Sri Lankan cement production advances 16% in January
Sri Lanka’s cement output continues to grow following 15.9 per cent YoY growth to 3.93Mt in 2020. In January 2021, the island’s cement manufacturers produced 364,790t of cement...
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Ethiopia's cement sector is on the brink of transition
This week the construction of the Lemi National Cement industrial Complex by East Africa Holdings (National Cement) and West China Cement Ltd in the Amhara region of Ethiopi...
Research company CI4C to investigate use of polysius® pure oxyfuel
The four European cement manufacturers Buzzi Unicem-Dyckerhoff, HeidelbergCement AG, Schwenk Zement KG and Vicat plan to investigate the industrial-scale use of Oxyfuel carbon ...
Togo's new 2.5Mta plant to open next September
CimMetal has provided an update for its 2.5Mta new plant project in Togo. Preliminary works related to construction are now 65 per cent complete and the plant is expected to op...
Bricking Solutions INC and Brokk UK form partnership
Brokk UK was set up in 2000 covering the whole of the UK and Ireland, selling Brokk demolition machines and attachments for use in the demolition/construction and nuclear indu...
Lucky Cement starts commercial operations at Samawah plant
Lucky Cement Ltd has announced the commencement of commercial operations of its Samawah plant in Iraq. The company in a notification to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) ...
Bangladesh cement makers add two bulk carries to fleet
Meghna Group of Industries have launched two of the largest dry bulk carriers, viz MV Meghna Princess & MV Meghna Adventure, on 10 March 2021, at the Chittagong port, Banglade...
Loma Negra reports 21% rise in revenue for 4Q20
Argentina's Loma Negra has announced a 20.6 per cent YoY rise in net revenue to ARS13.26bn (US$160m) for the 4Q20, compared to ARS11bn in the year-ago period. Consolidated adju...
US cement market sees slight expansion in 2020
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement, including imports, in the USA and Puerto Rico increased 13 per cent YoY to 7.5Mt in December 2020, according to the US Geologica...
Breedon announces revenues of GBP928.7m in 2020
Breedon Group Plc has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2020 when it achieved revenues of GBP928.7m (US$1.29bn) and profit before tax of GBP48.1m, dow...
Cementir sees strong regional sales in Turkey
Cementir Holding’s consolidated results for 2020 saw a surge in Turkish local cement demand and exports. This saw an increase in revenues of 53 per cent in local currency and a...
Great Lakes Cement prepares for June start-up
Li Xing Jun, managing director of Great Lakes Cement, said he expected production at the cement plant in Kabimba, Democratic Republic of Congo, to start in June 2021, following...
Breedon Group makes Board appointments
Breedon Group Plc has appointed James Botherton, who joined the group as Chief Financial Officer designate on 1 January 2021, as Chief Financial Officer and Board member as of...
Vecoplan AG joins the RETech Partnership
Vecoplan AG is now a member of the German RETech Partnership, a network of German companies and institutions from the recycling and waste management industry. The network wo...
February sees 14% pick-up in Brazilian cement sales
Cement sales in Brazil increased 14 per cent YoY to 4.7Mt in February 2021, according to the country’s cement association, SNIC. Key drivers of the market expansion were the ma...
Cementir records consolidated cement and clinker sales of 10.7Mt in 2020
Cementir Holding's consolidated results for 2020 saw cement and clinker sales volumes total 10.7Mt, up by 12.9 per cent compared to 2019. This increase was mainly due to the up...
TCK sees 65% rise in profit
Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Tvornica Cementa Kakanj (HeidelbergCement) has reported a 64.5 per cent YoY surge in net profit to BAM23.5m (US$14.29m) in 2020. The company’s operating...
Bolivia’s cement market contracts 4% in December
Bolivian cement demand saw a four per cent YoY and a 4.3 per cent MoM drop to 328,064t in December 2020. In December 2019 consumption reached 341,861t while in November 2020 it...
Cemex to end fossil fuel use at Rugby plant
Cemex is investing US$25m in a new fuel system at Rugby Cement plant in the UK as part of its ‘Future in Action’ programme to achieve carbon neutrality. The new system uses ...
Taiwanese manufacturers report mixed start to 2021
Taiwan’s Lucky Cement has seen a 28.5 per cent fall in revenue to TWD279.07m (US$9.85m) in February 2021, compared to TWD390.29m in the year-ago period. In the first two months...
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