri Ltd has made an announce an agreement with OZ Minerals Ltd, through their respective subsidiaries, for the supply of cementitious materials to the OZ Minerals Carrapat...
Solid Cement advances US$323m expansion
Philippines-based Solid Cement Corp , part of Cemex Holding Philippines, will finally move forward with its long-delayed capacity expansion despite the rise in cost from US$23...
Afghanistan government’s financial crunch eases
Two top decisions announced in Washington, DC and Islamabad, respectively, would ease the Afghanistan government’s financial crunch and supply of cement to Kabul last week. Ec...
San Miguel Cement may double capacity at Davao plant
San Miguel Corp (SMC) said its affiliate Southern Concrete Industries Corp may look to double the manufacturing capacity of its new Davao cement plant . Southern Conc...
CMS raises cement price due to higher costs
Malaysia-based CMS is introducing a 10 per cent price hike from 17 February, the first one since 2016, according to Market Screener. The company attributes the need to rais...
Argos opens new Cartagena terminal
Colombia-based Argos has inaugurated its new port terminal in the free zone of Cartagena, Colombia. the new terminal will triple its export capacity to 3.5Mta. The terminal c...
Iranian cement producers supply 4.21Mt in January
Cement producers in Iran produced 4.21Mt of cement and 5.23Mt of clinker, according to the Iranian Cement Association. They supplied the domestic market with 4.23Mt while cli...
Santa Clara County consider acquiring Santa Clara Quarry
Lehigh Cement’s (HeidelbergCement group) Santa Clara Quarry could be purchased and shut down by Santa Clara County, under a plan made public last week. Santa Clara County...
Chryso appoints new group executive vice-president
Frédéric Guimbal has been appointed Chryso Group Executive Vice-president in charge of Markets, Innovation, Purchasing and Communications. Mr Guimbal led the Concrete bus...
SCG looks to recover from disrupted markets
SCG, a leading conglomerate from Thailand, found COVID-19 disrupted its markets at home and abroad in 2020-21. Its FY21 results continued to be impaired by the Omicron variant,...
Cemex reports double-digit EBITDA growth in FY21
Cemex announced strong results for the FY21 with double-digit EBITDA growth, the highest in more than a decade, coupled with a similar increase in sales, driven by higher vol...
Senegal sales up 12% YoY
Cement sales in Senegal advanced 12.7 per cent MoM and by 11.9 per cent YoY in November 2021, according to its National Agency for Statistics and Demography (ANSD). Output fr...
Dominican cement production sees 23% advance in 2021
In 2021 cement producers in the Dominican Republic manufactured 6.5Mt of cement, supplying a construction industry that saw 23.4 per cent growth as the country started its reco...
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