Plibrico forms new European distribution partnership
Refractory supplier Plibrico Co has entered a new distribution partnership with the Pli Group Europe GmbH, a Vienna-based refractory distributor. Under the new alliance, Pli ...
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Thanh Thang receives approval for two additional lines
Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vietnam’s prime minister, has given approval to add two cement production lines (4 and 5), with a capacity of 2.3Mta each, to Thanh Thang Cement Corp’s plant ...
Lafarge Zimbabwe appoints new CEO
Lafarge Zimbabwe has appointed a new CEO to lead the company as it fights to maintain its market share following a rise in imports and increasing competition from domestic riva...
Brazil cement sales slip 1.2% in 2018, growth return in 2019
Cement sales in the Brazilian market remained largely stable at 3.964Mt in December 2018 from 3.97Mt in December 2017, according to the latest data from the country’s cement as...
Indian cement consumption to rise by 7-8 per cent in FY19-20
Rating agency ICRA forecasts that domestic cement demand in India will grow seven per cent YoY in FY19 and by around eight per cent in FY20, driven mainly by rural and affordab...
Nassef Sawiris reduces stake in LafargeHolcim
One of LafargeHolcim’s biggest shareholders, Nassef Sawiris, reduced his stake in the company by nearly 1.6m shares in December 2018. The shares had a value of over CHF66m (US$...
BBMG to sell 7 cement companies to Jidong Cement
BBMG Corp has announced that it will sell the entire equity interests in seven cement companies to China’s Jidong Cement for a total consideration of CNY1.54bn (US$227.06m). B...
Cement sales in Saudi Arabia fall 6% in December
Aggregate cement sales from 17 producers in Saudi Arabia slipped by six per cent in December to 3.82Mt, compared to 4.08Mt in December 2017, reported Yamama cement. Twelve c...
JSW Cement turns water provider
JSW Cement will provide piped and solar-powered water to 11 villages near to its planned grinding plant in Jajpur district, India. As part of the company's US$13bn 'Enterpris...
FLSmidth sells bulk material handling business
FLSmidth has reached an agreement to sell its bulk material handling business to Rainbow Heavy Machineries. The transaction has been structured as a sale of certain assets. As ...
Work to start on 1.5Mta cement plant in Tunisia
United Cement Investor, a Tunisian company, is building a greenfield 1.5Mta cement plant in Tunisia. The plant will be situated in Bir Thlathin, south Tataouine, Tunisia and wo...
FLSmidth wins equipment order in Paraguay
FLSmidth has won a contract worth over DKK350m (US$53.59m) to deliver equipment for a greenfield cement plant in Paraguay. The facility will have a capacity of 2500tpd and ma...
Chhatak Cement plans modernisation project
Bangladesh's Chhatak Cement Co Ltd has announced plans to modernise its facility and convert it from wet process to dry process. The company has begun to prepare a development ...
INC awards US$7m petcoke contract
Paraguay's Industria Nacional de Cemento (INC) has awarded the Sanfil GT consortium, represented by Christian Harrison Paleari, the contract for the supply of 24,000t of petcok...
Udayapur Cement's general manager moves to oil sector
Surendra Prasad Paudel, resigned his post of general manager of Udayapur Cement on Monday to become the head of the government's Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), the country's sole...
Tabuk Cement appoints new general manager
Saudi cement producer Tabuk Cement has appointed a new general manager as of 6 January 2019. Ali Al-Qahtani will succeed Ali Mohmiha Al Asmari, according to a statement to the ...
Thatta Cement Co director resigns
Thatta Cement Co Ltd has informed the Pakistani stock exchange that Shahzad Sabir resigned as Director from the Board of Directors with effect from 7 January 2019.
Cemex UK will use 100% renewable electricity in 2019
Cemex is partnering with ENGIE a services and regeneration group that uses 100 per cent renewable electricity to supplied sites. ENGIE has been providing electricity to over 1...
VICEM targets further growth in 2019
Vietnam Cement industry Corp (VICEM) has reported a 10 per cent YoY increase in revenue to VND37trn (US$1.59bn) for 2018. The company also saw an 11 per cent rise in pretax pro...
Sri Lanka's cement output rose 11% in September
Sri Lanka's cement production fell 3.2 per cent to 2.086Mt in the first nine months of 2018, but output picked up in September. Total imports and production was flat at 6.204M...
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