Azerbaijani cement production slips in 8M19
Cement production in Azerbaijan fell by 1.1 per cent in the first eight months of 2019. The country’s cement producers manufactured 2.225Mt of cement during the period, accordi...
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Askari Cement orders ESP conversions from CTP Team Srl
CTP Team Srl will install new bag filters at Askari Cement Ltd's Nizampur and Wah cement plants, Pakistan. The new bag filters will be constructed from electrostatic precipitat...
Cement consumption in Peru expands 6% in August
Demand for cement in Peru has increased 6.3 per cent YoY to 1.052Mt in August 2019 when compared with 0.989Mt in the year-ago period, according to the country’s cement associat...
LafargeHolcim plans to reduce carbon footprint of European business
LafargeHolcim intends to reduce its annual CO 2 emissions in Europe by 15 per cent (3Mt) like-for-like by 2022. The plans are expected to be achieved through a CHF160m (US$160...
RHI Magnesita set for Indian consolidation
RHI Magnesita is now in the final stages of consolidating its three Indian arms to become the largest refractory company in the country, with approval from the National Company...
Sri Lankan minister deplores political border tax policy on cement
Sri Lanka's finance minister, Mangala Samaraweera, has spoken out against the country's cement prices being higher than more developed markets in south Asia, requesting that th...
Cement price rises in Pointe-Noire
The price of cement in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo, has seen a significant hike in the past few weeks, according to AllAfrica. The price increased from XAF60,000 (US$101.12...
Pakistan-Afghanistan Torkham border inauguration to facilitate cement trade
Pakistan's Prime Minister, Imran Khan, along with top officials of government of Afghanistan, are expected to inaugurate round-the-clock operation of Torkham border crossing be...
Holcim Ecuador receives carbon-neutrality certificate
Holcim Ecuador has received a carbon-neutral certificate for its Holcim Agrovial and Base Vial products by environmental consultant Sambito. When compared with traditional pr...
Maltese cement carrier refloated in Gulf of Saloniki
Cement carrier Sirios Cement I, which was loaded with a cargo of cement, ran aground in the Gulf of Saloniki, Greece, on its way to Italy on Saturday 14 September. The ship w...
DG Khan Cement profit falls in FY19
DG Khan Cement Company Ltd (DGKC) of Pakistan has announced its financial results for FY19 on 16 September. It declared earning of net profit of PKR1.609bn (US$10.3m) (unconsol...
Bharathi Cement commissions 10MW solar power plant
India’s Bharathi Cement has commissioned a 10MW solar power plant at its 5Mta cement works in Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. The facility is expected to help cut the company’s overall...
Votorantim creates new unit to assist alternative material co-processing
Brazil’s Votorantim Cimentos has created a new business unit, named Verdera, to manage and provide services throughout the co-processing chain of alternative materials used in ...
Fancesa's new plant 85% complete
The construction of the new cement plant of Fábrica Nacional de Cemento Sucre SA (Fancesa) in Cal Orck'o, Bolivia, is 85 per cent complete, according to the company’s President...
Taiwan Cement's shipping subsidiary orders bulk carriers
Taiwan Cement has announced that its shipping subsidiary, Ta-ho Maritime, has placed an order at Japanese yard Sumitomo Heavy Industries for three 84,200dwt kamsarmax bulk carr...
Indian Railways introduces surcharge exemption for major commodities
Major commodities transported by Indian Railways such as cement, clinker, coal, food grains and fertilisers will be exempt from a 15 per cent surcharge between 1 October 2019-3...
Pakistan's domestic dispatches dip 6% July-August 2019
Pakistan's cement industry saw receding cement demand in the first two months of current FY20 in Pakistan. The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) attributes ...
Lucky Cement updates progress on overseas and local projects
Lucky Cement is currently implementing two cement projects: the overseas cement plant in Samawah in Iraq and the 2.6Mta brownfield cement plant expansion in Khyber Pakhtunkhw...
Carbon capture is a loss-maker for Anhui Conch
Anhui Conch has invested US$10m in carbon capture equipment at its Baimashan plant near the Yangtze river in eastern China. The pilot carbon capture and storage (CCS) project,...
ASEC wins KAR Group order to maintain Erbil plant
Arab Swiss Engineering Company (ASEC) and the Iraqi conglomerate KAR Group have announced signing a three-year agreement for the operation and maintenance of Qarachough cement ...
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