Former limestone quarry faces opposition as recycling facility
Dozens of people have objected to plans for a waste recycling and processing facility at a disused Carmarthenshire quarry in Wales, which had formerly been operated by a cement...
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Umm Al-Qura Cement appoints new CEO
Saudi Arabia's Umm Al-Qura Cement Co has announced the appointment of Majid Tariq Salah Gharbawi as CEO, effective from 20 October. Mr Gharbawi has more than 17 years of ...
Indian cement prices down 4% MoM
At an all-India level, cement prices fell four per cent MoM basis from INR369 (US$4.98)/50kg bag in July to INR356/bag in August, according to Kotak Institutional Equities. C...
Boral returns to profit in the FY21
Australia’s Boral has reported a net profit of AUD640m (US$462.87m) for the full year ended 30 June 2021, compared to a loss of AUD1.145bn in the previous fiscal year. EBIT als...
KJS Cement records 36% advance in profit
India’s KJS Cement has seen a 36.4 per cent YoY rise in profit to INR654.4m (US$8.83m) for the year ended 31 March 2021, against INR479.6m in the FY19-20. EBITDA was up 5.5 per...
Nuvoco Vistas Corp sees lukewarm bourse start
India-based cement producer Nuvoco Vistas Corp entered the bourses with a weak start as its shares were listed at up to 17 per cent discount to its issue price. However, by the...
Lafarge delivers the first ECOPact Zero concrete in eastern Canada
Lafarge's Kingston ready-mix plant has produced and delivered the first ECOPact Zero concrete in eastern Canada, utilising ECOPlanet cement in the mix for the first time as wel...
Iraq to see new US$250m cement project
Iraq has reportedly awarded a project to a Spanish company to construct a cement plant at a cost of around US$250m. Iraqi Industry Minister, Manhal Al-Khabbaz, said the plant...
Kenya consumption up 27% in 5M21
Cement consumption in Kenya advanced 26.6 per cent YoY to 3.35Mt in the January-May 2021 period when compared with 2.64Mt in the 5M20, according to the Kenya National Bureau of...
Ambuja Cements begins trial production at Marwar facility
India’s Ambuja Cements has begun trial production at its Marwar cement works in Nagaur district, which will increase the company’s clinker capacity by 3Mta. The plant was bu...
Iranian cement sales down in July
Iran’s cement market contracted by 30.8 per cent MoM to 4Mt in July 2021 from 5.78Mt in June 2021. Clinker production declined from 6.75Mt in June 2021 to 3.95Mt in July 2021...
Atom Cement launched in Russia
Russia’s Atomstroykompleks has launched its Atom Cement plant in Sysert, Sverdlovsk region, which has been designed with 550,000tpa of white cement capacity. The project repre...
China Tianrui Group Cement records 9% rise in revenue
China Tianrui Group Cement has posted a 9.1 per cent YoY increase in revenue to CNY5.73bn (US$882.8m) for the first half of 2021, compared to CNY5.25bn in the year-ago period. ...
No stopping India's cement capacity rise
India is the second-largest cement market in the world with an increasing population and high development needs. Consequently, the prospects for long-term cement demand growth ...
Turkish cement prices rise 56% in July
Cement prices in Turkey have officially risen by around 56 per cent YoY in July, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute's (TUIK) domestic price index. Elsewhere, Tahi...
New 0.2Mta plant set to be built in Mozambique
A new cement plant is expected to be constructed in the Namacurra district of Mozambique, with around US$15m of Chinese investment. The feasibility of the 200,000tpa unit depe...
Al Jouf Cement sees profit advance 25% YoY
Al Jouf Cement has announced a 4.9 per cent YoY decline in revenue to SAR53.74m (US$14.34m) in the six months ended 30 June 2021, compared to SAR56.49m in the 1H20. However, ...
Loesche completes INSEE Cement maintenance at Galle grinding plant
INSEE Cement has completed a week-long scheduled maintenance of its Galle grinding plant in Sri Lanka. The inspection was carried out by Loesche. "As Sri Lanka’s only fully ...
Cemex's aggregate production returns to Alabama
Cemex is investing more than US$6m in its new Brierfield aggregates plant to produce high-quality aggregates for Alabama, USA. The Brierfield plant is the latest addition to Ce...
Dragon Products to stop Rockland rail terminal shipments
From next year, USA-based Dragon Products plans to stop shipping cement along the Rockland South End rail line in favour of selling cement from the plant in trucks and shipping...
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