Dominican cement demand up 7% in 2019
The Dominican cement market expanded 7.2 per cent YoY to 4.7Mt in 2019. Consumption in 2018 reached 4.3Mta, according to the country’s cement association, Adocem. Output by D...
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Cement exports from Pakistan drops due to COVID-19 in 10MFY20
The Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) of Pakistan has released cement export data for the 10 months of July 2019 to April 2020. It visibly carries the impact of coronavirus on...
Xinjiang Tianshan Cement set to issue bonds
The board of China's Xinjiang Tianshan Cement has reviewed and approved a proposal to apply to the China Interbank Market Dealers’ Association for the registration of ultra-sho...
Big Boss Cement orders ready2grind plant
Big Boss Cement cement plant in Pampanga province, Philippines, has ordered a ready2grind modular plant with a four-roller vertical roller mill from Gebr Pfeiffer. The ready2gr...
IRClass cement carrier launches in China
A cement carrier under construction at Penglai Zhongbai Jinglu Ship Industry Co Ltd, China, was successfully launched on 30 March 2020. The vessel, called ‘Advaita’, has been b...
FLSmidth to supply OK mill to CalPortland's Mojave plant
CalPortland has awarded a supply contract to FLSmidth for its Mojave raw mill project. The scope of supply includes engineering, equipment and installation of a new OK 48-4 raw...
APMC's Rawang plant to close for upgrade programme
Associated Pan Malaysia Cement (APMC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malayan Cement, reportedly released the majority of its employees a few weeks ago, according to The Edge. Fu...
Holcim Philippines resumes operations
Holcim Philippines Inc has restarted manufacturing and logistics operations with stronger health and safety controls at all its sites nationwide, after pausing cement productio...
LafargeHolcim secures top spot in sector for Sustainalytics' ESG ratings
Sustainalytics, a global leader in environmental, social and governance risks (ESG) and Corporate Governance research and ratings, published its latest LafargeHolcim ESG Risk R...
Tokyo Cement Co (Lanka) Plc sees 23% fall in turnover in 4QFY20
Tokyo Cement Co (Lanka) PLC said the group recorded LKR8.4bn (US$45.1m) turnover for the 4QFY20, which represents a 23 per cent reduction when compared to 4QFY19. The company ...
Dangote Cement sees 2% advance in 1Q EBITDA
Dangote Cement Plc reported a 3.8 per cent YoY increase in group revenue to NGN249.2bn (US$638.2m) for the first quarter of 2020 in its unaudited results for the three months e...
Vietnamese producers faced falling sales in April
Vietnam’s cement market contracted 11 per cent YoY and 13 per cent MoM as domestic cement sales reached 5,664,973t in April 2020, according to the latest data from the Vietnam ...
Birla Corp posts 52% rise in net profit
India’s Birla Corp has posted a 52 per cent YoY surge in net profit to INR1.95bn (US$25.76m) in the quarter ending 31 March 2020, while total income was down 9.4 per cent to IN...
Cemex amends consolidated financial leverage limits
As part of a strategy to respond to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, Cemex has amended its main banking contract to modify the limits of its consolidated financial leve...
Al Jouf Cement sees 4% rise in revenue for 1Q20
Saudi Arabia’s Al Jouf Cement has seen a 3.5 per cent YoY increase in revenue to SAR58.8m (US$15.68m) in the first quarter of 2020, compared to SAR56.85m in the year-ago period...
Bangladesh opens new ports of call with India to increase trade
Bangladesh and India have added five more ports of call to its existing six and two Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) water routes. The move would help reduce transport cost in e...
Uzbekistan resumes cement imports
Uzbekistan has resumed the import of cement after the goverment’s 22 May resolution, reports Central Asia News. On 23 April the country had temporarily suspended the import o...
Bridging the gap to a digital future
Cemtech hosted a live webinar this week to explore how cement producers could best approach the digital transformation of cement plants. The ideal speaker to explain some of t...
Votorantim Cimentos sees net revenue up 9% in 1Q20
Votorantim Cimentos' financial statement for the period ended 31 March 2020 reported net revenue up nine per cent to BRL2747m (US$494.6m) from BRL2524m in the 1Q19, while adjus...
CCI approves acquisition of Emami Cement
The Competition Commission of India has approved the 100 per cent acquisition of the total issued and paid-up share capital of Emami Cement Ltd by Nuvoco Vistas Corp. Emami ...
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