Cemex Ventures invests in real-time delivery company
Cemex Ventures has invested in LINKX, a software company that specialises in goods delivery optimisation. LINKX will help Cemex achieve control of deliveries in real time, all...
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GCCA teams up with Concrete Sustainability Council
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has announced that it is formally joining the Concrete Sustainability Council (CSC) – adding its support to the certification ...
Cameroon cement industry reaches sales of XAF191.9bn in 2018
Cameroon’s four cement producers achieved a total turnover of XAF191.9bn (US$330.4m) in 2018, according to sources in the country’s tax administration. Market leader Dangote ...
Attock Cement profit shrinks by 25% in 9MFY19
Attock Cement Pakistan Lt (ACPL) has announced its financial result for nine months period ended 31 March 2019 by declaring a net profit of PKR1.376bn (US$9.715m), down by 25 p...
Saud Suliman Al Juhani new Tabuk Cement board chairman
Saudi Arabia-based Tabuk Cement Co has appointed Saud Suliman Al Juhani as the new chairman of the board, effective 14 April 2019. He replaces Dr Saeed Obaid who stepped down...
Kattameya plant burns biomass for the first time
The Suez Cement Kattameya plant (HeidelbergCement Group) has used waste as alternative fuel (AF) in its main burner for the first time this week. The Kattameya plant’s tea...
Spain’s cement demand up 6% in February
Cement demand in Spain, as measured by Oficemen’s Cement Demand Index, has increased 6.1 per cent YoY in February. In the March 2018-February 2019 period total cement consum...
CCNN reports record net profit of NGN5.7bn in FY18
Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) has released its FY18 results, reporting a net profit of NGN5.7bn (US$15.75m) , 77 per cent higher than in 2017. The earnings report...
Philippine cement shortage expected to delay construction
The current shortage of cement in the Philippines is likely to delay construction projects, according to Pronove Tai International Consultants. The property consultants estim...
HeidelbergCement plans to invest EUR25m in Togo
HeidelbergCement intends to invest EUR25m (US$28.2m) in its Togolese subsidiaries Cimtogo, Scantogo and Granutogo, according to Eric Goulignac, the company’s managing director ...
Lucky Cement wins Corporate Excellence Award
Lucky Cement Ltd has won the Management Association of Pakistan's (MAP) Corporate Excellence Award in the cement sector category. Syed Noman Hasan, executive director of Lucky ...
Steppe Cement records strong sales in 1Q19
Steppe Cement reports that in the 1Q19 the cement producer sold 266,393t of cement for KZT4455m (US$11.76m), compared to 197,179t of cement for KZT2313m in the 1Q18, an increas...
New Director General at Arodo
After five years at the helm, Marianne Fiers is handing over the reins of Arodo to the new General Director, Joost Van Aaken. Marianne will be taking early retirement on 19 Apr...
Powtech 2019 draws in the crowds
Powtech 2019, the leading exhibition for experts in the powder and bulk solids technology, began at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre, Germany, on Tuesday. The conference feature...
Taiwanese cement companies report positive results in 1Q19
Taiwan Cement Corp reported improved revenues for March 2019 at TWD10.877bn (US$352.62m), up 11.6 per cent when compared with TWD9.75bn in March 2018, according to Dow Jones Ne...
Prices in Pakistan's northern region start to fall
A research house in Pakistan hints the start of a decline trend in cement prices in the north. Its channel checks show that average retail prices in the north region have falle...
6th LafargeHolcim Forum is held in Cairo
LafargeHolcim and the American University of Cairo held the 6th LafargeHolcim Forum on 'Rematerializing Construction' in Cairo, Egypt, on 9 April. The forum drew more than 350 ...
Work on Dangote’s Côte d’Ivoire plant advances
Dangote Cement has announced the construction of its 3Mta cement works just outside Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire is now at an advanced stage. The project has been implemented for a...
ARM Cement expected to sell shares in Mafikeng Cement
ARM Cement is expected to sell its 70 per cent stake in South African subsidiary Mafikeng Cement (Pty) Ltd. PriceWaterhouseCoopers, which is administering ARM Cement, has start...
HeidelbergCement makes further progress with portfolio optimisation
HeidelbergCement’s subsidiary Italcementi has signed contracts with Buzzi Unicem and Colacem regarding the disposals of cement plants in the northern and central region of Ital...
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