Italy’s cement production falls 14% in August
Cement production declined 14 per cent YoY in August 2021 to reach an index of 67, when compared with the base year of 2015, according to Federbeton, Italy’s concrete associati...
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Holcim and Volvo Autonomous Solutions collaborate on autonomous dumper trial
Holcim Switzerland and Volvo Autonomous Solutions have entered into a collaboration to jointly test and further develop the use of autonomous electric dumpers in a limestone q...
Tabuk Cement sees 11% decrease in profit
Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk Cement has posted a 10.5 per cent YoY fall in net profit to SAR8.48m (US$2.26m) in the third quarter of 2021, compared with SAR9.47m in the year-ago period...
Eagle Materials appoints Mauro Gregorio to its board
USA-based Eagle Materials has appointed Mauro Gregorio to its board of directors. Mr Gregorio is the currently president of Performance Materials and Coatings at Dow, a supplie...
Cemex USA honoured by Texan to Nature 20
Cemex USA has announced that for the third consecutive year the company has been named to the Texan by Nature 20, the official ranking by the Texas-led conservation non-profit...
Martin Marietta sets record revenues in 3Q21
Martin Marietta Materials Inc reported results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2021, achieving record consolidated products and services revenues of US$1.463bn, versu...
Lafarge Algeria hits 2Mt export record
Lafarge Algeria, part of the Holcim group, has exported 2Mta of cement and clinker for the first time, according to a company press release. The company achieved the volume les...
Iran's cement industry to prepare alternatives amid fuel shortage
Iran is facing the prospect of power shortages amid an insufficient supply of natural gas, according to Trend News. As a result, cement plants are expected to store mazut as an...
Lafarge Zambia reduces cement price by 5-10%
Lafarge Zambia has reduced the price of cement by 5-10 per cent from 30 October 2021. The price reduction was said to be inevitable due to the appreciation of the kwacha agains...
Cemex invests in Synhelion and solar technology
Cemex and Cemex Ventures have announced their investment in Synhelion which aims to decarbonise the cement manufacturing process based on solar technology. “Synhellion’s tec...
Dalmia Cement plans new 2Mta plant
India’s Dalmia Cement is planning to set up a new 2Mta grinding plant in Bokaro, Jharkhand, according to the state’s government. The company is expected to invest INR5.77bn (...
Star Cement posts 3% revenue increase
India’s Star Cement has posted a standalone net profit of INR229.4m (US$3.07m) in the quarter ending 30 September, falling 39.8 per cent YoY from INR381.2m in the same period o...
Cemex Miami plant receives 2021 Energy Star Certification
Cemex has announced that its cement plant in Miami, Florida, has been recognised by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the 11 th consecutive year...
US/Puerto Rican Portland and blended cement market expands 5% in August
Portland and blended cement shipments in the USA and Puerto Rico, including imports, advanced 4.9 per cent YoY to 10.1Mt in August 2021, according to the US Geological Survey (...
Lanwa Sanstha Cement to begin operations in 2022
Sri Lanka's Lanwa Sanstha Cement is now expected to commence operations in January 2022, when it opens a US$80m plant in the Mirijjawila Export Processing Zone, Hambantota. ...
Punjab government to charge cement companies for groundwater
The government of the Punjab will charge cement producers in the state up to US$0.93/m 3 for ground water used in their cement production. The Dawn newspaper has repo...
Najran Cement sees 24% fall in profit
Saudi Arabia’s Najran Cement has posted a net profit of SAR36.1m (US$9.23m) in the third quarter of 2021, down 23.8 per cent YoY from SAR47.4m in the year-ago period. Sales a...
City Cement sees 26% fall in profit
Saudi Arabia's City Cement has posted a 25.6 per cent YoY decline in net profit to SAR38m (US$10.13m) in the quarter ending 30 September 2021, compared with SAR51.1m in the yea...
H&M Industrial Services works on southeast US pyroprocessing project
H&M Industrial Services Inc has recently achieved a major project milestone on the new pyroprocessing plant and preheat tower project that it designed, supplied and is current...
Nuvoco launches two products for its Zero M Brand
Nuvoco Vistas Corp Ltd has launched Zero M Water Shield 2K and Zero M Speedex Tile Grout in a virtual event. Developed at the Nuvoco Construction Development and Innovation Cen...
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