More jobs to go at South Ferriby
Another 26 jobs will go at Cemex's mothballed South Ferriby Cement plant after a review of the tanker fleet. The plant in north Lincolnshire, UK, lost 110 jobs last month and t...
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JK Cement WhiteMaxX is launched
JK White Cement has launched a brand refresh and a new avatar that now reads 'JK Cement WhiteMaxX'. The new brand is designed to offer a contemporary and differentiated identit...
Egyptian cement demand has fallen 20% since May
Since Egypt's Ministry of Local Development (MLD) suspended building licences for six months in the governorates of Greater Cairo (Cairo-Giza-Qalyubia), Alexandria, and provinc...
Puerto Rican cement sales rise in July
Puerto Rican cement sales increased 23.8 per cent YoY in July 2020, rising to 1.42m (42.5kg) bags from 1.15m bags in the corresponding period of 2019, according to Sin Comillas...
Azerbaijan sees cement production decline 3% YoY
Azerbaijan saw the value of construction materials produced in the country fall 4.8 per cent YoY to AZN426.7m (US$250.9m) in the first seven months of 2020, according to the St...
Mayur Resources has 20-year mining lease approved
Mayur Resources' Central Cement & Lime Project (CCL) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a major step closer to development with the PNG Government announcing it has granted the proje...
Imerys set to acquire 60% stake in refractory supplier
France-based Imerys has signed an agreement for the acquisition of a 60 per cent stake in Turkey’s Haznedar Group, a high-grade monolithic refractories and refractory brick man...
Tvornica Cementa Kakanj benefits from CEMTEC classifier upgrade
A new cement classifier at Tvornica Cementa Kakanj (HeidelbergCement group) located in the heart of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been in successful operation since 2019. The cl...
Vietnamese export volumes rise 11% in the 7M20
Vietnam exported 19.5Mt of cement and clinker worth US$732m in the first seven months of 2020, up 11.4 per cent YoY in volume but down 5.4 per cent in value, according to Dau T...
Turkish cement exports to Germany rose 4.2% in the 1H20
The export of cement from Turkey to Germany increased 4.2 per cent from January-July 2020 compared to the same period of 2019, exceeding US$140.4m, reported the Turkish Ministr...
Misr Beni Suef Cement records 84% rise in profit
Egypt’s Misr Beni Suef Cement Co has seen its profit rise 84 per cent YoY to EGP29.5m (US$1.85m) during the second quarter of 2020, against EGP16m in the 2Q19. The company a...
Waste Knot Energy to operate new alternative fuel pellet plant in the UK
Waste Knot Energy (Waste Knot) has secured funding from Gresham House's British Strategic Investment Fund (BSIF) to build its first fuel pelleting plant in Middlesbrough, UK. T...
Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe ordered to shut plant by EMA
The Environmental Management Agency ordered Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe (LafargeHolcim group) to close its 0.45Mta Manresa plant last week, because of abnormal dust discharges. La...
Burnpur Cement sees net revenue down 2% YoY
India’s Burnpur Cement has reported a standalone net loss of INR163.9m (US$2.19m) in the first quarter of FY20-21, compared to an INR18.4m loss in the year-ago period. Net ...
Votorantim Cimentos 2Q20 cement sales edge up
Votorantim Cimentos released its results for the 2Q20, announcing that the company’s cement sales volumes reached 7.5Mt, up 0.3 per cent on the 7.4Mt sold in the 2Q19. Net reve...
Bangladesh's cement sector sees signs of recovery in demand
Premier Cement of Bangladesh has reported that the cement sector has been showing some signs of recovery for the last two months, despite the coronavirus pandemic. The sector ...
Malbaza Cement to open new quarry
Malbaza Cement Co intends to open a new quarry to obtain limestone, sand and clay in Malbaza, Niger. The opening of the new quarry is planned as the old deposits are being ex...
Uzbekistan's cement capacity reportedly set to rise 60% YoY
Uzbekistan’s cement production capacity will rise to 20Mta by the end of 2020, up 60 per cent YoY from 12.5Mta at the end of 2019, according to Ulugbek Abrayev, deputy chair of...
NTPC begins the bulk supply of fly ash from new unit
NTPC, India’s largest energy conglomerate, has begun the bulk supply of fly ash to cement plants from its new Rihand project in Uttar Pradesh. "NTPC Ltd has developed an inf...
Namibia’s cement sales affected by COVID-19
The lack of economic activity due to the coronavirus pandemic has affected cement sales by Ohorongo Cement, said Frankleen Alberts, the company’s customer relations and public ...
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