Vietnam produces 90.3Mt of cement in 11M20
Vietnam is estimated to have produced 90.3Mt of cement in the first 11 months of 2020, up 3.4 per cent YoY, according to data from the country’s General Statistics Office. I...
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Metallurgical Industries sells 6.4m shares in Tourah Portland Cement
Egypt’s Metallurgical Industries Holding has reportedly sold 6.4m shares in Tourah Portland Cement. The share sale has a value of EGP45.7m (US$2.91m). Tourah Portland also r...
Gulf Cement Co approves capital reduction
The ordinary general meeting of UAE-based Gulf Cement Co has approved a 50 per cent capital reduction to AED410.55m (US$111.79m) from AED821.1m, as a result of the company’s ac...
LafargeHolcim launch water-resistant cement in Bangladesh
LafargeHolcim Bangladesh has launched its Holcim Water project, a customised solution of water-resistant cement for the local cement market. The specially-designed cement redu...
HeidelbergCement to move Italcementi's research centre to Germany
HeidelbergCement, parent company of Italcementi, is planning to move the Bergamo research centre to Germany, according to reports in Italia Oggi. The step is part of the compa...
Hanson UK warned over Cement Data Order breach
Hanson (HeidelbergCement group) has been warned by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for inadvertently releasing sensiitve market information when it made a payment ...
Innovations driving clinker reduction
Advances in clinker reduction and the emergence of new and innovative technologies to produce supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), was the subject of another highly eng...
Lucky Cement orders dual-fuel engines from Wärtsilä
Pakistan’s Lucky Cement has signed a contract with Wärtsilä for the supply of a combined cycle power plant with additional engine generating sets for its plant in Pezu, Khyber ...
Shiva Cement awards thyssenkrupp Industries India a 4000tpd kiln line project
thyssenkrupp Industries India has won a EUR22m contract from Shiva Cement (JSW Cement Ltd) for a 4000tpd kiln line in Odisha, India. Vivek Bhatta, MD and CEO of thyssenkrup...
YTL Corp posts 18% rise in revenue
Malaysia’s YTL Corp has posted an 18.2 per cent MoM increase in revenue to MYR4.2bn (US$1.03bn) for the third quarter of 2020, compared with MYR3.5bn in the 2Q20. Pre-tax pro...
Sharjah Cement signs SRF supply contract
UAE-based Sharjah Cement Factory has signed a contract with Bee'ah, a leading environmental management company, for the supply of alternative fuel from Bee’ah’s SRF plant. A...
Carbon8 makes new appointment to the Board
Carbon8 Systems has appointed Paul Collins to the Board of Directors. Carbon8 is a UK-based company that invented and owns a process that combines industrial waste and residue...
Tokyo Cement (Lanka) announces expansion plans
Sri Lanka’s Tokyo Cement Co (Lanka) has recently entered into an investment agreement with the country’s Board of Investment for a plant expansion project. The company is expec...
ACICO Cement awards Cemengal second cement grinding unit contract
Cemengal has been awarded the contract for the supply a second cement grinding unit by ACICO Cement, Kuwait. The contract includes a 5200 Kws ball mill, fully engineered by C...
thyssenkrupp invests in Reno service centre
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (USA) Inc is investing in a new service centre in Reno, Nevada, to bring field service expertise, machining, fabrication and refurbishment cap...
Uzbekistan's Ministry of Energy denies reports about electricity supply
The Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan has denied reports regarding the cessation of electricity supply to certain cement producers. According to the dispatch centre, the Akha...
ASEC signs O&M contract with Al-Takamol Cement
Arab Swiss Engineering Co (ASEC) has signed a signing a 3-year contract for the operation and maintenance of Al-Takamol Cement’s 1.6Mta facility, located north of Khartoum city...
Tanzania cement plants inspected for hoarded cement
Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa on Saturday ordered all regional commissioners to inspect all cement factories in the country and prosecute owners found hoarding the ...
Indonesian industry to face continued overcapacity challenge
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen Indonesian cement sales drop throughout most of 2020 with October sales down 9.7 per cent YoY. Moreover, demand is predicted to fall 11 per cent ...
CRH posts 2% rise in EBITDA for 9M20
CRH has reported a three per cent like-for-like (LfL) decrease in its sales to US$20.6bn for the nine-month period to the end of September 2020, maintaining the level of sales ...
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