Attock Cement records 22% decline in revenue
Pakistan’s Attock Cement has announced a 21.6 per cent YoY decrease in consolidated revenue to PKR5.73bn (US$32.86m) in the quarter ending 30 September 2021, compared to PKR7.3...
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Cemex Ventures invests in Voyage Control start-up
Cemex Ventures and Taronga Venture are investing in Voyage Control, a UK-based start-up for a digital platform to facilitate construction logistics and on-site coordination. ...
Cementos Yura appoints new general manager
Peru-based Cementos Yura has selected Fernando Rojas as its new general manager, replacing Julio Caceres, who was appointed on an interim basis. Mr Rojas has more than 27 ye...
European cement industry seeks level playing field for carbon reduction costs
CEMBUREAU, the European cement association, has recently released two white papers on its position to the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the EU Emissions Trading...
Iranian cement consumption up 34% MoM in September
The Iranian cement market expanded 34 per cent to 5.72Mt in September 2021 when compared with August 2021, when demand reached 4.27Mt, according to the Iranian cement associati...
Cement price stabilises in Lubumbashi
The price of grey cement in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, is stabilising at CDF15,000-16,000/bag (US$7.58-8.09), when compared with CDF20,000-25,000 in previous yea...
Yanbu Cement Co sees revenue up 10% in 9M21
Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu Cement Co has reported a 55.8 per cent YoY decline in net profit to SAR36.4m (US$9.71m) in the third quarter of 2021, compared to SAR82.48m in the year-ago...
Gasmet supplies Holcim Croatia with CMM system
Gasmet has supplied its continuous mercury monitoring (CMM) system to Holcim Croatia (Holcim group) to monitor mercury emissions and maintain higher levels of plant operation s...
Sephaku Cement experiences second kiln stoppage
South Africa’s Sephaku Cement has experienced a further kiln stoppage, unrelated to the previous event announced on 30 September 2021. This second plant stoppage began on 16...
Cemex will supply Vertua concrete for sustainable Polish building
Cemex will supply its low carbon concrete called Vertua for the construction of Warsaw’s P180 office building. The P180 office building, designed by PRC Architekci and devel...
Jan Jenisch elected GCCA president
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has announced the election of Jan Jenisch, CEO of Holcim, as its president. Mr Jenisch takes up the role with immediate effect...
65% of CEOs in hard-to-abate sectors plan to use CCUS
A first of its kind benchmarking report on industry attitudes towards carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) has revealed that 65 per cent of executives working in har...
Cement market in Spain expands 4% in September
Cement consumption in Spain advanced 4.4 per cent to 1,305,861t in September 2021 when compared with the equivalent period in 2020, according to Spain's cement association, Ofi...
HyNet North West consortium chosen for CCUS funding scheme
Hanson UK (HeidelbergCement) and its partners in the HyNet North West consortium have been chosen for funding under the British government’s carbon capture, usage and storage (...
Carbon Re receives GBP1m investment
The Clean Growth Fund, the UK venture capital fund, has co-led a GBP1m investment in Carbon Re, a UK climate tech start-up that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to cut CO...
WCA's Annual Conference proclaims "No more words, actions are needed"
The World Cement Association's (WCA) annual conference on 20-21 October 2021 called for 'a decade of action' from the cement industry starting now to keep to the targets set by...
Industry report highlights emission reduction technologies for construction sector
Osborne Clarke has published a construction industry report 'Economist Impact', commissioned by The Economist, that highlights that there are four main technologies in the cons...
Peru's cement market expands 14% YoY in September
Cement dispatches in Peru advanced 14 per cent YoY and three per cent MoM to 1.238Mt in September, according to Asocem, the country’s cement association. Of this total, Asocem ...
ACC reports 6% rise in EBITDA for the 3Q21
India’s ACC has reported a 6.1 per cent YoY rise in EBITDA to INR7.12bn (US$95.03m) in the third quarter of 2021, compared to INR6.71bn in the year-ago period. Profit after tax...
Malabar Cements meets opposition against new mine
India’s BJP district committee has opposed the move to open a new limestone mine in Walayar forest, Kerala, for Malabar Cements Ltd (MCL). The current mining permission for ...
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