Cemex Poland to supply deep diving pool project
Cemex is participating in the construction of the deepest and largest diving pool project called 'Deepsot', near Warsaw, Poland. Cemex's Rudniki cement plant near Czestochowa ...
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Lucky Cement awarded for Best Corporate Report
Lucky Cement Ltd has won the Best Corporate Report Award with second position in the cement category at the much anticipated "Best Corporate & Sustainability Report Awards 2018...
CRH reports sales of EUR13.2bn in 1H19
CRH reported that group sales in 1H19 amounted to EUR13.2bn, up 11 per cent when compared with 1H18. EBITDA was 36 per cent ahead of 1H18 and the EBITDA margin rose by 11.7 p...
Unacem 2Q net profit doubles to PEN97m
Consolidated revenues of Peru-based Unacem increased 8.3 per cent YoY to PEN1.041bn (US$308.3m) in the second quarter of 2019 as a result of higher cement and ready-mix volume ...
Kenya's cement exports decline 65% in 1H19
Kenya’s domestic cement exports have recorded a 65.3 per cent decline in value to KES362.28m (US$3.5m) in the first six months of the year, against KES1.04bn in the 1H18, accor...
Argos' Harleyville plant wins Energy Star®
Argos has been awarded the Energy Star® certification from the United States Environmental Protection Agency for the second-consecutive year for its Harleyville cement plant. ...
Iraq approves investment to reconstruct Kufa cement plant
Iraq’s Finance Ministry has approved a US$60m investment to reconstruct a government-owned cement plant in the south-central Najaf governorate, according to Zawya. Work on the ...
Senegal’s 1H19 cement output largely stable 3.543Mt
The production of cement in Senegal remained largely stable YoY at 3,543,100t in the first half of 2019, according to Sahel Intelligence. In the 1H18 output from the country’s ...
Vietnamese cement deliveries advance by 30% in July
Cement dispatches by Vietnamese producers surged by 30 per cent YoY to 8.08Mt in July, according to data by the Vietnam National Cement Association (VNCA). When compared with t...
Argos Panamá submits EIS for Balboa clinker plant
Argos Panamá SA has submitted an environmental impact study for its Balboa project to the country’s Environment Ministry. The new clinker plant will be built on a 18ha plot i...
Pakistan's local dispatches hit by tax measures
Pakistan's cement industry is still facing number of challenges in terms of local dispatches and profitability due to stringent tax measures taken in the federal budget 2019-20...
Dominican Republic cement market expands 5% in 1H19
Cement sales in the Dominican Republic increased 5.2 per cent YoY in the January-June 2019 period, according to the country’s cement association, Adocem. Output from domestic...
Arabian Cement record profit fall of 88% in 1H19
Arabian Cement Co (ACC) of Egypt announced a fall in profits of 88.1 per cent to EGP25.3m (US$1.52m) for 1H19 compared to EGP212.77m in 1H18. Profits in 2Q19 dipped to EGP19...
SCG looks to increase use of blockchain solution
Siam Cement Group (SCG) is looking to roll out its Procure to Pay blockchain solution for payment and procurement methods to 2400 suppliers by 2020, according to the Bangkok Po...
Executive Director of Dongwu Cement resigns
Peng Cheng has resigned as the executive director of China-based Dongwu Cement, with effect from 20 August 2019. According to a statement, Mr Cheng has resigned to focus on his...
Peruvian cement market expands 9% in July
Peru’s cement consumption increased 9.1 per cent YoY to 983,000t in July 2019 when compared with the previous-year’s equivalent month, which saw demand at 901,000t, according t...
Cemex Czech Republic reports net loss in 2018
Cemex Czech Republic reported a net loss of CZK307.1m (US$13.18m) in 2018, declining from a profit of CZK194.9m in the previous year. However, sales increased 70 per cent to CZ...
Afghanistan to complete two cement plants
Afghanistan is preparing to invest in its cement industry by completing two cement plants. The Afghan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has reported that progress has been made i...
Tanga Cement sees 25% increase in revenue for 2018
Tanzania’s Tanga Cement reported a 25 per cent YoY increase in revenue to TZS215bn (US$93.56m) for 2018, up from TZS172bn in the previous year. Gross profit rose 91 per cent to...
Chilean cement plant faces local opposition
The planned cement plant by Inversiones Orange in San Bernardo, Greater Santiago, Chile, is not welcome with the local population. While the project has not yet secured authori...
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