Indonesia's cement sales fall 10% in 2020
Indonesia's 2020 domestic cement sales were recorded at 62.7Mt. The Indonesian Cement Association (ASI) reports the sales represent a fall by 10.4 per cent from 2019 sales of ...
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Raysut Cement Co begins construction of 9MW WHR system
Oman’s Raysut Cement Co has begun construction of a new 9MW waste heat recovery (WHR) system at its plant in Salalah. The project is expected to contribute to the company’s ...
Udaipur Cement Works sees sales rise 15%
India’s Udaipur Cement Works has seen its net profit surge to INR155.5m (US$2.13m) in the quarter ending 31 December 2020, compared to INR9.7m in the year-ago period. Sales a...
Hoffman Green Cement launches construction second plant
Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies (HGCT) has started work on the construction of its second cement plant, which represents an investment of EUR22m. Located in Bournezeau in t...
Nuvoco Vistas Corp launch InstaMix Xpress in Bhutan
Nuvoco Vistas Corp Ltd of India has released its InstaMix Xpress product in Bhutan. InstaMix Xpress is a pre-mixed, ready-to-use, bagged, dry concrete supply. The premium-qu...
Cemex Philippines' US$235m project reaches milestone
Cemex Philippines' US$235m project has reached a milestone as the company has lifted the rotary kiln into place for its new line. Upon completion, the 1.5Mta expansion at Solid...
Ciments Calcia one step closer to Airvault modernisation
Ciments Calcia, part of the HeidelbergCement Group, moved one step closer to the modernisation of its Airvault plant as the local community council approved the revision of the...
Vietnam sees exports rise 14% in 2020
Vietnam exported over 3.6Mt of cement and clinker worth US$135m in December 2020, up 15.3 per cent MoM in volume and 10.8 per cent YoY in value, according to the General Depart...
Cbb makes 2025 growth plan
Chile-based Cbb looks forward to 2025 with optimism, said the company’s Corporate General Manager, Enrique Elsaca Hirmas, after a year that saw the impact of the coronavirus pa...
The TCMB changes its identity to TURKCIMENTO
The Turkish Cement Manufacturers' Association (TÇMB) has a new identity and logo. In future, the organisation will be known under the name of T ÜRKÇİMENTO , representing a tot...
CCB Cement is awarded Concrete Sustainability Council's Silver certification
Cementir Holding announces that CCB Cement, its Belgian subsidiary, has been awarded the Concrete Sustainability Council’s Silver certification. Cementir says, this recognition...
Damani family increases stake in India Cements
Radhakishan Damani and Gopikishan Damani have increased their stake in India Cements during the October-December 2020 quarter. Radhakishan Damani increased his stake by 0.54...
Cherat Cement Co plans Line No 1 modernisation
Cherat Cement Co Ltd has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that the Board of Directors in its meeting held on 18 January 2021, decided to undertake balacing, modernisation...
Indocement targets 4% sales growth
HeidelbergCement-owned PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk is targeting a four per cent sales volume growth this year on the condition that the business world will resume operat...
Onyx Group to begin operations at 3.6Mta plant this year
Sri Lanka’s Onyx Group is expecting to commence operations at its new grinding plant this year, according to Nandana Lokuwithana, chairman of the group. The US$100m project i...
World Cement Association Committees set their 2021 agenda
The World Cement Association’s Professional Committees (Safety & Health, Environment & Climate Change and Technology & Innovation) announced their goals for the global cement i...
Peru cement market expands 12% YoY in December
Domestic dispatches in Peru increased 12 per cent YoY from 0.979Mt in December 2019 to 1.098Mt in December 2020, according to the country’s cement association, Asocem. Cement...
Pakistani cement exports fall 9% in December
Cement exports from Pakistan saw an 8.6 per cent YoY decline to US$19.253m in December when compared with US$21 in December 2019, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics...
ACC and Ambuja Cements looks to optimise supply chain
India’s ACC Ltd and Ambuja Cements have contracted Blue Yonder, a leading digital supply chain provider, to implement a supply chain optimisation and digitalisation process. ...
IKN achieves first clinker from CBR Antoing plant
IKN received as a special present the first clinker from the modified calciner and IKN cooler installed in Cimenteries CBR's Antoing plant in Belgium on Christmas Eve. ...
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