FCT forms alliance in China and opens new office
FCT Combustion has created a formal alliance with Enelco Environmental Technology Co (EETC), a leading supplier of air pollution control equipment systems for the utilities, pu...
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Italy's cement output falls 4% in September, imports up 39%
Cement production declined four per cent YoY in September 2021 to reach an index of 100, when compared with the base year of 2015, according to Federbeton, Italy’s concrete ass...
Holcim divests Zambian subsidiary to Huaxin Cement
Holcim has closed the sale of its business in Zambia, representing a 75 per cent stake in the company, to the Chinese cement group Huaxin for an enterprise value of US$150m fo...
CRH's Ukraine operations rebrand
CRH’s cement plants in Ukraine are to operate under the new brand name of CEMARK. Mykolaivcement, Kamyanets-Podilskyi and Odessa cement plants will come under this branding. ...
Signing ceremony held for five cement factory projects in Libya
A new strategic cement and building materials factory complex agreement has been signed by Ahmed Abuhisa, Minister of Industry and Minerals, in Tripoli. The ceremony was atten...
LafargeHolcim receives coal ash as part of new agreement
The US operations of LafargeHolcim has received the first barge shipment of power plant coal ash, part of a project which will result in the recovery and recycling of more than...
Bolivian cement market surges in August but slips in September
Bolivia’s cement consumption advanced by 36.6 per cent to 339,838t in August 2021 but edged down 2.1 per cent the following month to 329,982t when compared with the equivalent ...
InterCement's cement volumes remain stable in 3Q21 at 5.4Mt
InterCement reports that its total cement volume remained at a solid 5.4Mt in the 3Q21, reflecting stability YoY due to the sizeable comparison base of last year, when post pan...
HeidelbergCement agrees sale of Sierra Leone subsidiary
HeidelbergCement has signed an agreement to sell its subsidiary Sierra Leone Cement Corp Ltd (Leocem) to the Diamond Cement Group. The sale includes a cement grinding plant wit...
Fujian Cement Co announces energy-saving projects
Fujian Cement Co Ltd has announced new projects for the Yongan Jianfu and Ansha Jianfu 4500tpd production lines. The energy-saving projects represent a total investment of CNY2...
Oman Cement increases conveyor capacity
Oman Cement Co has increased the capacity of one of its conveyor belts from 150 to 250tph. The increase of the conveyor that transports cement from the cement mill to the silo ...
Chip Mong Ecocycle launches waste storage facility
Chip Mong Ecocycle, a business unit of Chip Mong Insee Cement Corp (CMIC), inaugurated hazardous waste storage facilities at cement plant in the Banteay Meas district of Kampo...
Cemento Polpaico invests US$60m to ensure Cerro Blanco continuity
Cemento Polpaico has submitted an environmental impact study (EIS) for the Cerro Blanco complex development to Chile’s Regional Directorate of the Environmental Assessment Serv...
Sinai Cement reports 67% rise in net sales
Egypt’s Sinai Cement saw its consolidated net loss contract to EGP323.3m (US$20.58m) in the first nine months of the year, compared with EGP425m in the year-ago period. Consol...
MaxTech Industries wins orders for Indian cement plants
MaxTech Industries has won orders to supply filters for baghouse projects from UltraTech Cement and ACC Ltd in India. UltraTech Cement is building three new brownfield ceme...
PPC Barnet posts positive 1H21 results
PPC Barnet in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) announced that nearly 230,000t of cement were produced in the second quarter of 2021. The company operates a 1.2Mta integra...
STAS Engineering to work on Bursa Cimento upgrade project
STAS Engineering and Erk Proje will help Bursa Çimento Fabrikasi AS to decrease carbon emission rates while increasing its production capacity with a new raw meal silo, preh...
Cementos Progreso to increase its regional presence
Guatemala-based Cementos Progreso (CEMPRO) is seeking to increase its participation in the regional market. Following the investment made at its San Gabriel plant in San Juan S...
Polpaico sees 71% surge in 9M revenues
Chile-based Cemento Polpaico reported revenues up 71.1 per cent to CLP230,726.57m (US$277.3m) in the January-September 2021 period when compared with revenues of CLP134,876.954...
Cemento Cosmos to stop Cordoba kiln
Cemento Cosmos, part of Brazil-based Votorantim Cimentos, is stopping the kiln at its Córdoba plant in Spain in 2022 due to high energy costs. The plan is to “significantly” re...
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