LafargeHolcim joins SBTi and sets new 2030 CO2 targets
LafargeHolcim has joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) “Business Ambition for 1.5°C,” becoming the first global building materials company to sign the pledge wit...
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Cementos Fortaleza inaugurates Progreso plant
Elementia-owned Cementos Fortaleza inaugurated its new US$25m cement plant in Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico. Yucatan state governor, Mauricio Vila Dosal, and Elementia CEO, Jaime R...
Roanoke Cement honoured in PCA's Energy and Environment awards
The cement industry recognised Roanoke Cement Company (RCC) (Titan America) with top honours for Outreach in the 2020 Portland Cement Association (PCA) Cement Industry Energy a...
HeidelbergCement Schelklingen plant receives Germany's highest bucket elevator
Germany-based Beumer Group has commissioned Germany’s highest bucket elevator at HeidelbergCement’s Schelklingen plant near Ulm. The order is part of a project by thyssenkrupp ...
High Court orders removal of Birla Corp director
India’s Calcutta High Court has restricted Harsh Vardhan Lodha from holding any position in MP Birla Group companies with immediate effect. As a result, he will no longer be th...
A new focus for HeidelbergCement
HeidelbergCement's 2020 Capital Markets Day – 'Beyond 2020' set out many ambitious forward targets for the global building materials company as it looks to strengthen its core ...
Cemex Ventures to work with Carbon Clean on affordable carbon capture
Cemex Ventures (Cemex group) has signed an agreement with Carbon Clean, a leader in low-cost modular carbon dioxide capture and separation technology, aimed at developing a car...
Caribbean Cement may resume exports soon
Jamaica-based Caribbean Cement Co Ltd is awaiting the right conditions to resume cement exports. The Rockfort plant has excess capacity, despite sustained local demand for ceme...
The PCA awards Holly Hill plant with Land Stewardship Award
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has awarded LafargeHolcim's Holly Hill cement plant in South Carolina, USA, with its 2020 Land Stewardship award. The annual honour recogn...
Taiheiyo Cement to transfer equity stake in Qinhuangdao Asano Cement
Japan-based Taiheiyo Cement announced that it would transfer the 71.99 per cent equity stake in its Chinese consolidated subsidiary Qinhuangdao Asano Cement to China's Qinhuang...
HeidelbergCement to end clinker production in Leimen
HeidelbergCement announced the shutdown of clinker production at its cement plant in Leimen in Germany’s Rhine-Neckar region by the end of 2022 or beginning of 2023 as limesto...
HeidelbergCement reveals its 'Beyond 2020' strategy
Dr Dominik von Achten, CEO of HeidelbergCement announced the company’s ambitious new strategy ‘Beyond 2020’ in its Capital Markets Day live webinar yesterday. HeidelbergCement ...
ASI welcomes new factories in eastern Indonesia only
With two new cement plants starting operations in Grobogan, Central Java, and Jember, East Java, Indonesia, domestic producers are expected to see a drop in capacity utilisatio...
Vietnam's cement and clinker exports rise in August
Vietnam exported 4.2Mt of cement and clinker worth US$148.3m in August, rising 31.4 per cent MoM in volume and 24.3 per cent in value, according to the General Department of Vi...
Kyzylkumcement sees net profit rise 71%
Uzbekistan’s Kyzylkumcement saw a net profit of US$20.3m in January-June 2020, rising 70.9 per cent YoY. Revenue also advanced 12.4 per cent to US$97.1m. In the 1H20 the pla...
Breedon Group PLC announces GBP581m revenues for first eight months trading
Breedon Group Plc delivered revenues for the first eight months of the year of GBP531m (2019: GBP624m), including a one-month contribution from its recently-acquired Cemex asse...
Gazakh Cement commissions upgraded kiln line
Azerbaijan’s Gazakh Cement has successfully commissioned the upgrade project of its clinker kiln line, according to Trend. "The project comprised an upgrade of the raw mill,...
TCMA signs an MoU on clinker substitution with government ministries and 16 organisations
The Thai Cement Manufacturers Association (TCMA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with several ministries and 16 organisations to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) em...
Sri Lanka cement production and imports see sharp rise in June
Sri Lanka's cement production and imports recovered in June by 42.6 per cent YoY, according to Central Bank data. In June cement imports also grew by a record 58.9 per cent ...
Bestway reports 31% drop in FY19-20 turnover
Pakistan-based Bestway Cement reported a gross turnover of PKR63.7bn (US$383.4m) in the financial year ended 30 June 2020, down 19 per cent YoY when compared with PKR79bn in FY...
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