Spain's cement market expands 9% in November
Cement consumption in Spain increased 9.1 per cent YoY to 1,318,146t in November, according to Oficemen, the country’s cement association. Demand in the first 11 months of 20...
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FLSmidth to provide new pyro line for Cementos Pacasmayo
FLSmidth will deliver a full pyroprocessing line, including a series of sustainable flagship solutions such as the FLSmidth Cross-Bar ® cooler, Low NO x Calciner and JETFLEX...
Titan to take CDP leadership role in fighting climate change
Titan Cement Group has been recognised by CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) as a global climate leader for its transparency and actions to mitigate climate change and...
Holcim acquires Marshall Concrete Products
Holcim completed the acquisition of Marshall Concrete Products, a longstanding and trusted supplier of concrete products and services in Minneapolis/St Paul and the surrounding...
Fauji Cement Co appoints new CEO
The board of directors at Pakistan’s Fauji Cement Co Ltd has approved the appointment of Qamar Haris Manzoor as chief executive officer. The appointment became effective from ...
Colombian cement demand falls to 1.15Mt in October
Cement dispatches in Colombia slipped 1.6 per cent YoY to 1.15Mt in October 2021 from 1.169Mt in the same period of the previous year, according the country’s statistics office...
TCL increases cement prices by 15%
Trinidad Cement Ltd (Cemex group) has announced an ex-factory cement price increase of approximately 15 per cent. The price increase becomes effective on 20 December 2021. T...
SOCOCIM launches Climate Plan
Senegal’s SOCOCIM has launched its “Climate Plan” to reduce its carbon footprint by opening a new production line at its Rufisque plant with a capacity of 10,000tpd. FIVES has ...
Chile’s cement market expands 5% in October
Cement consumption in Chile increased 4.5 per cent YoY to 410,424t in October 2021 when compared with October 2020, when demand reached 392,688t, according to the Chilean Chamb...
Udaipur Cement Works introduces CNG-truck distribution
Udaipur Cement Works Ltd (UCWL), subsidiary of JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd, has initiated the concept of “Green Mobility” for its product dispatch. The Whole-time Director of the co...
Yanbu Cement completes modernisation project
Yanbu Cement Co has announced the completion of its Kiln Line 4 modernisation project following the recent shutdown. The reason for exceeding the previously announced end...
Brazilian sales advance 2% in November
Cement sales in Brazil edged up 2.3 per cent to 5.359Mt in November, according to the country’s cement association, SNIC. The latest data follow a continued growth trend but wi...
Siam Cement to spend THB70bn on CO2 reduction measures
Siam Cement Group (SCG) has vowed to spend THB70bn (US$2.08bn) on technological innovations to cut CO 2 emissions from its manufacturing by 20 per cent by 2030. The new inv...
Philippines opens investigation on Vietnamese anti-dumping
The Philippines' Tariff Commission has started its investigation into the merits of imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on cement imports. The commission commenced a formal...
Cameroon minister accuses cement producers of price-fixing
In a correspondence sent to the managing directors of various cement producing firms on 9 December 2021, Minister of Commerce, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, denounced an illega...
Shanghai Yicheng Juxin Construction Technology joins WCA
The World Cement Association (WCA) announced today that global innovative technology services corporation Shanghai Yicheng Juxin Construction Technology Co Ltd has joined as a...
Lafarge Zambia to revert name to Chilanga Cement
Lafarge Zambia (Holcim group) is set to change its name and revert to ‘Chilanga Cement Plc’ following a share sale and purchase agreement signed and executed with Huaxin (Haina...
Zimbabwe to keep imports flowing
This week, Zimbabwe's cement market opted to keep import permits in response to increasing cement shortages. Zimbabwe’s cement sector has been stretched and reliance on Lafarge...
Statkraft to supply wind power to Opterra
Renewable energy producer Statkraft has signed a power purchase agreement with Opterra for the supply of green electricity from onshore wind farms to three of the cement produc...
Taiwan's cement producers announce November results
Taiwan Cement has posted a 1.5 per cent YoY decline in November revenue to TWD9.75bn (US$351.94m) against TWD9.9bn in the year-ago period. In the first 11 months of 2021, reven...
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