Cemex Maceo plant has environmental licence modified
The Regional Autonomous Corporation of Antioquia has notified Cemex Colombia that the modification of the environmental licence of the Maceo plant in Antioquia has been approve...
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Kohat Cement to set up Punjab cement plant
Kohat Cement Co Ltd has announced that its Board of Directors have approved, subject to all regulatory approvals, setting up a 7800-10,000tpd cement manufacturing plant (along...
Cemex expands ready-mix portfolio in Texas
Cemex USA is expanding its operations in Texas with the acquisition of a ready-mix business in San Antonio. Cemex acquired the ready-mix assets of Beck Readymix Concrete Co ...
Peruvian demand up 18% YoY in January
Cement dispatches in Peru increased 18 per cent YoY to 1.059Mt in January 2021 from 0.895Mt in January 2020, reports Peruvian cement association, Asocem. Its members increased ...
Cementos Pacasmayo sees 27% revenue increase in 4Q20
Peru’s Cementos Pacasmayo has announced a 27.1 per cent rise in revenue to PEN475.3m (US$130.4m) in the 4Q20, compared with PEN374m in the final quarter of 2019. Consolidated E...
Moroccan market contracts 12% in January
Cement deliveries in Morocco by members of the country’s cement association, APC, saw a 12.3 per cent drop in January 2021, according to data published by the Ministry of Urban...
Cemex Philippines records net income of PHP98m in 2020
Cemex Holdings Philippines Inc reported a 23 per cent weaker net income of PHP985m (US$20.54m) in 2020 from PHP1.3bn in 2019, as the coronavirus impacted its operating earnings...
Niraj Cement makes new appointments to the Board
The Board of Niraj Cement Structurals Ltd has appointed Vishram Rudre as an additional (managing) director of the company, at its meeting held on 13 February 2021. Sudhakar Tan...
El Salvador market contracts 8% in 10M20
Apparent cement consumption in El Salvador in the January-October 2020 period declined 8.3 per cent to 25,558,640 bags of 42.5kg, or 1.086Mt, according to the country’s constru...
Northern Cement reports 37% rise in net income
Jordan’s Northern Cement has reported a 24 per cent decline in revenue to JOD37.19m (US$52.46m) in 2020, compared with JOD48.94m in the previous year. Gross profit advanced 29...
Yamama Cement reports revenues of SAR211m in FY20
Saudi Arabia’s Yamama Cement (YSCC) registered revenue of SAR211m (US$56m) in FY20,a YoY drop of 10.8 per cent. Cement sales volumes for 4Q20 reached at 1.19Mt. Gross profit an...
Flying Cement completes Punjab WHR plant
The Flying Cement Co Ltd updated the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that it has achieved another key milestone. Company Secretary, Shahid Ahmad Awan, stated that the company ha...
Hanil Cement improves drilling efficiency
Hanil Cement opted to invest in an intelligent Epiroc SmartROC T35 surface drill rig from Epiroc for use at its limestone quarry near Danyang, in the north-eastern region of So...
Buzzi Unicem reports stable 2020 volumes in spite of pandemic
This week, Buzzi Unicem released its FY20 preliminary results. The Italian-based cement producer announced cement volumes of 29.3Mt, a YoY rise of 0.4 per cent despite the diff...
Brazilian market off to good start in January 2021
Brazilian cement demand increased by 10.1 per cent YoY and 7.3 per cent MoM to 5.03Mta in January 2021, according to the country’s cement association, SNIC. Sales per working d...
Cemex reports 10% rise in 4Q20 cement volumes
Cemex S AB de CV reports that in the 4Q20 EBITDA grew by double-digit growth YoY. Consolidated net sales increased by nine per cent to US$3.537bn, an increase of one per cent ...
ACC posts 73% YoY rise in net profit
India’s ACC (LafargeHolcim) has reported a 73 per cent rise in net profit to INR4.72bn (US$64.82m) in the December quarter, compared to INR2.73bn in the year-ago period. Revenu...
Ras Al Khaimah Cement reports 9% decline in profit
UAE-based Ras Al Khaimah Cement Co has reported a nine per cent decline in net profit to AED50.71m (US$13.8m) last year, compared to AED55.71m in 2019. The company's revenue ...
National Cement 5000tpd clinker line construction advances
After one year of construction activity and despite the pandemic situation, National Cement's 1.65Mta Ragland Cement plant modernisation project is progressing well and is on ...
Cemex Latam Holdings announces 4Q20 EBITDA fall of 1%
Cemex Latam Holdings SA reported that the company's consolidated net sales and EBITDA in the 4Q20 fell by three and one per cent, respectively, compared to the 4Q19. Jesú...
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