Ambuja Cements reports 12% increase in net profit
India’s Ambuja Cements reported a 12 per cent YoY rise in consolidated net profit to INR5.54bn (US$73.73m) for the quarter ending 31 March, with sales volumes falling 10 per ce...
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Puerto Rican cement sales up 42% in June
Cement sales in Puerto Rico advanced 42 per cent YoY in June, according to date from the country’s Statistics Institute. Sales reached 68,180t in June 2020, compared with 48,13...
South African cement sector is operating in survival mode
Bheki Mthembu, head of the inland business unit of PPC, says the lack of large-scale construction projects in South Africa has left cement producers heavily dependent on re...
Bamburi Cement donates KES15.6m in the fight against COVID-19
Bamburi Cement (LafargeHoldim group) has donated KES15.6m (US$145,600) in the fight against coronavirus to the Kenyan government's COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund. KES5m of ...
Southern Province Cement names new CEO
Saudi Arabia’s Southern Province Cement has named Aqeel Futis Kadasa as its new CEO, effective from 12 July 2020. The appointment follows the resignation of Safar Mohammad Dhuf...
The future of kiln optimisation
Cemtech held its ninth webinar of the year this week, with an overview of how best to optimise the rotary cement kiln. The webinar consisted of three presentations providing th...
Solusi Bangun Indonesia reviews its capex after challenging 2Q20
Semen Indonesia-owned Solusi Bangun Indonesia (SBI) is reviewing its capital expenditure plans for 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Bisnis. "The current cond...
Taiwan's producers report positive June results
Taiwan’s Universal Cement Corp has reported a 28.2 per cent YoY rise in its revenue to TWD453.56m (US$15.39m) for June 2020, compared to TWD353.93m in the year-ago period. In t...
SLK Cement unifies assets
Dyckerhoff Korkino Cement has completed its merger with SLK Cement, as part of parent company Buzzi Unicem’s reorganisation of its Russian assets under the unified SLK Cement b...
Uzbekistan to simplify cement imports
The Antimonopoly Committee of Uzbekistan intends to simplify the imports of cement. Domestic cement shortages , due to a pick-up in construction works and a fall in imports, ha...
Tangshan Jidong Cement reports fall in net profit
China’s Tangshan Jidong Cement has reported its results for the first half of 2020. The company saw its net profit fall around 30.3-34.3 per cent YoY to CNY0.98-1.04bn (US$139....
Competition Commission to hold public consultation on Ohorongo Cement sale
The Namibia Competition Commission has advised that members of the public can contribute their views on the proposed sale of Ohorongo to West China Cement. Members of the publ...
Swiss cement dispatches down 3% in 2Q20
Cement deliveries in Switzerland fell by 3.3 per cent YoY to 1,138,804t in the second quarter of 2020, according to the latest data published by Cemsuisse, the Swiss cement ass...
Steppe Cement sells 0.76Mt of cement in 1H2020
Steppe Cement of Kazakhstan reports that it sold 764,752t of cement in the 1H20 for KZT13,677m (US$33.24m), down from 780,315t for KZT10,079m in 1H19. This represents a decline...
Maweni Limestone upgrades kiln line
Huaxin Cement’s Maweni Limestone subsidiary has ignited the kiln and begun trial production at its recently-upgraded 0.75Mta plant. Huaxin Cement acquired the Tanzanian compa...
Henan to hike water and electricity fees
The Chinese province of Henan will increase water and electricity tariffs for cement and steel producers that have failed to meet ultra-low emissions standards, said the provin...
Bureau of Indian Standards issues first licence for microfine OPC production
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has granted the country’s first licence for the manufacture of microfine ordinary Portland cement and ultrafine ground granulated blastfurn...
DG Khan Cement wins export orders from the Philippines
DG Khan Cement Company Ltd has procured cement export orders from the Philippines. The order was confirmed by a Pakistan government adviser. "Congratulations to DG Khan Cemen...
Lucky Cement sees 33% rise in June revenue
Taiwan’s Lucky Cement has posted a 32.6 per cent rise in revenue to TWD360.6m (US$12.25m) for June 2020, compared to TWD272m in the year-ago period. In the first six months o...
Argentine cement demand drops 7% YoY in June
Cement demand in Argentina has fallen 7.3 per cent YoY to 797,926t in June 2020, according to AFCP, the national cement association. However, MoM a 23 per cent advance was repo...
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