Unitherm-Cemcon delivers MAS burner to Argentinian plant
Unitherm-Cemcon has delivered firing equipment to a cement plant in Argentina, following completion of the factory acceptance test (FAT) and successful inspection of the goods ...
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Fauji Cement's profit increases by 43.88% in 1HFY19
Fauji Cement Co Ltd (FCCL) has announced its financial results for the half year ended 31 December 2018, by declaring of net profit for the period of PKR1.82bn (US$13m), increa...
LafargeHolcim temporarily shuts down its Mabini plant
LafargeHolcim temporarily closed the grinding plant in Mabini, Batangas, the Philippines, in compliance to the Environment Management Bureau-Region IV office's order issued on ...
HeidelbergCement Board level changes
Dr Bernd Scheifele will leave the Managing Board in February 2020 after 15 years as chairman. Upon conclusion of his third term at the end of January 2020, Dr Bernd Scheifele ...
Cemtech Middle East & Africa off to successful start
Over 200 delegates from the global cement industry have come together for Cemtech Middle East & Africa 2019, which is being held at the Grand Hyatt Dubai, UAE, between 17-20 Fe...
HeidelbergCement achieves 10% revenue growth in 2018
HeidelbergCement has presented its preliminary, unaudited figures for sales volumes, revenue and result from current operations before and after depreciation and amortisation...
Sell-off Ssangyong Cement on the cards
Privately-held investment fund company Han & Co, is expected to sell off Ssangyong Cement in the second half of this year, according to Asia Today. The minimum sales amount i...
Ambuja sees 188% 4Q net profit surge
Ambuja Cements' sales rose 6.7 per cent to 13.63Mt in the quarter ended 31 December 2018 from 12.78Mt in 4Q17. This resulted in a total income of INR68.552bn (US$959.7m) in t...
Cementir shows modest improvement
Cementir Holding's adjusted turnover in 2018 improved by 4.9 per cent to EUR1196.2m and EBITDA advanced by 7.1 per cent to EUR238.5m, while the trading profit showed a nine per...
Unitherm-Cemcon commissions rotary burner order
Unitherm Cemcon successfully commissioned the firing system for a new 6000tpd plant in Nigeria (Edo State) in December 2018. The greenfield plant of BUA Cement group was suppli...
Haver & Boecker South Africa names new MD and other appointments
Haver & Boecker's South African subsidiary has been reorganised with Norbert Tschudy appointed the new Managing Director. The management team is completed by Sarina Karstens, ...
Exports from Pakistan during 7MFY19 improve
The Pakistan cement industry is facing a domestic drop in cement demand, but export data for 7MFY19 show overseas sales have been strong. Experts believe that with domestic dem...
Saudi Arabia to invest US$20bn in Pakistan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is investing US$20bn under phase one in Pakistan for number of projects in energy, petrochemicals, minerals, tourism and other projects. ...
Saurashtra Cement reports net loss of INR6.7m
Indian cement producer Saurashtra Cement saw its net profit fall to INR6.7m (US$93,790) in the quarter ended December 2018 when compared with INR33.2m in the year-ago period. ...
Tunisian clinker exports surge in 2018
Clinker exports in Tunisia increased 382 per cent to 1.5Mt in 2018 when compared with 311,000t in 2017, according to data published by the country’s Ministry of Industry and Sm...
CNBM wins EPC contract in Georgia
Beijing Triumph International Engineering Co Ltd, a branch of CNBM, has won an EPC contract to supply a cement facility for Georgia-based Mega Production. The company, formerly...
National Cement Co opens new 1Mta line in Libya
Ali Al-Issawi, Libyan Minister of Economy and Industry, and the board of directors of the National Company for Cement opened the 1Mta second production line at Zliten cement pl...
Cement production falls on MoM and YoY basis during 6MFY19
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has released numbers of quantum index of the Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) for 6MFY18-19. The overall output of LSMI fell by 1...
KCP starts commercial production at Muktyala II
India-based KCP has started commercial production on the second line of its plant in Muktyala, Andhra Pradesh, according to the company’s notification to the Bombay Stock Excha...
Pakistan exports of cement to India expected to fall
Pakistan cement exports to India are likely to be affected following the Indian government's announcement to scrap the 'Most-Favoured Nation' status to Pakistan, after an attac...
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