LafargeHolcim to vote on group name change at AGM
At this year's LafargeHolcim AGM, on 4 May 2021, shareholders will be asked to vote on changing the group company name from LafargeHolcim Ltd to Holcim Ltd. As the company tra...
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Orient Cement's INR21bn project cleared to begin
India’s environment ministry has reportedly cleared Orient Cement’s INR21bn (US$280.27m) expansion plan for its Telangana plant, according to the India National Press. In 2...
Ambuja Cement expects to commission Mundwa plant in 3Q21
Ambuja Cement will complete its integrated greenfield cement plant at Mundwa in Rajasthan with învestment of INR23,500m (US$314.4m) in 3Q21. The new plant will enhance the...
LafargeHolcim is moving back towards its roots
LafargeHolcim recently acquired Firestone Building Products as the next move in its restructured building materials portfolio. The US$3.4bn purchase is considered an acquisitio...
Votorantim ends 2020 with net revenue of BRL16.7bn
Votorantim Cimentos ended 2020 with global net revenue of BRL16.7bn (US$2.98bn), an increase of 29 per cent compared to 2019. This result can be primarily explained by the inc...
NCL Industries reports 33% increase in production
India’s NCL Industries has reported a 33 per cent YoY rise in cement production to 691,136t in the 4QFY20-21, compared to 519,339t in the year-ago period. Cement dispatches als...
New Agadir plant to enter production in July
LafargeHolcim’s new cement plant in Souss-Massa, 45km southwest of Agadir, Morocco, is expected to be commissioned at the end of July. The 1.6Mta plant represents an investme...
Qatar National Cement sees 38% rise in sales
Qatar National Cement has reported a 38.4 per cent YoY rise in sales to QAR229.85m (US$63.14m) for the first quarter of 2021, compared to QAR166.1m in the year-ago period. Net...
Votorantim's regional results rise in 2020
According to the National Cement Association (SNIC) cement sales in Brazil grew 11 per cent YoY in 2020, which also boosted the recovery of prices in the local market. The g...
Sacko Holding to build new plant in Mali
Sacko Holding SA, a private Mali-based company, has finalised the funding of a US$300m cement plant in Bema, 30km from Diéma on the Noro du Sahel road, Mali. The company has al...
LafargeHolcim makes changes to Board of Directors
LafargeHolcim has announced changes on its Board of Directors. Oscar Fanjul has decided to step down as Vice-Chairman after serving on the Board of LafargeHolcim since 2015 and...
Lafarge Egypt introduces EcoLabel cement
Lafarge Egypt has announced that it will introducing EcoLabel cement for the first time in Egypt. The new products comply with the group’s green criteria, including having a lo...
Eggersmann Group commissions new RDF/MSW plant
Eggersmann Group has completed the commissioning of the Middle East's first RDF bio-drying project. The 300tpd RDF plant is situated in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. The facility is ...
Birla Cement is to benefit from new open access solar power project
Waaree Energies, India’s largest solar module manufacturer has supplied 330wp & 335wp solar modules for a 28MWp captive solar open access project in Uttar Pradesh that will su...
Central America sees dramatic rise in Vietnamese cement imports
Central American cement imports have grown the most in recent years from Vietnam, given that in 2016 no significant purchases were reported, Vietnam raised its share to 30 per ...
ECEBOL signs contract for natural gas supply
ECEBOL's new plant in Potosí, Bolivia, is expected to be supplied with natural gas by Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) through an 8km pipeline that will conn...
Argentina's cement market expands by 94% in March
Cement demand in Argentina surged by 94 per cent YoY to 974,391t in March 2021 from a low base of 502,368t in March 2020, according to the country’s cement association, AFCP. T...
Maple Leaf Cement Factory increases clinker capacity
Pakistan’s Maple Leaf Cement Factory has expanded clinker capacity at Line 3 of its Iskandarabad plant in Punjab. The brownfield project has boosted the line’s capacity by 500t...
St Marys Cement Bowmanville plant is to install a new wet scrubber
The commissioning of a new wet scrubber at St Marys Cement plant in Bowmanville is expected to result in a significant decrease in emissions. This is the first wet scrubber in...
Bolivian market contracts 24% in January
Cement consumption in Bolivia saw a 24.1 per cent drop to 230,317t in January 2021 from 303,619t in January 2020, according to Bolivia’s national statistics institute, INE. A M...
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