Buffalo Fuel to open new US$2.2m alternative fuel facility
US-based Buffalo Fuel Corp is planning to set up a new US$2.2m facility in Niagara Falls, New York, USA, for processing tyres and recyclable paper into fuel for cement kilns. T...
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FCT Combustion wins Titan Cement burner order
FCT Combustion has been awarded an EPC contract to convert Titan Cement's existing 5000stpd kiln system at its Pennsuco plant in Florida, USA, for 100 per cent natural gas firi...
Vietnamese cement producers come under pressure
Cement producers in Vietnam are facing a double challenge with domestic demand falling due to a slowdown in the property market, and delays in transport infrastructure works an...
Mayur Resources moves closer to new cement and lime project go-ahead
Mayur Resources' vision to build Papua New Guinea’s first cement project is becoming clearer after the company announced it had signed all the landholder compensation agreement...
CCI to meet cement demand for new hydropower project
India’s National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Cement Corporation of India (CCI) to meet the cement requirements for ...
PIBTL likely to become hub of cement/coal handling
The Directors of Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Ltd (PIBT) has released the detailed financial statements for the period ended 31 December 2019. During the period, Pakist...
Cementos Argos installs solar power unit in Honduras
Colombia’s Celsia CV (Grupo Argos) has installed a 10.6MW solar plant at Cementos Argos’ facility in Comayagua, Honduras. The unit consists of 32,160 solar panels and will b...
Russian market expands 8% in 2019
Cement consumption in Russia increased eight per cent to 57.8Mt in 2019, according to the country’s cement association, Soyuzcement. Exports by Russian producers expanded by ...
Loma Negra sees net profit advance 35% in 2019
Argentina’s Loma Negra has reported a 5.5 per cent YoY decline in revenue to ARS38.95bn (US$660m) for the full-year 2019 period, compared with ARS41.24bn in the previous year. ...
Breedon records revenues of GBP929.6m in 2019
Breedon Group Plc has released its 2019 results that saw revenues reach GBP929.6m, up eight per cent on GBP862.7m in 2018. EBITDA totalled GBP116.6m, up 13 per cent on EBITDA o...
Suez Cement looks to sell stake in Hilal Cement
Egypt’s Suez Cement has decided to place its 51 per cent stake in Kuwait-based Hilal Cement up for sale, according to a statement to the country’s stock exchange. Elsewhere, ...
Lucky wins MAP corporate excellence award
Lucky Cement Lt has won the Management Association of Pakistan's Corporate Excellence Award in the cement sector category. Syed Noman Hasan, Executive Director of Lucky Cement ...
TCK posts 15% decline in net profit for 2019
Bosnia’s Tvornica Cementa Kakanj (TCK) has posted a 14.9 per cent YoY decline in net profit to BAM14.3m (US$8.4m) in 2019, compared with BAM16.8m in the previous year. The co...
Southern Province Cement Co sees net profit surge 137%
Saudi Arabia’s Southern Province Cement Co has seen its net profit for 2019 surge 137.4 per cent YoY to SAR463m (US$123.47m) from SAR195m. The considerable advance has been att...
Cement exports from Bangladesh continue to slide in 8MFY19-20
Bangladesh's cement industry has earned an export revenue of US$7.19m in the 8MFY19-20 (July 2019-February 2020), compared to US$7.27m earned in 8MFY18-19, a minor contraction ...
Taiwan's cement manufacturers record mixed results
Taiwan’s major cement manufacturers have reported mixed results in the first two months of 2020. Taiwan Cement Corp Taiwan Cement Corp has seen a 1.7 per cent decline in Feb...
Pakistan Stock Exchange crashes but cement script sustained
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) plummeted Monday morning due to the crash in crude oil prices and the fear of the global spread of coronavirus. The PSX lost more than 2100 po...
HASLE installs wide range of castables in Asian cement plant
A wide range of HASLE's castables again has been chosen for all the critical areas in one of the leading, large cement plants in Asia. HASLE castables has installed 400t of ref...
Bangladesh suspends coal discharge in fear of coronavirus
Bangladesh has suspended offloading of imported coal from a foreign flag vessel due to suspicion of coronavirus in crew, at Mongla port in southern Bangladesh last week. Acco...
Tourah Portland Cement posts net loss in 2019
Egypt’s Tourah Portland Cement has posted a net loss of EGP617.25m (US$39.3m) in 2019, compared with an EGP36.09m profit in the previous year. Total sales also declined 51.7 ...
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