ACC and Ambuja partner to research sustainable solutions
India’s ACC and Ambuja Cement (LafargeHolcim) has partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) to develop green and sustainable building solutions, according...
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Yanbu Cement sees revenue increase 5%
Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu Cement has reported a 5.4 per cent rise in revenue to SAR292.4m (US$77.97m) for the first quarter of 2021, compared to SAR277.4m in the year-ago period. ...
CRH to change name of subsidiary to Romcim
CRH will change the name of its Romanian subsidiary to Romcim from 5 May. The name change is in keeping with the group’s strategy to operate trusted local brands in each of its...
LafargeHolcim looks to divest Brazilian assets
LafargeHolcim is reportedly exploring the sale of its Brazilian unit, which consists of 12 plants, according to people close to the matter. The company has hired Banco Itau B...
Calix and AdBri to build first zero-emission lime plant
Calix and Adelaide Brighton (Adbri Ltd) are to develop a lime project with CO 2 capture and multi-fuel options In Australia. The project represents a world-first development ...
Ciments de Bizerte sees 61% rise in 1Q revenues
Tunisia-based Les Ciments de Bizerte advanced its total revenues to TND40.2m (US$14.7m) in the 1Q221, up 61 per cent when compared with TND25m in January-March 2020. The comp...
FLSmidth awarded contract at Norcem Brevik
The well-known carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at Norcem Brevik in Norway is progressing with HeidelbergCement and FLSmidth having signed an agreement for FLSmidth to...
Belarusian Cement BUCE’s No 2 exporter in 1Q21
Belarusian Cement Co was named the second-largest exporter on the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange in the first quarter of 2021, according to BUCE spokesperson Roman Yan...
Moody Investors Service upgrades HeidelbergCement's rating
Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded HeidelbergCement’s long-term issuer rating to Baa2 from Baa3. Concurrently, the rating agency has upgraded the backed short term rating ...
GCCA to expand Innovandi initiative with Open Challenge
To mark World Creativity and Innovation Day, the Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA) is announcing the expansion of its innovation programme, Innovandi, to encompass a...
Holcim Mexico to launch eco-labels
Holcim México has launched new eco-labels, EcoEtiquetas, to improve customer communication and make the environmental benefits of its products and construction solutions more t...
Taiheiyo Cement Corp to work with Carbon Clean on carbon capture plant
Japanese cement producer Taiheiyo Cement Corp will implement technology for CO 2 capture from the flue gas of rotary cement kilns in the first, 10tpd demonstration plant ...
Swiss 1Q cement deliveries down 1%
Cement deliveries in Switzerland (including Liechtenstein) slipped 1.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2021 when compared to the 1Q20, which was the last not fully affected by...
TürkCimento’s DigitalCem discusses the way to a net zero emission future
TürkCimento, the Turkish cement association, hosted Digitalcem from 20-21 April 2021 and covered discussions in decarbonisation in its opening session and the current state of ...
Yamama Cement to move 10,000tpd kiln line to new site
Yamama Cement Co’s board of directors decided, in a meeting on 19 April 2021, to transfer and install the No 7 line from the company’s old production site in the south of Riya...
Power Cement posts surge in revenue
Pakistan’s Power Cement has seen its revenue surge 341 per cent to PKR10.96bn (US$71.39m) in the nine-month period ended 31 March, compared to PKR2.65bn in the year-ago period....
Yanbu Cement provides update on line modernisation
Saudi Arabia-based Yanbu Cement Co has delivered an updated related to its project which required the shutdown of its fourth line in February. The line modernisation has reac...
CimMetal to expand into Togo's cement market
In September 2020 Cim Métal Group’s CEO Inoussa Kanazoé started marketing cement from its Togolese subsidiary. Already active in Burkina Faso with CimFaso and Cimasso, as w...
ACC reports 74% rise in profit for the 1Q21
India's ACC (LafargeHolcim) has reported a 74 per cent rise in net profit for the first quarter of 2021, rising to INR5.63bn (US$75.33m) from INR3.23bn in the year-ago period. ...
Vietnam sales slip 9% in March
Cement sales in Vietnam slipped nine per cent YoY to 5.903Mt in March 2021, according to the Vietnam National Cement Association (VNCA). Sales by VICEM and its affiliates were ...
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