Titan America LLC boosts Portland Limestone Production
Titan America LLC reports that its low-carbon Portland limestone cement production has reached 50 per cent of its total cement output. "We are proud of this remarkable ...
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Sarawak cement shortage due to lack of raw material vessels
Indonesia’s Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs has explained the current shortage of cement in Sarawak, attributing it to the demand generated by various construct...
UltraTech Cement Ltd wins global marketing award
UltraTech Cement Ltd has been recognised with a Silver award at the Mobile Marketing Association’s (MMA) Smarties X awards 2021. MMA Smarties X is the first global marketing a...
Çimsa joins Oficemen
Çimsa has joined the Spanish cement manufacturers association, Oficemen. The Turkish company has recently started its production activity in Spain, after the acquisition of th...
Titan Florida orders new 70,000t dome for Port Tampa Bay Terminal
Titan Florida LLC, a subsidiary of Titan America LLC, has announced the construction of a 70,000t dome at its Port Tampa Bay Terminal, making the terminal one of the largest o...
CASE to supply Cemex with low-carbon vehicles across Europe
Cemex has confirmed a partnership with CASE Construction Equipment to introduce lower-carbon vehicles that offer reduced fuel consumption into multiple markets across Europe. ...
Menzel wins Canadian mill motor order
Menzel Elektromotoren has adapted and delivered a 6500kW slip ring motor for a Canadian cement mill at short notice. The MEBSSL-type motor is ideally suited for industrial app...
Mangalam sees 1H net profit up 82%
India-based Mangalam Cement announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter and half year ended 30 September 2021. In the quarter ended 30 September 2021 (2Q21) the...
Universal Cement sees 12% increase in revenue
Taiwan’s Universal Cement has announced a 12.2 per cent YoY increase in revenue to TWD1.45bn (US$52.32m) in the third quarter of 2021, compared to TWD1.29bn in the comparable p...
Venezuela to export to Caribbean
Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro Moros, has approved the Cement Export Plan 2022 as part of the country’s aim to diversify its economy. The plan also foresees the export...
Misr Cement (Qena) announces 168% surge in profit
Egypt’s Misr Cement (Qena) has reported a 168 per cent YoY surge in consolidated net profit during the first nine months of 2021, reaching EGP107.4m (US$6.84m) from EGP40.11m i...
Arabian Cement Co announces contraction in net loss
Egypt’s Arabian Cement Co has announced a consolidated net loss of EGP23.21m (US$1.48m) during the first nine months of 2021, an improvement from the EGP39.77m net loss seen in...
A new round of Russian consolidation
The RUB161m acquisition of Eurocement's assets by the Mikhailovsky Combine of Building Materials ( Smikom group) in June 2021 has sent the Russian cement market into a new c...
FLSmidth appoints a new CEO effective from 1 January 2022
Thomas Schulz, FLSmidth’s Group CEO, has made the decision to take a role outside of the company, and will therefore step down as FLSmidth’s CEO by end of 2021. Mikko Keto, wh...
Cementir reports revenues of EUR1bn in 9M21
Cementir has released its results for the first nine months and the 3Q21. Group revenue reached EUR1bn, up 12.4 per cent compared to EUR896.8m in the first nine months of 2020...
October sales down 10% in Brazil
While year-to-date sales of cement in Brazil continue to be high in the period until October 2021, October’s stand-alone result has been seen as the worst of the year, accordin...
Loma Negra reports 9% increase in 3Q revenue
Argentina’s Loma Negra has reported an 8.5 per cent YoY increase in revenue to ARS17,800m (US$176m) in the third quarter of 2021, against ARS16,399m in the comparable period of...
Indonesian cement market expands in September
Cement consumption in Indonesia advanced four per cent in September 2021. "Consumption of domestic [cement] in all regions is moving up, including Bali and Nusa Tenggara," said...
Titan Group reports 9M21 revenues of EUR1.26bn
Titan Group's consolidated revenue for the first nine months of 2021 reached EUR1.26bn, posting a five per cent increase on the 9M20. Revenue growth in local currencies was 10...
Taiheiyo Cement posts 6% net profit rise
Japan’s Taiheiyo Cement has seen a 19.2 per cent YoY decline in revenue to JPY339.8bn (US$2.98bn) in the first half of the FY21-22 ended 30 September, compared to JPY420.63bn i...
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