DG Khan resumes operations at Khairpur
Pakistan-based DG Khan Cement Co has resumed production at its Khairpur cement plant in Chakwal, said the company in a statement to the Pakistani Stock Exchange on Friday. Op...
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Titan releases 2019 annual report and assesses COVID-19 impact
Titan Group released its 2019 annual report this week , covering its performance financially and with its environmental and social programmes. It also gave an outline of how i...
Saudi cement sector reports positive 1Q20
Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Saudi cement sector has reportedly seen a 33 per cent YoY average increase in cement market volumes during the 1Q20, according to ...
Carthage Cement sees 1Q turnover up 6%
Tunisia’s Carthage Cement reported a six per cent rise in turnover to TND63.617m (US$22m) in the 1Q20 when compared with TND59.771m in the equivalent period of 2019. The comp...
JK Lakshmi Cement seeks government approval to resume its Indian production
JK Lakshmi Cement has informed Indian Stock Exchanges on 16 April that the company is seeking necessary approvals from the relevant state government authorities to resume opera...
Siam City to wind down production at Saraburi
Thailand’s Siam City Cement will begin to close its Saraburi plant from 1 May as cement demand falls due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Nation: Thailand. The comp...
LafargeHolcim to propose new board members at AGM
LafargeHolcim is expected to request shareholder approval for two new board members at its annual general meeting on 12 May 2020. Dr Philippe Block and Kim Fausing would add ex...
CMIC president warns that workers may soon lose salary
The national president of the Mexican Chamber of the Construction Industry (CMIC), Eduardo Ramírez Leal, has warned that the minimal operation of smaller construction companies...
Five Pakistan cement producers to release 3Q results amid coronavirus pandemic
Pakistan's leading cement companies are scheduled to announce on 23 April their financial results for the 3QFY19-20 ended 30 March 2020. Analysts anticipate mixed results, c...
Top management changes at Fauji Cement in Pakistan
Fauji Cement Company Ltd (FCCL) has made top important changes in management, earlier this week, according to formal bourse filling to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). Waqa...
Lafarge Africa PLC returns to profit in 2019
Lafarge Africa PLC has reported revenues of NGN213bn (US$551.5m) for the year ended 31 December 2019 as against NGN218bn in 2018. Operating expenses fell from NGN29.89m to NGN2...
Cementos Argos reopening Colombian plants
Cementos Argos announced it will be partially reopening its operations in Colombia to supply the public works that were given the go-ahead by Decree 531 of April 2020. The Rio...
Cement exports from Bangladesh dip in 9MFY19-20
Bangladesh's government saw a modest fall of more than six per cent in total export during the first nine months of the FY19-20 as the initial impacts of coronavirus began to i...
Dungsam Cement reports impact of lockdown
Bhutan’s Dungsam Cement Corp has been adversely affected by the lockdown in India, according to Sonam Jigme, CEO. No export volumes or revenue have been recorded from 21 Mar...
Gujarat Sidhee Cement resumes cement production
India’s Gujarat Sidhee Cement started up the production of cement again yesterday, in compliance with permission received from the government. The company will comply with d...
Lehigh Cement releases 54 employees at Glen Falls plant
Lehigh Cement has laid off 54 of its 90 employees at its Glen Falls plant, New York state, USA, in the wake of a construction slowdown attributed to the spread of COVID-19. T...
Steppe Cement 1Q20 cement sales fall by 11%
In the 1Q20 Steppe Cement Ltd sold 235,896t of cement for KZT4003m (US$9.4m) compared to 266,393t in the 1Q19, a decline of 11 per cent. Kazakhstan's cement market increased...
Eagle Materials appoints new board member
USA-based Eagle Materials has appointed Mary Ricciardello to its board of directors. Ms Ricciardello’s previous experience includes seven years on the board of US Concrete. ...
Titan publishes its 2019 annual report
Titan has published its 2019 annual report outlining the group's financial, environmental and social performance. While Titan delivered another solid financial performance an...
Brazil's cement demand stable in March
Following a good first half to the month, Brazilian cement consumption saw a sharp decline in the second half of March, according to the country’s cement association, SNIC. The...
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