LafargeHolcim Bangladesh posts 3% increase in net sales
LafargeHolcim Bangladesh recorded a three per cent rise in net sales during the third quarter of this year, increasing to BDT3.655bn (US$43.09m) from BDT3.558bn in the 3Q19. ...
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PPC sees group revenue decline 2% YoY
South Africa-based PPC has seen its group revenue decline two per cent YoY to ZAR10.241bn (US$618.23m) in the year ending 31 March 2020, compared with ZAR10.494bn in the previo...
Cembureau welcomes European Commission's Renovation Wave
Cembureau, the European Cement Association, welcomes the publication of the European Commission's Renovation Wave. "The renovation wave provides the EU with a unique oppo...
Yanbu Cement sees a 33% rise in net profit
Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu Cement has seen a 5.4 per cent YoY increase in revenue to SAR240m (US$64m) for the third quarter of 2020, against SAR227.97m in the 3Q19. The company al...
INC raises cement price
Paraguayan cement producer INC has increased the price of a bag of cement by PYG2500 (US$0.42). The company is now selling cement for PYG39,800/bag. The company has attribute...
Peru's cement producers see 10% rise in local dispatches in September
Cement consumption in Peru remained largely stable at 1.018Mt in September 2020 when compared with August 2020 and increased 10 per cent YoY. Of this total, local dispatches ac...
Raysut Cement reports 5% fall in revenue
Oman’s Raysut Cement has announced its unaudited results for the 9M20, reporting a five per cent YoY fall in revenue to OMR65.24m (US$169.67m) from OMR62.13m in the year-ago pe...
Chryso acquires majority stake in APTEX
The Chryso Group has signed of an agreement to acquire a majority stake in APTEX, a Moroccan construction chemicals company. The Chryso brand has made construction chemicals f...
Dalmia Cement announces CFO resignation
India’s Dalmia Cement (Bharat) has announced the resignation of Jayesh Nagindas Doshi from the position of whole-time director and chief financial officer. The board has app...
TCMB appoints new CEO
As of 13 October 2020, Volkan Bozay was appointed CEO of the Turkish Cement Manufacturers' Association (TÇMB). He succeeds Ismail Bulut, who will continue his activities as an ...
LafargeHolcim expands carbon capture projects
LafargeHolcim's portfolio of carbon capture projects was strengthened with the US Department of Energy's national Energy Laboratory Technology’s (DOE-NETL) announcement that it...
Premier Cement sets date for production at new units
Bangladesh’s Premier Cement is yet to begin production at two of its new manufacturing units despite being fully-prepared in March, as a few key foreign experts and employees c...
Raysut Cement acquires 75% stake in Maldives terminal
Oman’s Raysut Cement Co has announced that its has acquired a 75 per cent stake in LafargeHolcim’s cement terminal at Thilafushi Island in the Maldives. As a result, it has for...
Cemex secures green financing
Cemex SA de CV has closed the amendment process under its facilities agreement, dated 19 July 2017. Cemex is extending US$1.1bn of term loan maturities by three years from 2022...
Lafarge Africa looks to scale-up Nigeria's road infrastructure
LafargeHolcim Africa hosted a webinar on approaches to rapidly upscaling Nigeria's Economic Infrastructure, yesterday. Nigeria’s Honourable Minister of Works & Housing Guest o...
No more plastic cement packaging in Tunisia
Tunisia’s Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines has repealed its joint order with the Ministry of Commerce that authorises the packaging of cement in plastic bags. The decis...
Kenya cement consumption sees 8M20 record high
Kenya's cement consumption for the 8M20 has hit a decade-high of 4.37Mt, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Consumption rose by 11 per cent form the 3.95Mt ...
Cement sales in Puerto Rico up 38% in September
Cement sales in Puerto Rico increased 38.4 per cent YoY in September, according to the country’s statistics institute. A total of 1.41m bags of 94 pounds, or 60,119t, was sold,...
Secil Group award thyssenkrupp modernisation project
Secil Group has awarded thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions SAS (France) a contract for the modernisation of its 2Mta Outão cement plant in Setúbal, south of Lisbon, Portugal. ...
Cilas de Biskra exports 50,000t of clinker to Gabon
Algeria-based cement producer Cilas de Biskra has exported a shipment of 50,000t of clinker from Annaba to Gabon, according to Hafid Ouchiche, export director of LafargeHolcim ...
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