UK Quality Ash Association joins MPA
The UK Quality Ash Association (UKQAA) has joined the Mineral Products Association (MPA) as an Affiliate Member. The agreement incorporates a range of planned collective activi...
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Olesegun Olusanya resigns from Dangote Cement board
Olusegun Olusanya has resigned form Dangote Cement Plc's Board of Directors. The cement maker disclosed on Monday Mr Olusanya informed the board that he would pursue other oppo...
Scotiabank forecasts 6% growth in Peru’s cement demand
Cement consumption in Peru is predicted to expand by around 6.5 per cent in 2019, according to Scotiabank. The bank attributes the third-consecutive annual rise to a higher lev...
Cementos Alfa plans doubling biomass use
Cementos Alfa, part of the Portland Valderrivas Group, has avoided the emission of 31,000t of CO 2 at its Mataporquera plant, Cantabria, in 2018 as a result of the use of 150t...
JK Cement reports a 16.5% fall in net profit
India’s JK Cement has reported a 16.5 per cent fall in standalone net profit to INR609.1m (US$8.49m) in the third quarter of FY18-19, compared with INR729.3m of the year-ago pe...
Raysut Cement orders new clinker cooler for Salalah plant
Raysut Cement Co (RCC) has signed an agreement with Oman-based Ayoki Engineering LLC for the upgrade of the Line 3 clinker cooler at its Salalah plant. According to a media st...
CNBM and Fives seal collaboration agreement
CNBM and Fives have defined an agreement for areas of collaboration to benefit from either company's expertise or technologies. The parties will together explore a range of int...
Cemengal wins second grinding station order with ACICO Cement
Cemengal has been awarded with a new contract for the supply of a second cement grinding station to ACICO Cement consisting of a complete cement mill workshop. The main equipm...
Pakistan cement firms' profitability remain vulnerable in 1H19
Both Attock Cement and Lucky Cement recorded a fall in profit in their half-yearly results. According to Intermarket Securities Ltd, during 1H19 it is expected that the top cem...
HeidelbergCement targets cash generation
This week the trend for divestments from the large multinationals was again demonstrated by LafargeHolcim's admission that it may seek a buyer for its operations in the Philip...
US cement market expands 5% in October
Total Portland and blended cement deliveries in the USA and Puerto Rico advanced by 5.2 per cent YoY to 9.9Mt in October 2018, according to data by the US Geological Survey (US...
FLSmidth records higher order intake in 2018
FLSmidth released its 2018 annual report which records strong order intake, revenue growth and steps taken to improve profitability in cement. Order intake grew to DKK21.741bn ...
Lucky Cement records net profits of PKR5.8bn for 2H18
Lucky Cement Ltd reported net profit after tax of PKR5.80bn (US$41.47m) after taking out PKR0.34bn attributable to non-controlling interests for the half year ended 31 December...
Asia Cement records 83% revenue surge in 2018
South Korea’s Asia Cement has announced a 82.8 per cent YoY increase in revenue in its preliminary unaudited results for the 2018 period, rising to KRW843.3bn (US$754.1m) from ...
Power Cement has 22% of new 7700tpd line erected
Power Cement Ltd (PCL) reported its progress on its ambitious expansion plan to install a new 7700tpd line at its existing site in Sindh province of Pakistan. According to Ta...
LafargeHolcim completes Indonesia asset sale
LafargeHolcim has completed the divestment of its 80.6 per cent share in Holcim Indonesia to Semen Indonesia, which had an enterprise value of US$1.75bn. The proceeds from th...
Vietnam estimated to produce 7.8Mt in January
Vietnam’s General Statistics Office has estimated that the country produced 7.8Mt of cement in January 2019. This figure represents a 5.9 per cent YoY increase, but is down 1.6...
Ciments du Maroc Board appoints new MD
The Board of Ciments du Maroc, owned by HeidelbergCement via the Italcementi group, has appointed Matteo Rozzanigo as new managing director, effective 1 February 2019. He repla...
RHI Magnesita former CEO dies
RHI Magnesita announced the passing of former CEO Franz Struzl. Mr Struzl, who passed away on 28 January at the age of 76, and led the company from September 2011 to June 2016....
Colombian grey cement market stable in 2018
Dispatches in the Colombian cement market advanced 2.6 per cent to 0.973Mt in December 2018 from 0.949Mt in December 2017, according to the country’s national statistics office...
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