UK building material volumes increase in 4Q21
The latest UK industry survey from the Mineral Products Association (MPA) shows that volumes of primary aggregates increased by 15.7 per cent YoY in 2021, 14.1 per cent for re...
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Schneider Electric and Nanjing Kisen sign strategic partnership agreement
Schneider Electric has signed a long-term cooperation agreement with Nanjing Kisen (CNBM) to progress the operational efficiency of intelligent cement plants through innovativ...
Lafarge Cement Malawi reverts to Portland Cement Malawi
Following a change in Lafarge Cement Malawi Ltd’s shareholding from Holcim to Huaxin, the cement producer has reverted to its original name of Portland Cement Malawi Ltd with...
US and Puerto Rican Portland and blended cement shipments up 9% in November
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement, including imports, in the USA and Puerto Rico saw a 9.2 per cent YoY hike to 9.4Mt in November 2021, according to the US Geologi...
Caribbean Cement to launch Vertua-certified cement
Cemex -owned Caribbean Cement Co will be launching its newly co-branded Vertua-certified cement to support the reduction in carbon emissions by 40 per cent by 2030. “Vertu...
Holcim-ENGIE-INSA Lyon form partnership for energy storage solution
Holcim is developing a breakthrough energy storage technology together with INSA Lyon and ENGIE's Corporate Research Center, ENGIE Lab CRIGEN, to serve as an alternative t...
Cypriot MPs told few imported waste tyres are legally scrapped
Cypriot MPs were told by the Audit Office last week that about 35 per cent of scrap tyres imported into Cyprus every year pass through the port in Limassol without being subj...
Geminor announce significant growth in material recycling in 2021
Resource management company Geminor handled over 1.73Mt of waste in Europe in 2021. The recycling of waste wood, waste paper and plastics increased sharply, and the handling o...
Opportunity for EAPC in DR Congo
This week East African Portland Cement's (EAPC) Managing Director, Oliver M Kirubai, outlined the company's ambition to grow its cement business in the Democratic Republic of C...
Spanish cement demand reaches 15Mt in 2021
Cement consumption in Spain increased 11 per cent YoY to 15Mt in 2021, according to the country’s cement association, Oficemen. Moreover, sales exceeded those reported in 2019,...
Cemex and Synhelion achieve solar clinker production
Cemex and Synhelion have announced the successful production of solar clinker, the key component of cement, a significant step towards developing fully solar-driven cement plan...
Ukraine-Russia tension lifts oil, gas and coal prices while petcoke discounts improve rapidly
By Frank O. Brannvoll, Brannvoll ApS, Denmark Since ICR’s most recent energy report , the geopolitical risk relating to Ukraine-Russia tension has lifted oil, gas and coal ...
Bamburi Cement orders two solar power plants
Bamburi Cement PLC (Holcim group) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Momnai Energy Ltd to set up two solar plants adjacent to the company's Mombasa cement pla...
Akçansa certified at Gold level for responsible use of resource certification
Akçansa Büyükçekmece Factory (HeidelbergCement) has been re-certified at the 'Gold' level and Akçansa Çanakkale plant has been certified at at the 'Gold' level for ...
Pakistani cement dispatches contracted in 7MFY22
According to the data released by All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), total local and overseas cement dispatches declined by 16.6 per cent 3.95Mt in January ...
Cemex and Cemex ventures invest in clean hydrogen startup
Cemex and Cemex Ventures have announced their investment in HiiROC, a clean hydrogen production start-up. HiiROC developed a technology that uses thermal plasma electrolysis to...
Shree Cement awards FLSmidth digital transformation contract
India-based cement producer Shree Cement has been upgrading 16 plants with 24 lines in total with FLSmidth ECS/PlantDataManagement packages to drive efficiency and deliver incr...
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) commissions 17.1MW solar power plant
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd (DCBL) has commissioned a new 17.1MW solar in Cuttack, Odisha, India. Spread over 49 acres, the solar power plant is set to generate 25.52MU/PA, f...
MPA affiliates with CONSTRUCT
The trade association for the concrete structures sector CONSTRUCT has affiliated with the Mineral Products Association (MPA), which counts among its 500 members the vast majo...
Italy's production index gains 11% in 11M21
Cement production in Italy increased by eight per cent in October 2021 but slipped six per cent in November when compared with the base year of 2015, according to Federbeton, I...
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