US cement demand up 3% in 2018
Apparent domestic consumption advanced 2.9 per cent from 97.4Mt in 2017 to 100.2Mt in 2018, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The higher sales volumes were supporte...
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Cement importers refute claims of sub-standard cement
Importers of cement into the Philippines have disputed claims that their cement fails to meet regulatory standards. "All legally-imported cement retailed in the Philippine ma...
Libya Cement Co launches EUR200m investment programme
Libya Cement Co (CC) has announced an investment programme of EUR200m to be carried out over the next five years to increase its cement capacity. The investment will cover a m...
Cement sales rise by 16% in Saudi Arabia in February
Cement and clinker sales in Saudi Arabia rose 15.7 per cent YoY to 4.24Mt (including exports) in February 2019 compared to 3.67Mt in the previous year. Clinker inventory in...
CMR Philippines wins Holcim Lugait order
Automation and control systems specialist CMR Philippines has won the contract to supply and install new power monitoring technology at Holcim Lugait cement works in Misamis Or...
Pakistan's cement and construction FDI falls
According to State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), total foreign direct investment (FDI) into country during July 2018-February 2019 fell by 22.6 per cent compared to same period last ...
No change for Senegal maximum cement prices
The maximum cement price in Senegal will remain at previous year’s level, according to the country’s Ministry of Commerce. "Pursuant to the provisions of Article 43 of Law N...
China Tianrui full-year profit 21% up in 2018
China Tianrui Group Cement reported a 21 per cent increase in profits to CNY1.21bn in 2018 when compared with CNY1bn the previous year. The company’s revenues were up 19.5 pe...
Schwenk Zement to exit Namibia
This week, ICR learned that the Namibian cement market was in the process of change with Schwenk Zement's 0.7Mta Ohorongo plant now expected to come under control of Internati...
Peru cement market contracts 5% in February
National cement consumption in Peru slipped by 4.9 per cent in February 2019 to 0.893Mt, down from 0.9Mt reported in February 2018, according to the country’s cement associatio...
East African Portland Cement lose Athi River land decision
East African Portland Cement (EAPC) has lost to a government decision on ownership of a plot of land in Athi River, Kenya. State-owned Kenya Railways plan to construct a co...
Pakistan cement production falls in 7MFY19
The overall output of Pakstan's Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) decreased by 2.3 per cent for July 2018-January 2019, compared to July 2017-January 2018, says data ...
Suez Cement reports impact of wastewater flood
Suez Cement has announced that its Kattameya plant has been seriously affected by the collapse of a soil barrier around one of the wastewater ponds of a treatment station that ...
Clinker largest import commodity in Côte d’Ivoire
In 2018 clinker imports into Côte d’Ivoire edged up to 3.1Mt, from 3.03Mt in the previous year, making them the country’s largest import volume for the second-consecutive year,...
Cementos Progreso tests new San Gabriel plant
Guatamala-based Cementos Progreso has completed its investment of GTQ3.85bn (US$501m) at its San Gabriel plant in San Juan Sacatepequez. Tests were launched in 2018 and are e...
Former INC president to head Cementos Concepción
The former president of Paraguayan state-run cement producer Industria Nacional del Cemento, Jorge Mendez, will be leading the new cement company Cementos Concepción, according...
Thamesport Cement to build 0.5Mta grinding plant in UK
Thamesport Cement has submitted a full planning application of its proposed site on the Isle of Grain, Kent, UK. Backed by France-based Cem’In’Eu, the company promises to bring...
Iran set to export over 14,000t of cement to Somalia
Over 14,000t of cement is set to be exported from Iran’s southern island of Qeshm to Somalia, according to Iran Daily. "A 14,500t cargo of bagged cement produced in Qeshm will ...
Whale Rock Cement starts sourcing local clinker
Namibia's Whale Rock Cement, producer of the Cheetah Cement brand, has started to source clinker locally after initially sourcing it from Egypt, according to Zedekias Gowaseb, ...
Kuwait Cement starts oil well cement production
Kuwait Cement Co (KCC) has started marketing oil well cement and made its first delivery on 13 March 2019 to National Petroleum Services Company (NAPESCO). KCC is the first cem...
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