Cement importers deny activities hurt Philippine cement producers
Cement importers have rejected claims by local manufacturers that the import surge on cement is causing "serious injury" to the domestic industry. "Some members of the cemen...
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FLSmidth wins Morocco contract
FLSmidth and Société Générale des Travaux du Maroc (SGTM) signed a contract with TEKCIM SA to build a 3600tpd greenfield cement plant in Ouled Ghanem, El-Jadida province, Moroc...
VICEM reports 5% rise in 1H sales
State-owned Vietnam Cement Industry Corp (VICEM), the country’s leading cement producer, is estimated to have sold 14.98Mt of cement and clinker in the first half of 2019, repr...
Cemento Inka expects to start Pisco construction in August
Peru-based Cemento Inka plans to start the civil works for its new 0.7Mta grinding plant in Pisco in August. The US$20m project is expected to take 12 months to complete with...
Bulgaria’s Zlatna Panega swings to BGN2.7m net profit
Titan-owned Zlatna Panega Cement reported a non-consolidated net profit of BGN2.7m (US$1.6m) in 2018, a significantly-improved result when compared with the non-consolidated ne...
New US$400m cement plant in Jizzakh, Uzbekistan
UTD Cement, a joint venture of two Germany-based companies and a private investor, will build a US$400m cement plant in Farishky district, Jizzakh, Uzbekistan. Construction o...
Cimburkina inaugurates second mill at Kossodo
Cimburkina, part of HeidelbergCement, inaugurated its second grinding unit on 18 June at its Kossodo plant in Ouagadougou, under the patronage of Prime Minister Christophe Jose...
USA and Puerto Rico see 1% slip in demand
Portland and blended cement consumption in the USA and Puerto Rico edged down by one per cent to 7.34Mt in March 2019 when compared with March 2018 when the market off-take was...
Vicem Hoang Mai to build 3Mta plant in Nghe An
Vicem Hoang Mai Cement JSC plans to build a 3Mta cement plant in Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An. Covering 60ha in the Hoang Mai 2 Industrial Zone, the project represen...
Eagle Cement faces Malabuyoc plant delay
Eagle Cement Corp said the opening of its cement plant in Malabuyoc in Cebu, Philippines, will be delayed following issues in receiving the required permits for its constructio...
Cem’In’Eu awards Portes les Valence grinding contract to FCB
Cem’In’Eu has awarded the contract for a 0.25Mta grinding plant at Portes les Valence, Drôme, France, to Fives FCB. The order includes an FCB-B ball mill with a capacity of 34...
Chile’s cement dispatches increase 11% in April
Cement dispatches in Chile were up 11.2 per cent to 348,151t in April 2019 when compared to 313,131t delivered in April 2018, according to the latest data published by the Chil...
UBC and Baltrader form joint cement shipping alliance
Baltrader, based in Hamburg, Germany, and United Bulk Carriers (UBC), headquartered in Philadelphia, USA, have signed an agreement to jointly market their respective fleets of ...
Peruvian cement market expands 8% in May
Cement consumption in Peru rose 8.2 per cent YoY in May 2019 to 0.976Mt, according to the country’s cement association, Asocem. Of this total, 0.97Mt was supplied by domestic p...
Tourah Cement halts production due to oversupply
Egyptian cement producer Tourah Cement, owned by Heidelberg Cement, has suspended production as a result of oversupply in its domestic market. The company is considering liquid...
Dangote eyes US$700m in foreign exchange
Dangote Cement Plc announced plans to attract US$700m in foreign exchange from cement exports to boost Nigeria’s economy, according to AllAfrica. While addresssing shareholde...
Cemtech Asia 2019: sustainability in Asia's cement industry
Cemtech Asia 2019 has opened its doors to delegates from over 35 countries across the regional cement industry, which is being held at the Avani+ Riverside hotel, Bangkok, Tha...
Call to relax cement import rules in Malaysia
Conditions on cement imports should be eased, according to SME Association President, Michael Kang, and Universiti Tun Abdul Razak economist, Barjoyai Bardai. At present cement...
Rise in India's cement prices falters
Cement price rises in India, which started in India, have started to reverse, according to LiveMint. In June average prices fell to INR361 (US$5.17)/50kg bag, down by INR7, acc...
UltraTech Cement appoints Sujeet Jain as chief legal officer
Sujeet Jain, group general counsel and company secretary of Viacom18, has joined UltraTech Cement as chief legal officer in Mumbai. A graduate of GLC Mumbai, he began his ca...
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