CCNN reports 43% revenue increase for 9M18
Nigeria’s CCNN has reported a 43.2 per cent YoY increase in revenue for the nine months ended 30 September 2018, rising to NGN19.57bn (US$53.9m) from NGN13.63bn in the year-ago...
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FANCESA finishes silo base at Cal’Orck’o plant
Bolivia’s FANCESA reported it finished constructing the base of the clinker silo at its new cement plant in Cal Orck’o. The base is 45m in diameter and 2m thick and will serv...
LafargeHolcim advances Legal and HR to Executive Committee
LafargeHolcim has promoted its Legal and Human Resources (HR) functions to its Executive Committee to strengthen its agile management focus, while its Corporate Growth and Perf...
Cementos Melón to invest in new capacity
Chile-based Cementos Melón has announced that it will open a new cement facility in Punta Arenas in the first half of 2020. The first stage of construction will see an investme...
CILAS ships first clinker exports to west Africa
Ciment Lafarge Souakri (CILAS) carried out it first export operation of 35,000t of clinker from Algeria’s Annaba port to west Africa. The shipment is part of LafargeHolcim Al...
Eurocement to begin producing white cement
Russia's Eurocement Group has announced plans to launch white cement production at its Zhigulyovsk Building Materials plant in Samara Region. "Today, the demand for white ce...
Aumund supplies multiple elevators to Argentinian plants
Aumund Brazil has worked closely with Sinoma Tianjin TDS of China to create two orders in South America. Aumund will supply three chain bucket elevators, eight belt bucket ele...
Cemex expected to increase cement price 12-13% in new year
Cemex will increase the price of cement between 12-13 per cent at the beginning of next year, according to the Mexican Association of Independent Concrete Companies (AMCI). "T...
City Cement agrees settlement with Sinoma International
City Cement of Saudi Arabia has made a settlement with Sinoma International for payment of its second production line. The original contract was signed in June 2012 for a total...
East Africa Portland Cement appoint new Chairman and Director
The East African Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) (LafargeHolcim group) has appointed Edwin Kinyua as its new Chairman and Director. Mr Kinyua replaces William Lay who had serve...
Ramco Cements to build a 3.15Mta plant in Andhra Pradesh
India’s Ramco Cements has laid the foundation stone for a new 3.15Mta greenfield cement plant at Kalavatala, Kolimigundla Mandal, Andhra Pradesh. The environmental clearance ha...
Turkmenistan's Lebap cement plant meets high demand
Turkmenistan’s Lebap cement plant has fulfilled its annual objective and produced over 1Mta of material. The plant’s products are in high demand domestically, but also internat...
CeMAP supports DTI safeguards against rising imports
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has received industry backing to establish safeguards to protect local producers against the rising levels of cement imports in the P...
MI Cement sees 33% revenue rise in FY17-18
Bangladesh's MI Cement Factory reported a 33 per cent rise in revenue in FY17-18, compared to the previous financial year, supported by new capacity and market expansion. The...
Puerto Rican cement sales surge 41% in Jan-Nov 2018
Overall cement sales in Puerto Rico advanced 41.3 per cent in January-November 2018. Cement sales amounted to 1.1m bags of 94lb in November alone, according to Esmerk Latin A...
Cement consumption in Spain up 10% in October
Demand for cement in Spain has risen 10.1 per cent YoY in October, according to the country’s cement association, Oficemen. In the past year, from November 2017 to October 20...
Ambuja Cement calls on collaboration for sustainable water management
Ambuja Cement Foundation (ACF), the CSR arm of Ambuja Cements Ltd, has called for a greater emphasis on cohesive and collaborative efforts to inspire sustainable water manageme...
Cement sales down in Canaries
Cement sales on the Canary islands decreased 2.4 per cent in November, when compared with November 2017. Sales reached 52,221t, according to the Canary Statistics Institute. ...
LafargeHolcim eyes Indian growth
This week, LafargeHolcim group stepped up its efforts to expand its operations in the high-growth Indian cement market. Both ACC Ltd and Ambuja Cement, subsidiaries of Lafarg...
DR Congo cement demand up 2% at end June 2018
Cement production in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the end of June reached 377,980t, according to the country’s statistics office. This compares with an output of 3...
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