Kenya's cement consumption drops by 15% in 9M18
Kenya is stuck in a spiral decline of cement demand with sales continuing to plumit in the first 9M18. According to official data the country's cement consumption fell by 113,0...
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HeidelbergCement updates on portfolio optimisation
HeidelbergCement has reported that it closed the divestment of its 50 per cent share in Ciment Québec and its minority participation in Syria in December 2018. In addition, a f...
JK Lakshmi to upgrade logistics
India’s JK Lakshmi Cement has contracted FarEye, a digital logistics company, to maintain its distribution network and increase predictive visibility. "On our wide distributi...
Maple Leaf Factory's new line more than 60% complete
Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd is making progress on its expansion project. The company is setting up an additional 7300tpd dry-process clinker production line as a brownfield e...
Ivorian cement output up to 2.5Mt in 2017
Cement production in Côte d’Ivoire has increased from 2.5Mt in 2015 to 3.5Mt in 2017, according to Abidjan.net. In addition, with an XOF73bn (US$127.5m) investment into new ...
Mayotte expects the arrival of CEM II/AM42.5 cement
The Indian Ocean island of Mayotte will see the introduction of CEM II/AM42.5 cement, according to Le Journal De Mayotte. “Because of its composition based on pozzolan and l...
Spenner Zement orders new grinding plant
Spenner Zement in Westphalia, Germany, has commissioned Christian Pfeiffer for the construction of a grinding plant at its main site in Erwitte. In addition to the grinding p...
Cemex seeks terminal expansion in Florida
Cemex Construction Materials Florida LLC is reportedly seeking to expand its cement terminal at the port in Tampa Bay due to increased demand for cement products, according to ...
Pakistan cement companies expect mixed results for 6MFY19
Pakistan cement companies are scheduled to announce their financial results for the second quarter and six months of FY18-19 in coming months. Top cement companies are expected...
Iran produces 41Mt of cement in last 9M of 2018
Iran produced 41Mt of cement during the nine months to 21 December 2018, of which 4.8Mt were exported, reports the Iran Cement Association. According to Iran Cement Associatio...
Bashundhara Group to supply major infrastructure projects
Bangladesh's Bashundhara Group has been selected as the cement supplier for the country's first Metro Rail project and the construction of Kalna Bridge over Madhumati River in ...
Raysut Cement records 27% revenue increase in 2018
Oman’s Raysut Cement Co has announced its unaudited consolidated results for 2018, recording a 26.6 per cent YoY rise in revenue to OMR90.98m (US$236.6m) from OMR71.9m last yea...
Tajikistan exports US$65.4m of cement in 2018
Tajikistan exported 1.14Mt of cement in 2018, representing a value of US$65.4m. In 2017 exports stood at 970,100t and had a value of US$49.5m.The country exports cement to Uzbe...
LafargeHolcim wins Dutch Afsluitdijk contract
LafargeHolcim has been awarded with a key contract in the US$550m renovation of the Afsluitdijk, the Dutch iconic sea defense structure. The company will supply the project wit...
Ghielmimport appoints new sales and marketing director
Swiss building materials specialists, Ghielmimport, active in the Ticino Canton in particular, has appointed a new sales and marketing director, Paolo Maggi. The appointment of...
Time to take a chance in Tunisia?
This week Tunisian-based United Cement Investor announced that it will build a new 1.5Mta integrated cement plant in Tataouine, Tunisia, with work starting in March this year...
First 50kW solar cement kiln will be tested throughout 2019
The launch of the first solar reactor operating at 800-1000˚C, using rotary kiln and a horizontal bubbling fluidised bed, to manufacture cement is a step nearer. The Solar Ther...
Swiss cement dispatches stable in 2018
In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, total cement deliveries in the fourth quarter of 2018 increased two per cent YoY to 1,088,196t from 1,067,145t in the 4Q17, according to Cemsu...
Steppe Cement sees revenue up 32% in 2018
Steppe Cement Ltd reported 2018 revenue of KZT28.34bn (US$75.4m), up 32 per cent YoY. The Kazakhstan cement producer had cement volumes of 1.7Mt, a rise of six per cent while t...
Moroccan cement market contracts 4% in 2018
Demand for cement in Morocco has fallen 3.7 per cent YoY in 2018 to 13.287Mt, from 13.791Mt in 2017, according to data from the Ministry of Housing and Urbanism. In December...
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