Power Cement expansion runs smoothly
Power Cement of Pakistan has released a progress report on the implementation of the Nooriabad expansion project for the quarter ended 31 March 2019. In view of the ongoing pr...
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Rwanda Bureau of Standards rejects Hima Cement imports
Rwanda Bureau of Standards (RBS) returned cement imports into Rwanda by Uganda's Hima Cement Ltd (LafargeHolcim group) last month after they failed to meet the country's import...
Tunisian cement producers sign new AF charter
Nine Tunisian cement plants have signed a new charter on sustainable development and social responsibility, which seeks to harness new energy and alternative fuels produced thr...
Attock Cement commences trial production at Iraqi grinding unit
Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd (ACPL) has further updated Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) about its Iraq project. Trial production at the newly-constructed cement plant has now comme...
Brazilian cement demand edges up 1% in 1Q19
Brazil’s cement sales increased 1.3 per cent YoY to 12.7Mt in the 1Q19, according to preliminary data from the country’s cement association, SNIC. The modest rise in demand ha...
Tajikistan increases output by 9% in 1Q19
Tajikistan has produced around 843,000t of cement in the first three months of 2019, an increase of nine per cent from 747,000t last year, according to Asia-Plus. Almost 85 pe...
Matsiloje Cement MD claims his company was not protected
Racjit Josh, managing director of the closed Matsiloje Portland Cement (MPC) plant, has said that it would be difficult to reopen the plant without government support to restri...
Cemex receives approval for Maceo operations up to 2040
Cemex has received approval from the Attorney General’s Office in Colombia to carry out mining operations at its plant in Maceo, Antioquia. The contract will last until 2040 wi...
Novorosscement and Verkhnebakansky to raise cement prices
Novorosscement and Verkhnebakansky Cement will increase the price of cement by RUB300 (US$4.50)/t from 20 April 2019, according to Esmerk Russian News. The companies have att...
Bamburi Cement sees operating profit fall to KES0.8bn in 2018
Bamburi Cement (LafargeHolcim) has reported that operating profit fell to KES0.8bn (US$7.92m) in the 2018, from KES4.2bn in 2017. The decline was attributed to higher energy c...
Ghana expects job boost from new factory
Ghana is expecting a jobs boost from the construction of the Tanoso clinker plant later this year. Approximately1800 direct jobs will be created when the factory is completed. ...
Infrastructure projects lead to shift in Indian cement demand
The Indian government’s infrastructure drive is leading to a shift in demand for cement. The last few years have seen cement demand for the infrastructure sector advance by fiv...
HeidelbergCement extends Renewi AF contract
HeidelbergCement Miljo has extended the contract for Icopower pellets from waste-to-product company Renewi plc. The new contract will run for three years with the option to ext...
East African Portland Cement completes land sale
Government majority-owned East Africa Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) is selling land to the government after making KES1.26bn (US$12.4bn) losses in 2H18. EAPCC Chairman, Edw...
Raysut Cement reports 10% revenue increase in 1Q19
Oman’s Raysut Cement Co has released its unaudited consolidated financial results for the 1Q19, reporting a 9.8 per cent YoY increase in revenue to OMR23m (US$59.84m) from OMR2...
Bangladesh cement exports continue to slide in 9MFY19
Bangladesh's cement industry recorded a reduction of 16.4 per cent in export revenue to US$8.16m during the first nine months of FY18-19 (July 2018-March 2019) compared to US$9...
Loma Negra and Bridgestone enter water partnership
Argentina’s Loma Negra and Bridgestone have entered a partnership to re-use in Llavallol, Buenos Aires province. Bridgestone will supply 200,000lpd of filtered water. The ste...
A rejuvenated Kazakhstan cement market?
This week Steppe Cement reported its 1Q19 business results with an exceptionally-strong performance when compared with the 1Q18. The market leader increased its market share ...
Zimbabwe's construction contracts in 4Q18
Zimbabwe's construction industry contracted by 6.3 percentage points last year. A Treasury report cited cement shortages and high prices of construction materials for the slowd...
Kuwait Portland Cement sees 12% profit rise in 2018
Kuwait Portland Cement Co recorded a net profit of KWD2.49m (US$8.2m) in the 4Q18. This represents a 150 per cent YoY advance when compared with KWD997,000 (US$3.2m) in the sam...
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