Vietnam sees exports rise 14% YoY
In the first eight months of 2020, Vietnam exported more than 23.5Mt of cement and clinker, an increase of 13.7 per cent YoY. The biggest importers were China (12.6Mt), the ...
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Libya's Zliten plant resumes production
Libya’s Arab Union Construction Company (AUCC) has announced that its Zliten cement factory has resumed production, following a stoppage of more than a month. Production is exp...
Brazil sees robust cement consumption growth in September
Cement sales in Brazil saw a 21.4 per cent hike to 5.8Mt in September 2020 when compared with September 2019, according to SNIC, the country’s cement association. Sales per wo...
Buzzi Unicem proposes mandatory conversion of saving shares into ordinary shares
Buzzi Unicem has announced its intention to convert savings shares into ordinary shares to streamline and simplifying the capital structure of Buzzi Unicem SpA, as well as at r...
Taiwanese manufacturers report 9M20 results
Taiwan Cement Corp has seen a 3.7 per cent YoY fall in September revenue to TWD9.75bn (US$340.96m) from TWD10.12bn in the same month last year. In the first nine months of 2020...
Hoffmann Green Cement signs supply contract with Cemex
Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies has signed a three-year contract with Cemex France to supply low-carbon and clinker-free cements on the ready-mix market. For the Ile-de-F...
MI Cement Factory postpones expansion plan
The MI Cement Factory Ld (MICFL) in Bangladesh informed the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on 11 October that the Board of Directors of the company, have approved the postponement...
Gebr Pfeiffer's Indian subsidiary celebrates 20th anniversary
On 26 September 2020, the oldest of Gebr Pfeiffer's seven international subsidiaries celebrated its 20th anniversary. Employees of Gebr Pfeiffer (India) Private Ltd, based in N...
Nuvoco celebrates 'International Day of the Girl Child'
Nuvoco Cement celebrated 'International Day Of Girl Child' on 11 October 2020. Nuvoco's commitment towards women empowerment and contribution to the life of adolescent girls w...
Two cement CEOs discuss CO2 reduction
This week the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) held a plenary session with invited guests Jan Jenisch, LafargeHolcim CEO, Mahendra Singhi, CEO of Dalmia Cement (Bh...
Two applications for new capacity at Dera Ghazi Khan
Two of Pakistan's leading cement manufacturers are seeking environmental approval from the Environment Protection Department (EPD), Government of Punjab, for setting up a ceme...
Tajikistan reports 4% rise in cement production
Tajikistan has produced more than 2.8Mt in the first eight months of 2020, representing a rise of 3.5 per cent YoY over the 8M19. There are 13 companies currently producing ...
Ramco Cements inaugurates new grinding unit
India’s Ramco Cements has commissioned its new 0.9Mta grinding unit in Odisha. The plant represents an investment of INR7.1bn (US$97m). The company had been marketing around...
JK Cement commissions 0.7Mta Gujarat unit
India’s JK Cement has commissioned and begun commercial dispatches from its new Gujarat unit. "The company has successfully commissioned 0.7Mta of grey cement grinding capac...
Steppe Cement sees 5% revenue increase for the 3Q20
Kazakhstan’s Steppe Cement saw a 5.2 per cent YoY increase in revenue to KZT11.11bn (US$26m) for the 3Q20, up from KZT10.56bn a year earlier. However, its sales volume decli...
PCA promotes Portland-limestone cement
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has launched a new initiative promoting the sustainable benefits of Portland-limestone cement (PLC). Manufactured with more limestone th...
Indonesian cement demand drops 9% in August
Indonesian cement consumption in August declined 8.9 per cent to 5.86Mt in August 2020 when compared to August 2019, according to the Indonesian cement association, ASI. MoM a ...
GCCA highlights clean energy transition and biodiversity
At the second day of the Global Cement and Concrete Association's (GCCA) annual conference, cement producers were advised to be optimistic about the challenge of creating cle...
Universal Cement Corp sees 9% rise in revenue in 9M20
Taiwan’s Universal Cement Corp saw a 15.3 per cent YoY rise in revenue in September 2020 to TWD450.89m (US$15.73m) from TWD391.2m in the same month last year. In the first nin...
CemProspects reports major developments in petcoke and freight
The CemProspects online conference continued yesterday by considering the major developments for the freight and petcoke markets going forwards. Starting with freight, Guy Hi...
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