DMC prepares power supply for new project
Ethiopia-based Derba Midroc Cement (DMC) and Sinohydro Construction Ltd have signed an ETB330m (US$7.24m) contract for a power expansion project that will allow the factory to ...
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Sephaku Cement is saving water for itself and the local community
Sephaku Cement (Dangote group) has prioritised water management by monitoring its use and implementing water balancing programmes such as storm water management at its cement ...
Mannok doubles cement bagging capacity
Mannok, based in Derrylin, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, has invested EUR2.1m in its cement bagging facilities to double the company’s production capacity. Germany-based Ha...
Malaysia’s CMS posts 284% rise in 2Q net profit
Malaysia-based Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad (CMS) reported a 32.3 per cent rise in 2Q revenues from MYR139.878m in the 2Q20 to MYR185.001m in the 2Q21. Profit before tax tripled f...
Holcim buys 51% stake in Costa Rican RMC producer
Holcim Costa Rica has announced its acquisition of a 51 per cent stake in ready-mix concrete producer Concretera Nacional, Costa Rica. The step will make Holcim one of the larg...
UAE’s cement sector is integral in building circular economies
The second UAE Circular Economy Council meeting reviewed progress in implementing the country’s 2021-31 Circular Economy Policy and underlined the growing role of the cement se...
AfriSam innovates its products to respond to climate change
AfriSam is ensuring its cements are fit for purpose while reducing its environmental footprint and responding to climate change in South Africa. The drive for quality is clos...
Pakistan cement exports have a subdued July
Pakistan began export of cement and clinker in the first month of new fiscal (July 2021) with lower value and quantities, MoM and YoY. All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Associ...
Tarmac's giant excavator receives an overhaul
Tarmac’s Dunbar Cement plant has given its Marubeni Komatsu PC2000’ backhaul excavator a seven-week overhaul. The largest excavator in Scotland, the giant 200t machine handles...
Näger leaves HeidelbergCement
Lorenz Näger will retire as CFO of HeidelbergCement at the end of August after 17 years of service to pursue private interests as well as continuing to bring his professional k...
Cemento Polpaico sees revenues double in 1H21
Chile-based Cemento Polpaico reported a surge in consolidated revenues from CLP76,528m in the 1H20 to CLP152,376m in the 1H21. Profit before tax reached CLP9361m, reversing a l...
LafargeHolcim Maroc sees 66% rise in 2Q revenue
LafargeHolcim Maroc saw a 66 per cent rise in revenues to MAD2078m (US$232.4m) in the second quarter of 2021 from MAD1252m in the 2Q20. The positive trend has been attributed m...
Pakistan cement production rises 27% in 12MFY21
The overall output of the Large-Scale Manufacturing Industries Index (LSMI) in Pakistan increased by 14.9 per cent for July 2020-June 2021 compared to July 2019-June 2020, incl...
Huaxin Cement Narayani prepares to begin production
Huaxin Cement Narayani is expected to start cement production within two months following the completion of the cement works in the central Dhading district of Nepal, according...
Cementos Cibao opens new grinding unit
Cementos Cibao inaugurated its new 134tph cement grinding plant in the presence of the Dominican Republic’s President Luis Abinader. The project represents a multi-million dol...
West China Cement sees profit rise 40% YoY
West China Cement has posted a 40.4 per cent YoY rise in attributable profit to CNY1.06bn (US$163.5m) for the first half of 2021, compared to CNY752.3m in the 1H20. Revenue a...
Cherat Cement sees turnover rise 47% YoY
Pakistan's Cherat Cement Co has posted a profit of PKR3.21bn (US$19.29m) for the financial year ended 30 June 2021, according to a bourse filing. The company had recorded a los...
Vulcan Materials Co completes acquisition of US Concrete
Vulcan Materials Co has announced that it has completed its acquisition of US Concrete. Tom Hill, chairman and CEO of Vulcan Materials, said, "Today is an important miles...
Swedish Supreme Court does not grant Cementa leave to appeal
Sweden's Supreme Court announced that Cementa will not be granted leave to appeal against the decision by the Supreme land and Environmental Court on 6 July when it rejected th...
Arabian Cement records 2Q21 revenue of SAR233m
Arabian Cement Co (ACC) registered a revenue for the 2Q21 of SAR233m (US$62m), a YoY increase of 66.9 per cent. The company achieved an 82.9 per cent YoY improvement i...
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