Eagle Cement Corp to consolidate raw material supply chain
The board of Philippines-based Eagle Cement Corp has approved the 100 per cent purchase of affiliate limestone quarrying firm, Solid North Mineral Corp (SNMC), in a PHP3.57bn (...
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Dewan Cement sees 7% rise in turnover
Pakistan's Dewan Cement has announced a 7.3 per cent YoY rise in net turnover to PKR6.3bn (US$37m) for the year ended 30 June 2021, compared with PKR5.83bn in the year-ago peri...
GCCA becomes an accelerator of the UN backed Race to Zero campaign
As part of New York Climate Week, the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) will become an accelerator of the United Nations (UN) backed Race to Zero campaign, which c...
Fives Pillard burner is commissioned in east Asia
Fives Pillard reports it has commissioned a Novaflam ® Evolution burner for a cement plant in east Asia. Due to the travel restrictions linked to the health crisis, this...
Has Egypt's cement sector turned the corner?
Egypt's cement sector has been battling against the economic tide for a considerable time as overcapacity, the end of energy subsidies and low cement demand has pushed some pro...
California enacts legislation to reduce cement industry emissions
California Governor, Gavin Newsom, signed key legislation to eliminate carbon pollution from cement used, according to NRDC. Senate Bill 596 directs the California Air Resour...
Titan forms joint venture with Terna Energy
Titan Cement Group and Terna Energy, in a joint venture, will participate in the public tender process for the PPPs of the Mechanical & Biological Waste Treatment (MBT) plants ...
UltraTech Cement targets 100% renewables for electricity by 2050
UltraTech Cement Ltd has announced its commitment to Climate Group’s RE100 initiative at Climate Week NYC 2021. As part of this commitment, UltraTech targets to meet 100 per c...
Arabian Cement decides on court action over limestone dispute
Arabian Cement Co of Saudi Arabia has filed a lawsuit against Emaar the Economic City to claim the remaining quantities of limestone it should have received in accordance with...
Peru's cement market expands 18% in August
Cement dispatches in Peru advanced 18 per cent to 1.202Mt in August 2021 when compared with 1.018Mt in August 2020, according to Asocem, the country’s cement association. When ...
Askari Cement orders three new cement mills
Pakistan’s Askari Cement Ltd has ordered three MVR vertical roller mills from Gebr Pfeiffer for its plant in Nizampur. Two of the mills are MVR 5000 C-4 cement mills, which to...
Lafarge Poland's Malogoszcz plant modernisation set to begin
The foundation stone for Lafarge Poland's Małogoszcz plant modernisation has been ceremonially laid, which signals the beginning of construction of a new rotary kiln. Małogo...
Raysut Cement Co plans Duqm grinding plant start up for 4Q21
Raysut Cement Co's (RCC) US$30m Duqm grinding unit in Oman will come on-stream in the 4Q21. The Duqm plant will raise RCC’s group output to 7.4Mta, and help the company raise p...
Cementa applies for an emergency mining permit
Cementa has submitted an application for an emergency permit for limestone mining in Slite, Sweden. The permit aims to secure the cement supply in Sweden for the next three ye...
Iraq's cement association calls for reversal of fuel subsidy decision
Iraq's association of cement manufacturers has called on authorities to reverse a decision which has seen a reduction in fuel subsidies for the sector, according to Agence Fran...
Iran’s Mercantile Exchange sets up separate cement trade hall
The Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) will set up a separate hall for cement trades from 25 September 2021, according to IME’s director for market operation. Following the annou...
Zambia’s cement output up 5% in 2021
Cement production in Zambia in the first half of 2021 increased by five per cent to 1.2Mta, compared to 1.1Mta in 2020, according to data from the Ministry of Mines and Mineral...
AfriSam orders Metso jaw crusher
AfriSam has ordered a Metso C120 jaw crusher for its Pietermaritzburg aggregate quarry in South Africa. AfiSam orders a Metso C120 crusher for its Pietermaritizburg qu...
Lehigh Cement launches new EcoCemPlC™ bag
Lehigh Hanson (HeidelbergCement group) has released a new bag design for Lehigh Cement’s EcoCemPLC ™ , marketed as the greener alternative to ordinary Portland cement. ...
Dangote Cement appoints new deputy group MD
Nigeria’s Dangote Cement has appointed Philip Mathew as its new deputy group managing director and CEO, with effect from 15 September 2021. Mr Mathew has 34 years of working e...
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