Cemex set to divest certain UK assets to Breedon Group
UK-based Breedon Group has announced that it has entered into a conditional agreement with Cemex to acquire certain assets and operations in the UK for a total consideration of...
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Sagar Cements sees production fall 3% in December
India’s Sagar Cements has reported a 3.3 per cent YoY fall in cement production to 219,776t for December 2019, compared to 227,247t of the year-ago period. Consolidated cement ...
NCL Industries reports 23% production decline
India’s NCL Industries has reported a 23 per cent fall in cement production to 423,000t in the 3QFY19-20, compared with 552,000t in the year-ago period. Cement dispatches decre...
Shahrood Cement exports more than 245,000t since March 2019
Shahrood Cement Co, based in Iran’s Semnan province, has exported more than 245,000t of cement since the start of the current Iranian year (from 21 March 2019), said Behrouz As...
HeidelbergCement Bangladesh calls EGM to approve amalgamation
HeidelbergCement Bangladesh Ltd has further updated all concerned stakeholders and investors about its ongoing scheme of amalgamation though the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). ...
McInnis Cement appoints new CEO and COO
Canada’s McInnis Cement has announced the appointment of Baudouin Nizet as president and CEO, effective immediately. Mr Nizet succeeds Jean Moreau, who has served as interim pr...
Fauji Cement Co announces Board of Directors members
Fauji Cement Co Ltd (FCCL) has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that Maj Gen Tahir Ashraf Khan, HI(M), (Retd), non-executive director, has resigned from the Board of Di...
Mario Bollo appointed as new Geocycle manager
Geocycle has appointed Mariano Bollo as its new manager in Argentina. Mr Bollo is a chemical engineer with an MBA from the Universidad Católica de Salta. He started his caree...
Argentina's cement demand falls 6% in 2019
Argentinian cement sales dropped 6.1 per cent to 11.1Mt in 2019 compared with 11.89Mt in 2018, according to the country’s cement association, AFCP. No cement was imported durin...
Gabon cement output jumps 21% in 9M19
Cement production in Gabon has increased by 20.7 per cent in the first nine months of 2019, according to DirectInfosGabon. Output from CIMAF and CimGabon reached 421,356t. Ce...
Carbon capture project to operate at LafargeHolcim's Florence plant
Svante Inc, LafargeHolcim, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Occidental) and Total have formed a joint study to assess the viability and design of a ...
Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly calls for standardised cement tax
Members of Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly have called for the government to standardise municipal taxes on both local cement manufacturers and importers. In this case, a ne...
Pakistan's State Bank observes decline in cement production in 1QFY19-20
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has released its first quarterly report on the state of Pakistan's economy for FY19-20, including the performance of the domestic cement sector...
Bangladesh updates plan for coal/bulk terminal
Payra Port Authority (PPA), under the Bangladeshi Ministry of Shipping, intends to develop a coal/bulk terminal at Payra Port, Kalapara, Patuakhali, as a public-private partner...
Ohorongo Cement to be acquired by West China Cement
Namibia's Ohorongo Cement is set to be acquired by West China Cement for US$104m, following an agreement made on 3 January. The takeover is expected to completed soon but is su...
Iran's cement and clinker exports rise 22%
Iran exported 11.4Mt of cement and clinker to 37 countries in the first eight months of the Iranian year from 21 March 2019-21 November 2019. Exports during the period rose by ...
Pan-United signs MoU for AI development
Pan-United Corp of Singapore has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korea's largest ready-mix company, Eugene Corp, to explore the possible use of artificial...
Quinn Cement to receive new truck fleet
Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH) has taken delivery of 10 new trucks and a range of heavy mobile plant machinery. Six of the new trucks are bound for Quinn Cement. Two eight-whe...
Iran-US conflict may impact cement industry in Pakistan
According to a report from a local research house, following the alleged assassination of Iranian Commander Qassem Soleimani by a US drone attack, security concerns in the Midd...
Work starts to salvage Bangladesh clinker vessel
The Bangladesh authorities have started the salvage operation of a partly capsized clinker-laden cargo vessel called Md Dudu Mia-1, in Kirtankhola river, in the country earlier...
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