Vietnamese cement dispatches fall in May
Domestic cement dispatches in Vietnam fell six per cent YoY and seven per cent MoM to 5.929Mt in May 2019, according to the Vietnam Cement Association (VNCA). Of this total, 2....
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1st International Conference on Low-Carbon Cement and Concrete Technology opens in London
The 1 st International Conference on Low-Carbon Cement and Concrete Technology opened at University College London, UK, on 24 June 2019 to discuss ways forward to low-carbon c...
Najran Cement resumes production at 6500tpd line
Saudi Arabia’s Najran Cement has temporarily suspended operations of its second production line. However, it will resume production at its 6500tpd third line from 1 July due to...
LafargeHolcim Côte d'Ivoire starts e-commerce orders
LafargeHolcim Côte d'Ivoire and e-commerce site Jumia have come together to offer the Ciment Bélier brand of cement online from Friday, 21 June 2019. "This online store is int...
Kuwait Cement Co proposes AF initiative
Kuwait Cement Co has proposed an initiative for the government to co-process municipal solid waste (MSW) at its plant in eastern Shuaiba to ease the issue of growing waste in t...
CRH announces Board change
CRH has announced that announces that Non-Executive Director Bill Teuber intends resign from the CRH Board with immediate effect for personal reasons. Commenting on the news,...
Padeswood to host open day to celebrate 70th birthday
Padeswood is celebrating its 70-year history wth an open day for members of the public on Saturday, 29 June 2019. The Hanson UK (HeidelbergCement Group) factory near Mold, Wale...
Aliénor Ciments awarded first NF Hydraulic Binder certification
Less than a year after commissioning its cement plant at Tonneins, Aliénor Ciments has been awarded its first NF Hydraulic Binder certification. The certification relates to it...
Xuan Khiem Group seeks approval for new 2.3Mta plant
Vietnam’s Xuan Khiem Group is seeking approval from the prime minister to build a new 2.3Mta facility in Hoa Binh province at an investment of VND4.99trn (US$214.16m), accordin...
Fauji Cement Co commissions 12.5MW solar power plant
Reon Energy Ltd has announced the commissioning of its latest 12.5MW captive solar power project at Fauji Cement Co Ltd (FCCL) in Jhang Bahtar, Punjab, Pakistan. The plant is...
International Cement fails to receive SGX acquisition approval
International Cement Group (ICG) has failed to receive approval from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) for the complete acquisition of Schwenk Namibia , valued at US$104.4m, accord...
Calls for higher cement prices in Sarawak to be investigated
Malaysia’s Ministry of Finance has called for an investigation to determine whether monopolistic practises by the local cement industry in Sarawak is the cause of high cement p...
FDI in Pakistan's cement and construction industries continues to slide
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has reported a massive decline of net foreign investment for local industries, including cement and construction, between July 2018-May 2019. A...
Vessel released to off-load clinker in Bangladesh
The Egyptian flag cargo vessel "Wadi Feran" laden with 50,141t of imported clinker, which was arrested at the outer anchorage of Chittagong in Bangladesh on 26 May, as per orde...
US cement: time for cautious optimism?
This week saw the publication by the PCA of US Portland and blended cement demand and trade data for March . The figures reveal that the US cement market continued to grow in ...
Spanish cement consumption expands 7% YoY in April
The Cement Demand Index, presented by Oficemen, the Spanish cement producers’ association, has registered an increase of 7.1 per cent in April when compared with April 2018. Th...
Eqiom test 4 biogas trucks
France-based Eqiom is testing four biogass trucks as part of the company’s strategy to reduce the carbon emissions generated by its trucks by six per cent by 2020. As an alt...
Lafarge Africa narrows loss to NGN8.8bn in 2018
Lafarge Africa reported a NGN8.8bn (US$24.4m) loss in 2018, compared with NGN34.39bn in the previous year. The company’s audited results have been released, showing revenue o...
Kazakhstan output represents 12 per cent of total Eurasian cement production
Kazakhstan produced 12 per cent of the total volume of cement manufactured in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) during the 1Q19, according to Trend News Agency. The total vol...
Livetouch International seeks production increase
Zimbabwean cement producer Livetouch International, part of Diamond Cement, plans to increase its cement capacity utilisation rate from the current 45 per cent. The Redcliff-...
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