Moroccan cement deliveries up 7% in December
Cement deliveries in Morocco increased 6.9 per cent YoY to 1,255,552t in December, according to data from the Ministry of Housing and Urbanisation. In December 2020 APC members...
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Savannah Cement has overcome its clinker shortage difficulties
Savannah Cement managers have denied that the company is facing financial problems, saying a shortage of clinker had slowed down production for the Kenyan cement producer in t...
FiCO Pan-United Concrete completes Novaland agreement
FiCO Pan-United Concrete JSC, a subsidiary of Singapore-listed Pan-United Corporation Ltd, has strengthened its longstanding working relationship with Novaland Group w...
Michael McSweeney to retire as CAC President
The Cement Association of Canada has announced that after serving for 15 years with with the association, and 12 years as president, Michael McSweeney will be retiring as presi...
Pakistan cement records dismal performance in December
According to the data released by the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), total cement dispatches declined by 4.2 per cent in December 2021 to 4.59Mt from 4...
Colombia's cement market expands 4% in November
Colombian cement demand increased four per cent YoY in November 2021 to 1.167Mt from 1.122Mt in November 2020, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. When compared...
Ethiopian plants warned to fast-track outstanding deliveries
Ethiopia's Minister of Mines and Petroleum, Takele Uma, said that the Ministry has cautioned cement factories to use their full potential and fast-track outstanding deliveri...
Stagnant coal supply impacts Indonesian cement exports
The constrained supply of coal in Indonesia has affected cement and clinker exports from the archipelago. While under normal supply conditions, there is sufficient coal for 21-...
Pan-United forms partnership for hydrogen truck fleet
Pan-United Concrete, a subsidiary of Pan-United Corp Ltd, and Surbana Jurong Pte Ltd, one of the largest Asia-based global urban, infrastructure, and managed services consulti...
SIG make several Board appointments at EGM
SIG’s Extraordinary General Meeting confirmed the honourable discharge of Hendi Prio Santoso as President Director of the company. The meeting also honourably dismissed Benny ...
United Cement Group privatises Qizilqum Cement
United Cement Group is privatising Qizilqumcement JSC, according to the investment company UzAssets, which operates under the State Assets Management Agency of Uzbekistan. UzA...
Indonesian cement demand expands 5% in 11M21
Cement demand in Indonesia reached 5.94Mt in November 2021, representing a 2.1 per cent drop YoY. ASI Chairman Widodo Santoso said the decline occurred in almost all areas on...
Holcim completes US ready-mix acquisition
Holcim has completed the acquisition of Cowden Inc, a leader in ready-mix concrete and aggregates in Bellingham, Washington, USA. This acquisition expands Holcim’s footprint i...
South Korea's cement producers plan 18% price rise
Major cement manufacturers in South Korea will be implementing a further rise in wholesale prices as the construction industry in the Asian country gathers pace, according to M...
Ciments Calcia finalises first phase of Bussac-Foret modernisation
Ciments Calcia (HeidlebergCement group) has completed the first phase of its kiln modernisation project at the company's plant in Bussac-Forêt, Nouvelle Aquitane, France. ...
Ersel Heavy Machinery completes Sivas Cement order
Ersel Heavy Machinery Inc recently completed its final delivery of 2021 to Votorantim’s Sivas cement plant in Turkey. The equipment order was for a new ball mill measurin...
Udaipur Cement Works Ltd wins The Golden Peacock Safety Award 2021
Udaipur Cement Works Ltd (a subsidiary of JK Lakshmi Cement Limited) has won the Golden Peacock Safety Award 2021 organised by the Institute of Directors for remarkable and co...
Fauji Group receives largest syndicated cement financing project
Pakistan's Fauji Group, parent company of Fauji Cement Co Ltd (FCCL) and Askari Cement Ltd (ACL), has announced the signing of PKR37.4bn (US$212.2m) syndicated term loan facili...
Carboneras Cement creates CO2 capture joint venture
LafargeHolcim Spain (Holcim group) will capture CO 2 emissions at its Carboneras plant. Together with Carbon Clean and Sistemas de Calor, the company has created the ECO02 jo...
Minister urges reopening of the Adilabad cement plant
Industries and IT Minister, KT Rama Rao, has requested the central government to reopen the Cement Corp of India (CCI)’s plant in Adilabad. In letters to Union Finance Minis...
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