Plans for new mill in Vallejo to face public hearing
Orcem Americas’ plan for a new EUR45m cement mill in Vallejo, California, USA, is likely to face a public hearing from local councillors on 30 May. The Ecocem subsidiary and it...
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RHI Magnesita raises refractory prices by 5% globally
RHI Magnesita has announced a global price increase for its products and solutions across both the steel and industrial divisions of five per cent across its portfolio. "To fu...
DG Khan Cement's net profit falls by 47%
DG Khan Cement (DGKC) has announced its unconsolidated financial results for 9MFY19. It reported net profit after tax of PKR2.62bn (US$18.5m), down 47 per cent YoY. The compa...
Wärtsillä to build 20MW engine to power Najmat Al-Samawa cement plant
Wärtsilä will supply the equipment to enable an efficient, reliable and independent power source for the Najmat Al-Samawa cement factory in Iraq. The 20MW engine power plant is...
Thatta Cement's achieves net profit after tax of PKR164m
Thatta Cement Company Ltd (TCC), announced its financial results for 9MFY19 on 24 April. It reported net profit after tax of PKR164m (US$1.16m), down 47 per cent when compared ...
CRH reports positive 1Q19
Ahead of tomorrow's AGM, CRH reports that the group has had a positive start to the year with 1Q19 like-for-like group sales seven per cent ahead of 1Q18. Sales volumes benefit...
AfriSam expects carbon tax to boost slagment sales
AfriSam is helping to support customers seeking to reduce their carbon footprint with its 'slagment', which is expected to see an increasing rise in popularity following the ne...
Egyptian cement exports decline in the 2M19
Egyptian cement exports declined in value to US$19m in the first two months of 2019 compared with US$23m of the year-ago period, according to the Export Council for Building Ma...
Mixed outlook for Pakistan's cement sector
Positive programmes for Pakistan's housing developments and cement demand in April have been dampened by changes to bank and interest rate rises, as well as expected lower fisc...
ASEC renews technical management contract with Beni Suef Cement
ASEC has announced the renewal of its Technical Management contract with Misr Beni Suef Cement Company until December 2023. Entrusted with the technical management of the fi...
Cement shortage in Senegal intensifies
Technical issues at Sococim’s cement factory are affecting the company’s clinker supply and are impacting on Senegal’s cement output, according to Senegal Direct. The country...
Shiva Cement announces net loss in the 4QFY18-19
India’s Shiva Cement has reported a net loss of INR51.2m (US$732,110) for the quarter ended March 2019, against a net profit of INR24.1m during the year-ago period. Sales decli...
Al Jouf Cement to convert second line to white cement production
Saudi Arabia’s Al Jouf Cement Co has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Riga Co to convert its second line to the production of white cement. The line, wh...
Vietnamese cement sales expected to rise 8% in Jan-Apr 2019
In the first four months of 2019, Vietnamese cement sales have been estimated to rise eight per cent YoY to 35.45Mt, according to the Vietnam Building Materials Association. Th...
Pakistan's seaborne exports grow July 2018-March 2019
Cement exports during the first nine months of July 2018 to March 2019 recorded a YoY growth of 32.8 per cent and 55.4 per cent in terms of value in dollar and quantity, respec...
Carthage Cement sees revenues up 3% in 1Q19
Tunisia-based Carthage Cement has reported a three per cent increase in revenues for the first quarter of 2019. Revenues were up to TND59.771m (US$19.889m) from TND54.862m. T...
BCMA requests reduction in clinker import duty
The Bangladesh Cement Manufacturers Association (BCMA) has requested a reduction in the specific rate duty on clinker imports to either BDT200/t (US$2.37/t) or a fixed duty of ...
Pakistan cement production shrinkage in 8MFY19
The overall output of Pakistan's Large-Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) fell by 1.7 per cent for July-February 2018-19 compared to July-February 2017-18, reports Pakistan'...
Qassim Cement announces 2% drop in 1Q19 net profit
Saudi Arabia’s Qassim Cement has announced that its net profit for the 1Q19 has fallen 2.1 per cent YoY to SAR56m (US$14.93m) from SAR57.2m. The company also reported that its...
Pakistan's cement and construction FDI continue to slide
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has reported a contraction of investment for local industries including cement during 9MFY19. According to central bank, total foreign direct i...
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