Puerto Rican sales decline 11% in May
Puerto Rican cement sales fell 11.1 per cent YoY to 1.21m bags, or 51,425t, in May, following a 13.9 per cent drop in April. Output from local cement plants was off by one thir...
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Eurocement provides update on Akhangarancement
Mikhail Skorokhod, president of Russia's Eurocement group, has provided an update on the company’s Akhangarancement project to the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. ...
Gujarat launches pilot air pollutant permit cap and exchange mechanism
India has launched the world's first trading programme for particulate air pollution quotas. The western state of Gujarat piloted the scheme on 5 June involving some 350 indust...
Sagar Cements reports rise in cement production for May
India’s Sagar Cements has reported a 12.9 per cent YoY rise in consolidated cement production in May 2019, increasing to 277,146t from 245,454t in the year-ago period. Standalo...
Eurocement modernises Katavskiy Cement grinding section
Russia-based Eurocement has invested more than RUB180m (US$2.8m) in the modernisation of the grinding system at its Katavskiy Cement plant. The project saw input from several ...
Cementos Esfera moves to Madrid
Spain’s Cementos Esfera (LafargeHolcim) has relocated its base of operations from Salou, Catalonia, to Madrid. LafargeHolcim has decided to convert the Salou unit into a distri...
Votorantim Cimentos records 6% net revenue rise
Brazil's Votorantim Cimentos has reported a 5.5 per cent YoY rise in net revenue to BRL2524m (US$654.5m) for the first quarter of 2019. The increase was attributed to the resul...
Holcim Philippines seals large cement supply contract
Holcim Phlippines Inc has sealed an agreement with Davao Constructors Association Center Inc (DCACI) to supply 400,000t of cement to its building group of 179 construction comp...
Calcar Products to begin work on new grinding unit
India's Calcar Products is expecting to begin Phase I of its new cement grinding unit project this month. The facility will be set up in two phases at Bhupdeopur village of Rai...
Lafarge Cement UK increase concrete longevity with Lafarge Endure SR
Lafarge Cement UK (part of Aggregate Industries and LafargeHocim group) has launched a new high-performance, low-carbon, blended cement called Lafarge Endure SR. The new CEM I...
Key risks to near-term oil price
Global oil demand is growing at its weakest rate since 2012 while global oil supply disruptions continue to be at their highest levels in almost 30 years, according to Bank of ...
Kinshasa cement price declines 19%
The price of grey cement in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, has fallen by 19.4 per cent to CDF13,300 (US$8.07) currently from CDF16,500/50kg bag in April, according to ...
Cinvestav produce cement using volcanic ash
Scientists at Mexico’s Centre for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav) are using volcanic ash to make environmentally-friendly cement. First tests have shown that cement...
Argentine market expands 4% in May
Argentina’s cement consumption advanced 4.3 per cent YoY to 964,762t in May 2019 from 924,211t in May 2018, according to the latest data by the country’s cement association, AF...
Holcim Philippines reports 35% EBITDA surge in 1Q19
Holcim Philippines has reported a 5.8 per cent YoY decrease in revenue to PHP8.1bn (U$156.28m) for the first quarter of 2019. However, EBITDA has surged 35 per cent to PHP1.7bn...
Salvadorian cement demand surges 28% in 11M18
Apparent cement consumption in El Salvador has increased by 28 per cent in the January-November 2018 period to 27,314,750 bags of 42.5kg, or 1,160,877t, when compared with 21,8...
Nepal's state cement plants outperform other public manufacturing companies
Nepal's state enterprises had a poor FY17-18 with 26 only out of 39 public companies making a profit. The government injected NPR164.42bn (US$1.48bn) into the 39 public enterpr...
Dominican Republic exports US$72.3m of cement in 2018
The Dominican Republic exported Portland cement to the value of US$72.3m in 2018, according to the country’s Director of General Direction of Mining, Alexander Medina Herasme. ...
US import tax on Mexican products to have little effect on Mexican cement
The five per cent import tariff on all Mexican products, imposed by US President, Donald Trump, would not impact the cement industry as shipments to the US represent only 3.4 p...
Alpha Cement plant to resume construction
Construction of Alpha Cement plant, near the village of Aung Thabyay in Patheingyi Township, Mandalay, Myanmar is due to resume after police arrested approximately 100 protesto...
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