Macau sees slowdown in industrial sector for 2018
The revenue of Macau’s industrial sector fell 4.1 per cent to MOP11.07bn (US$1.37bn) in 2018, according to the SAR’s statistics service. Furthermore, the expenditure of the sec...
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Vessel laden with clinker arrested in Bangladesh
A foreign vessel laden with clinker was arrested in Bangladesh yesterday. No details immediately are available for the vessel's arrest. According to Chittagong Port Authori...
CRH appoints chairman designate and a non-executive director
CRH plc has appointed Richard Boucher as chairman designate on 25 September 2019. The Board has also appointed Johan Karlström as a non-executive director, with effect from 25...
Pakistan’s Peshawar High Court dismisses opposition to new cement plants
The Peshawar High Court of Pakistan dismissed writ petitions filed against the establishment of 16 cement factories. The petitioners sought a court order to declare that the ...
Wonder Cement appoints Sanjay Joshi as executive director
India-based Wonder Cement, part of the RK Group, has appointed Sanjay Joshi as executive director. Mr Joshi is a chemical technologist, and an alumnus from IIM Calcutta and s...
WCA appoints two joint chairmen
The World Cement Association (WCA) has appointed two new Joint Chairmen, Cui Xingtai of China United Cement Co (CUCC) and Vincent Lefebvre of Cem'In'EU. Mr Cui has been Chairm...
Puerto Rican cement sales fall 11% in August
Cement demand in Puerto Rico decreased 11.4 per cent in August, continuing a seven-month period of decline. In August 1.12m bags of 94lb (42.5kg), or 47,600t were sold. Cemen...
LafargeHolcim Maroc announces net profit up 9% in 1H19
LafargeHolcim Maroc has reported sales of MAD3.89bn (US$401.4m) in the 1H19, up 0.2 per cent YoY. The company’s operating profit increased 10.6 per cent YoY to MAD1.65bn while ...
Ararat Cement suspends construction of Kapan mill
Armenia’s Ararat Cement has announced that it will be suspending construction of a grinding mill in Kapan, in the southeast of the country. The decision follows public oppositi...
Pakistan cement exports shrink in July and August 2019
Pakistan's cement industry earned foreign exchange revenue of US$16.74m by exporting 391,548t of cement in August 2019, compared to US$25.4m from exporting 593,525t of cement i...
Dewan Cement posts losses in FY19
Dewan Cement Ltd (DCL) of Pakistan has announced its financial results for FY19 today. DCL incurred a net loss of PKR275m (US$17,608) as compared to profit of PKR902m earned in...
LafargeHolcim creates Chief Sustainability Officer position
LafargeHolcim has created its first Chief Sustainability Officer position as part of its executive committee, with Magali Anderson appointed to the role effective from 1 Octobe...
Spain's cement demand slips, exports drop 25% in August
Cement demand in Spain declined 1.4 per cent YoY to 1,089,617t in August, according to Oficemen, the country’s cement association. In addition to lower domestic sales, exports ...
Finnsementi orders slag mill from Gebr Pfeiffer
Finnsementti (CRH group) has awarded Gebr Pfeiffer a contract for the supply of a MVR 1800 C-4 slag grinding mill type. The new slag grinding plant will be built next to a stee...
Holcim Philippines inaugurates new facilities at Bulacan unit
Holcim Philippines has inaugurated new storage and loading facilities at its plant in Norzagaray, Bulacan, which it hopes will help boost production. The additions include a ne...
EAPCC dismisses all top managers
East African Portland Cement Co (EAPCC) has dismissed all of its top managers as part of a restructuring plan that will see the cement producer sell 2000 acres of prime but unu...
Lafarge Malaysia shareholders vote down RPTs with YTL Cement
Minority shareholders of Lafarge Malaysia have voted down a plan to enter into recurrent related party transactions (RPTs) with YTL Cement, estimated to be worth about MYR3.5bn...
Thatta Cement profit falls by 40% in FY19
Thatta Cement Co Ltd (THCCL) of Pakistan has announced its financial results for FY19. It declared earning of net profit of PKR213m (US$1.36m)(unconsolidated) as compared to PK...
US and Puerto Rican market contracts 2% in June
Total Portland and blended cement shipments (including imports) in the USA and Puerto Rico in June 2019 fell by 2.4 per cent to 9.1Mt when compared with June 2018, according to...
South Africa's cement import volumes shoot up
Cement imports into South Africa have surged by 293 per cent YoY in July and have also risen by 17.5 per cent since the start of the year. The main source for the cement came ...
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