Cemex to sell white cement plant to Çimsa
Cemex has announced that it has reached a binding agreement with Çimsa Çimento to divest its white cement business, including its Buñol plant in Spain, for approximately US$180...
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Qassim Cement to export 120,000t of cement to Kuwait
Saudi Arabia’s Qassim Cement Co has signed an agreement with Kuwait-based Al-Arada Building Materials Co to export 120,000t of cement. While no value for the deal has been re...
Niger's president inaugurates Malbaza Cement plant
Niger's President, Issoufou Mahamadou, inaugurated the new Malbaza Cement Co plant in the Tahoua region of Niger, on 20 March 2019. Owned by private capital from Niger, the p...
Northern Region Cement posts 75% profit fall in 2018
Saudi cement producer Northern Region Cement saw a 75 per cent drop in its net profits to SAR13.09m (US$3.5m) in 2018 from SAR52.95m in the previous year, according to data pub...
PPC Zimbabwe calls on government to protect local cement production
Zimbabwe’s largest cement producer, PPC Zimbabwe, has called on the government to pass legislation to protect domestically-produced cement from imports. Last year, the govern...
Cemex links up with Petuum Industrial for global AI order
Cemex has entered into a global agreement with automation specialist Petuum Industrial to supply AI (artifical intellegence) Autopilot with autosteer in all cement plants world...
Votorantim acquires New York ready-mix and aggregates business
US-based ready-mix concrete, aggregates and building materials supplier United Materials has been acquired by Votorantim Cimentos North America. Located in Depew, New York, U...
New cement facility inaugurated in Iran
Monde Dashti Cement’s new 1.2Mta cement production unit has been inaugurated by Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, through a video conference, according to the Tehran Times. ...
Eastern Province Cement reports 35% fall in net profit
Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province Cement Co has reported a 34.6 per cent YoY profit decline after zakat and tax, falling to SAR70m (US$18.66m) from SAR107m of 2017. The company...
FCT Combustion wins Ash Grove burner project and other cement orders
FCT Combustion has won a contract to convert both kilns at Ash Grove Cement's Louisville plant, NE, USA to natural gas firing. The supply will include Gyro-Therm™ MKII burners,...
LafargeHolcim to help build Africa's highest tower
LafargeHolcim will play a key role in building Egypt's new capital, currently under construction 45km outside of Cairo. The city will become the country’s new administrative an...
World's largest 3D printer to build two-storey concrete house
The largest 3D printer in the world is being prepared to start printing a two-storey house on the site of Kamp C, the Provincial Centre for Sustainability and Innovation in Wes...
DG Khan to invest in hotel business
DG Khan Cement has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange(PSX) that an extra ordinary general meeting of board of directors is scheduled to be held on 17 April to transact some speci...
Procurement process begins for new Deshbandhu Group plant
Bangladesh-based Deshbandhu Group and Guangdong Power Engineering Co Ltd are now seeking project finance for their proposed 1500tpd cement plant near Dhaka. The new facility re...
Exports of cement from Pakistan continue to swell in 8MFY19
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data shows that the country's cement export value and volume rose during first eight months of the current FY18-19, despite dwindling export...
Moroccan demand increases 4% in February
Morocco’s cement market expanded by 4.3 per cent in February to 1,115,641t from 1,069,926t in February 2018, according to the country’s Ministry of Housing and Urbanisation. Th...
Holcim Azerbaijan celebrates 70-year history
Holcim Garadagh cement plant (LafargeHolcim group) has held a jubilee event to mark its 70-year history in Azerbaijan. Holcim Azerbaijan welcomed guests and gave speeches abou...
Wagners suspends cement supply to Boral
Wagners Holding Co Ltd has suspended the supply of cement to Boral Ltd for six months after Boral had issued a third-party pricing notice to Wagners under their cement supply a...
Fives FCB completes kiln and tyre replacement at Val d'Azergues plant
Fives FCB has successfully completed the kiln shell replacement at LafargeHolcim's Val d'Azergues plant, France. LafargeHolcim previouly signed an agreement with Fives FCB in...
Vicat to supply cement for Alpinium
Vicat will deliver 914t of its Structurat cement, produced at its Montalieu plant, France, and 649t of Performat cement, manufactured at its St Egrève and Montalieu works, for ...
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