Maple Leaf looks to expand WHR capacity
Pakistan’s Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd has announced plans to expand capacity at its waste heat recovery plant to 25MW from 16MW. The project is expected to be worth INR1....
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CimCo to receive loan for Togo project
Cimenterie de Côte Ouest-Africaine (CimCo) is expected to receive a XOF20bn (US$35.62m) loan from the West African Development Bank (BOAD) for its project in Lomé, Togo. The lo...
India Cements expects improvement
India Cements’ Managing Director, N Srinivasan, has announced that the company expects an improvement in performance going forwards. "With further relaxation of lockdown mea...
Freightliner wins Tarmac train haulage contract
Freightliner has announced that it has been awarded a new contract with Tarmac to haul trains from Tarmac’s Tunstead site, Derbyshire, and services from Tarmac’s West Country ...
Holcim Philippines offers one-day concrete for road projects
Holcim Philippines is looking to fast-track road projects outside the National Capital region by making its one-day SuperFast-Crete concrete available to contractors in governm...
BillerudKorsnäs reduces CO2 emissions by 5.4Mta
A study led by Peter Holmgren, forestry specialist and former Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), shows that BillerudKorsnäs' sales of ...
Elementia commissions Yucatan plant
Mexico's Cementos Fortaleza ( Elementia) inaugurated its new grinding plant in Yucatan last Friday, together with the governor of Yucatan, Mauricio Vila Dosal , the mayor ...
CTP Team wins an EPC contract with Secil Group for a WHR system
Italy's CTP Team has signed a turnkey EPC contract with Secil Group for a new WHR system at Outão Cement factory in Portugal. The project consists of providing a customised s...
Union Bridge plant wins PCA's Overall Environmental Excellence Award
Lehigh Hanson is proud to announce its cement plant in Union Bridge, Maryland, has won the Overall Environmental Excellence Award as part of the 2020 Energy and Environment Aw...
West China Cement provides update on cement project
Following West China Cement’s acquisition of 97.5 per cent of equity interest in Kangding Paomashan Cement Ltd in July 2020, it has now provided an update on the cement project...
Emirates RDF set to begin production
Emirates RDF, a partnership between leading water treatment expert Besi, Griffin Refineries and Tech Group Eco, has announced that it is set to start the production of alternat...
Lindner Recyclingtech holds groundbreaking ceremony for new headquarters
Waste process and shredding technology specialists, Linder-Recyclingtech celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for its new factory premises on 18 September 2020. The company i...
Quinn Industrial Holdings to change name to Mannok
Quinn Industrial Holdings and the Quinn Building Products and Quinn Packaging brands are rebranding to Mannok after tthe culmination of a five-year transformation programme an...
Pathways to industry decarbonisation
With major cement producers such as LafargeHolcim declaring their commitment to carbon-neutrality by 2050, Cemtech's first virtual conference "Decarbonising the cement industry...
The GCCA participates in UN Secretary-General's Climate Action roundtable
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) participated in the UN Secretary-General’s high-level roundtable on climate action, joining world leaders as a part of the 7...
Cemtech sets out to digitally optimise the cement sector
The fourth and final day of Cemtech’s decarbonisation conference featured two sessions on the digital plant and energy process optimisation. The morning began with Javier Ga...
Cemex's targets 55% fall in CO2 emissions in Europe by 2030
Cemex SAB de CV has announced that it is the first company in the cement sector to target a CO 2 reduction in its European operations of at least 55 per cent by 2030. Cemex we...
Wenxi Jidong Haitian Cement completes mine restoration
China’s Wenxi Jidong Haitian Cement has restored one of its mines by investing around CNY4m (US$586,000) over three years to plant 20,000 trees and grow enough grass to cover 1...
Egypt's cement sector sees a 60% fall in cement demand
The cement industry in Egypt is expected to come under heightened strain following a 60 per cent decline in cement demand for the first time in the sector's history, says Prof...
Flying Cement appoints new director
Pakistan’s Flying Cement Co has announced the resignation of Waqar Zahid, a director of the company, effective from 10 September 2020. Following Mr Zahid’s departure, the comp...
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