Cemex sets aggressive new 2030 carbon emission targets
Cemex has set a more aggressive carbon reduction target of below 475kg of CO 2 per tonne of clinker produced, approximately a 40 per cent reduction in CO 2 emissions by 2030....
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Cherat Cement Co receives approval for greenfield plant
Cherat Cement Co Ltd (CHCC) has informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange Ltd (PSX) that the Board of Directors of the company, in its meeting held on 24 June 2021, has approved a ...
Argos reaches 25 years of operation in the Dominican Republic
Argos is celebrating 25 years of operation in the Dominican Republic. "Throughout this time, the company has had the chance to contribute to positively transforming the live...
Christian Pfeiffer wins Slovenian ball mill project
Christian Pfeiffer has won the contract to build an efficient ball mill circuit for limestone milling for a Slovenian client. The centrepiece of the plant will be a 3.2...
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions India appoints a new CEO
Rajesh Kamath will head thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions India, the plant engineering group company of thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (BU Uhde) in India. Kamath...
Holcim México inaugurates new Umán grinding unit
LafargeHolcim subsidiary Holcim México saw the commissioning of its new 0.65Mta grinding plant in Umán, Yucatán. The Umán plant will be supplied with clinker from production fa...
NCL Industries announces expansion plans
India’s NCL Industries has announced an INR3bn (US$40.4m) expansion and modernisation plan to boost its total cement capacity to 3.6Mta by 2022. The project includes setting u...
Caribbean Cement signs MoU for tyre usage
The Jamaican government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Caribbean Cement Co for the usage of end-of-life pneumatic tyres. The company will take used tyres from la...
CEMBUREAU states concern for CBAM Fit for 55 package
The European cement industry fully supports the objectives of the European Green Deal, says the industry association, C EMBUREAU . In its Carbon Neutrality Roadmap, the cement...
Bruks Siwertell wins first Caribbean ship loader order
Bruks Siwertell has won a new contract to deliver a Siwertell screw-type ship loader for the totally enclosed, dust-free handling of cement and clinker. It will serve a new ce...
LafargeHolcim Carboneras increases AF use by 34% in 2020
LafargeHolcim’s Carboneras plant in Almeria, Spain, increased its use of alternative fuels by 34 per cent YoY to 80,900t in 2020. As the company reduced its consumption of foss...
Siam Cement Group targets digital platform and machine efficiency upgrades
Siam Cement Group (SCG) is maintaining its investment budget at THB65-75bn (US$2.04m-2.36m) for the second half of this year even though the third wave of the pandemic has ...
Cimerwa announces 14% rise in revenue
Rwanda’s Cimerwa has announced a 14 per cent YoY increase in revenue to RWF30bn (US$30.07m) for the first half of the financial year, ended 31 March 2021. The company’s profit ...
Lehigh Cement's quarry expansion plans opposed
Lehigh Cement (HeidelbergCement group) wants to amend its 2012 Reclamation Plan for Lehigh Permanente Quarry to increase mining but faces local opposition. As part of the amend...
PPC reports 3% increase in revenue
South Africa’s PPC has reported a three per cent YoY increase in group revenue for the year ended 31 March 2021, rising to ZAR8938m (US$626.07m) from ZAR8671m, due to a recover...
Mozambique's cement price drop down to economics
The fall in the price of cement on the Mozambican market after the Chinese investment in a new factory, Dugongo Cimentos, in Matutuine district, was expected by the governmen...
Geocycle India to process plastic waste from river clean-up
ACC and Ambuja Cement’s waste management subsidiary, Geocycle India, will be joining Rekart Innovations in removing plastic waste from the Jojari riverbed in Pipar, Jodphur, Ra...
Cement sales in Dominican Republic decline 5% in 2020
Cement sales in the Dominican Republic fell by five per cent to 4,446,706t in 2020 from 4,703,347t in 2019, according to the country’s cement association, Adocem, in its newly-...
JSW Concrete is established in Mumbai with its first unit
JSW Cement, a part of US$12bnn JSW Group, has announced its entry into ready-mix concrete business under the brand name 'JSW Concrete'. It has set up its first production ...
Pakistan registers higher 11MFY21 export and 10MFY21 production
The Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) of Pakistan has released cement export and production data for the July 2020-May 2021 (11 months) and July 2020-April 2021 (10 months) pe...
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