Exshaw plant receives funding boost for low-carbon fuels project
Lafarge Exshaw cement plant (LafargeHolcim group) will receive funding for environmental improvements from a new Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) innovations fund for industry...
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Algeria exports first shipment to Niger
Algeria’s first exports to Niger were carried out on 9 February by El-Hamel Sidi Moussa’s cement plant in Timegtène, 270km east of Adrar. The cement works shipped 2000t. Goin...
Schenck Process to hold first public demonstration of e-nizing®
Schenck Process will publically demonstrating its new e-nizing.io ® platform from 25- 28 February at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. e-nizing.io ® is a newly-...
LafargeHolcim appoints new CEO of US Aggregates and Construction Materials business
LafargeHolcim has announced the appointment of Jay Moreau as the new CEO of its US Aggregates and Construction Materials business. Mr Moreau joins the company from Martin Marie...
Vecoplan opens branch in Poland
To provide its Polish customers with even better customer care, Vecoplan, which specialises in machines and plants that crush, convey and process primary and secondary raw mate...
LafargeHolcim lines up Middle East Africa assets for US$8bn divestment
Just a week after closing the US$1.75bn divestment of Holcim Indonesia, LafargeHolcim is understood to be contemplating the sale of its Middle East-Africa business unit, acco...
Cemex profits benefit from a lower minorities charge
Cemex' turnover improved by 1.7 per cent in 2018 to US$148,374.6m, while EBITDA eased by 0.6 per cent to US$1557.9m and trading profit fell by 6.9 per cent to US$1420.9m. Howev...
Dalmia Cement plans new 2.5Mta project
India’s Dalmia Cement (Bharat) has announced plans to set up a new facility at Jamuna village in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh. The project is worth an estimated INR18.75bn ...
Cemex Latam net sales fall 7% in 4Q18
Cemex LatAm Holdings (CLH) announced consolidated net sales of US$260m in 4Q18, a fall of seven per cent on the US$278m achieved in 4Q17. Operating EBITDA reached US$39m during...
Udayapur Cement faces power issues
Nepal’s Udayapur Cement Industries Ltd (UCIL) is currently facing a crisis regarding consistent power outages, with as many as six reported in a single day. On 31 January the c...
Buzzi Unicem's cement volumes rise 4.3% in FY18
Buzzi Unicem's financial year 2018 results saw cement volumes at 27.9Mt, up 4.3 per cent from 26.8Mt in FY17. Ready-mix concrete volumes reached 11.8Mm 3 , down 3.6 per cent f...
Intercem Engineering wins silo unit project in Germany
The Zementwerk Lübeck plant in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, has appointed Intercem Engineering of Germany to supply a silo unit consisting of four steel silos with a capacity o...
Experts list reasons for Pakistan's cement slowdown in 7MFY19
The Pakistan cement industry recorded a negative growth on domestic dispatches during the month of January 2019. As per APCMA data, local cement sales for the month came in at ...
Thatta Cement makes changes in management
Thatta Cement Co Ltd (TCCL) informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) earlier this week that it has made some changes in top management. The company has appointed Noor Mohamma...
SCG Cambodia's revenues rise 15% on strong construction actvity
SCG Cambodia, a subsidiary of the Siam Cement Group, yesterday announced that revenue from sales in 2018 grew by 15 per cent, rising to US$396m. Revenue from sales in 4Q18 reac...
Huaxin Cement announces new Uzbekistan project
Huaxin Cement has announced that it will construct a new cement plant in Uzbekistan, with government approval already received. The company has set up a new venture, Huaxin Cem...
APCMA releases dispatch data for January and 7MFY19
The Pakistan cement sector posted a double-digit decline of 10.7 per cent in the month of January compared with corresponding month last year, raising alarm bells among produce...
Caisse de Dépôt et Placement to keep stake in McInnis
Caisse de Dépôt et Placement no longer intends to sell its interest in Ciment McInnis’ cement plant in Port-Daniel, Gaspésie, Canada. "We are convinced of the potential of th...
Intercem Engineering wins Russian high-efficiency separator order
Intercem has been awarded the contract to supply a high-efficiency separator ICS 143, as well as the associated plant aggregates for a new cement plant in Russia. Interc...
Birla Corp announces results and starts constructing new facility
India’s Birla Corp Ltd reported a INR270m (US$3.76m) net profit for the third quarter ending 31 December 2018, up from a INR220m net loss of the previous year’s period. The gro...
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