Cauldon plant invests GBP13m on reducing its carbon footprint
Construction has started at Lafarge Cement’s Cauldon plant, located in Staffordshire, on a GBP13m investment project to reduce its carbon footprint. The project will see ...
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LafargeHolcim to recycle decommissioned GE Renewable Energy wind turbines
LafargeHolcim and GE Renewable Energy announced today an MoU to explore circular economy solutions to utilise materials from decommissioned wind turbines. Building on LafargeH...
Star Cement reports 10% rise in revenue
India’s Star Cement has reported a 9.8 per cent YoY rise in revenue to INR6.03bn (US$82.53m) for the quarter ending 31 March 2021, compared to INR5.49bn in the year-ago period....
Scheuch announce new Asia MD
Mirko Köhler will become Scheuch Asia's managing director in mid-June 2021. He takes over from Jan Eike Graeff, who has successfully managed Scheuch Asia since 2019. Ger...
CSN Cimento is closing in on Brazilian plant acquisition
Brazilian steelmaker CSN is in talks to acquire Cimento Elizabeth for roughly US$250m, the Valor Economico newspaper reports. CSN confirmed the negotiations, without disclosin...
Moroccan deliveries up 69% in May
Cement deliveries by members of Morocco’s cement association, APC, were up 68.5 per cent to 882,785t in May 2021 from 523,848t in May 2020, according to data published by the M...
Taiwan's producers see largely positive results in May
Taiwan’s Hsing Ta Cement has posted an 11.3 per cent YoY decline in revenue to TWD627.35m (US$22.65m) in May, compared to TWD706.92m in the year-ago period. However, in January...
Chile’s cement market expands 32% in April
Cement dispatches in Chile saw a 31.5 per cent hike to 352,817t in April 2021 when compared with 268,319t in April 2020, according to the Chilean Chamber of Construction, CChC....
UK builders merchant announces cement shortages
Travis Perkins is warning that around 40 per cent of its branch network does not have enough cement to supply UK customers. Travis Perkins Chief Operating Officer, Fran...
LafargeHolcim joins the World Ocean Council
In celebration of World Ocean Day, LafargeHolcim joins the World Ocean Council (WOC), a global, cross-sectoral industry alliance committed to sustainable ocean stewardship. Th...
Zambezi Portland Cement allows retail purchases direct from plant
Zambia’s Zambezi Portland Cement has allowed the direct retail purchase of cement from its cement plant to reduce price exploitation in the market. The company’s CEO, Gomeli...
Lucky Cement sees 6% decline in revenue
Taiwan’s Lucky Cement has seen its revenue stay largely flat at TWD357.04m (US$12.87m) in May 2021, compared to TWD357.16m in the year-ago period. In the January-May period, ...
Fancesa considers lowering prices
Bolivia-based Fancesa is looking to lower prices to improve its sales and is changing its selling practices. "Our cement is the most expensive in the entire national territor...
The Concrete Initiative becomes an official partner of the New European Bauhaus vision
The Concrete Initiative (TCI) has been approved as an Official Partner of the New European Bauhaus, an EU initiative and vision for a sustainable built environment based on the...
Argentina's cement market expands 35% YoY in May
Cement consumption in Argentina declined 7.8 per cent MoM to 874,187t in May 2021 but surged 34.8 per cent YoY from 648,543t in May 2020, according to AFCP, the national cement...
MI Cement Factory moves forward with expansion plans
Bangladesh’s MI Cement Factory has reopened its investment plan worth BDT7.70bn (US$91.74m), which will see it set up its sixth production line at its factory in Munshiganj. ...
Semen Padang sees 31% jump in exports to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Semen Indonesia Group subsidiary PT Semen Padang increased its cement and clinker exports to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka by 30.5 per cent YoY to 208,806t in April 2021, up from 16...
Vulcan Materials Co to acquire US Concrete
Vulcan Materials Co and US Concrete Inc have entered into a definitive merger agreement. Vulcan will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of US Concrete common st...
Cement sales stabilise in South Africa in the 3Q20
Sales of cementitious products in South Africa edged up 0.3 per cent in the third quarter of 2020 to 3,457,438t when compared with 3,447,822t in the 3Q19, according to Levitt K...
JSW Group links steel and cement for large project businesses
Following the successful integration of its retail trade across steel and cement into JSW One in the east, the US$12bn JSW Group and India's largest steel producer will now hav...
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