Lehigh Hanson delays Mitchell expansion project
US-based Lehigh Hanson Inc has delayed the start of the US$600m expansion project at its Mitchell plant in Lawrence County, Indiana. Construction may be delayed by up to a year...
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China Tianrui Group Cement Co reports 50% rise in FY profit
China Tianrui Group Cement Co has posted for 2019 an attributable profit of CNY1.819bn (US$256m), up 50 per cent when compared with 2018. The company’s full-year revenues incr...
FCT Combustion reports recent global orders
FCT Combustion has won several burner orders throughout Europe and in Brazil for the cement sector, which are currently under commissioning or have recently been installed. ...
Lucky inducts independent director
Lucky Cement Ltd informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that it has made a top management change. As per a bourse filling, Masood Karim Shaikh has been appointed as an independ...
Breedon Group closes operations in Ireland
Breedon Group has announced the temporary closure of its plants in the Republic of Ireland, including its Kinnegad cement plant, with the exception of those serving health proj...
Egyptian cement prices fall 3% in March
The price of Portland cement in Egypt fell 2.5 per cent MoM to EGP780/t (US$49.4/t) in March 2020, compared to EGP800/t in February, according to the Central Administration of ...
thyssenkrupp to build first industrial-scale activated clay-based cement plant in Cameroon
Germany-based equipment supplier thyssenkrupp will build the first industrial-scale cement plant that uses activated clay to produce low-carbon cement in Cameroon, according to...
Qatar National Cement to shut two plants this week
Qatar National Cement has announced that it will shut down two plants from 1 April to slow the spread of coronavirus and as an impact of lower demand in the local market. The...
Georgia Power announces coal ash reuse project
USA-based Georgia Power today announced a new beneficial reuse project for coal ash stored at Plant Mitchell, a retired coal-fired power station near Albany. Starting this year...
Bangladesh construction and cement sectors meet COVID-19 challenges
The Bangladeshi cement and construction industries have been directly and indirectly affected by the ongoing measures taken by the country's government to control the spread of...
HeidelbergCement India completes two upgrade projects
HeidelbergCement India has completed two debottlenecking projects at Imlai, Madya Pradesh, and Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The grinding capacity of these plants has been raised to ...
Pakistan's producers see daily offtake fall
Cement factories located in Sindh province, Pakistan, have seen their total dispatches decline to 3500tpd from 20,000-22,000tpd before the coronavirus outbreak. Likewise, ce...
Indian cement dealers expect volumes to decline 35-40%
Following the impacts of COVID-19, Indian cement dealers are expecting volumes for March to decline by 35-40 per cent YoY and April to be a wash-out, according to The Financial...
European cement industry welcomes well-designed European carbon border mechanism
The European cement association, CEMBUREAU, has welcomed the prospect of an EU carbon border mechanism although this requires a number of design principles, said the associatio...
New plant investments in Zimbabwe
Livetouch Investments is set to invest around US$15m towards the construction of a cement plant in Hwange, Zimbabwe. Sino-Zimbabwe Cement Co is also planning to set up a plant ...
Holcim Philippines to increase AF use
Holcim Philippines plans to further increase its use of suitable and preprocessed waste as alternative fuel and raw material to reduce costs as well as help address the country...
BUA provides funds for COVID-19 relief in Nigeria
Nigeria’s BUA has fulfilled a pledge by transferring NGN1bn (US$2.6m) of funds to the COVID-19 relief account with the Central Bank of Nigeria. In addition, the group also a...
Carthage Cement completes capital increase
Tunisia’s Carthage Cement has successfully completed a capital increase for TND206m (US$71.89m) or 77 per cent of the initial operation. The capital increase was carried out ...
Moody's changes outlook for Votorantim Cimentos
The outlook for Brazil’s Votorantim Cimentos has been downgraded from positive to negative by Moody’s Investors Service. However, the Ba1 rating for the company has been affirm...
Indian lockdown leaves plant staff stranded
Following the Indian lockdown as a response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Ramco Cements has stopped production at its plant in Haridaspur, Jajpur. However, around 400 workers fr...
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