Domicem celebrates sustainable growth in 2018
Domicem highlighted its sustainable growth in 2018 as the company’s Managing Director, Adriano Brunetti looked back on the year during the company’s Christmas dinner. "I woul...
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India's GST council may cut tax on cement
India's Goods and Service Tax (GST) council may consider moving construction items, such as cement, out of its highest tax band of 28 per cent in its meeting next week, accordi...
RM Rail to supply 1000 cement hopper wagons
RM Rail has been awarded the contract to supply Russia’s Gazprombank Leasing and VEB-Leasing on behalf of Russian cement companies as well as Kazakhstan’s largest cement manufa...
Concrete blocks from recycled plastic gains cement producers' attention
The Center for Regenerative Design & Collaboration (CRDC) in Costa Rica has started making construction blocks from a combination of recycled plastic and limestone. The Ecob...
No reprieve for National Cement Company
Hisham Tawfik, Egypt's Minister of Public Business Sector, confirmed that the state-run National Cement Company (NCC) of Egypt will be shut down. NCC had closed after the publ...
Binani Cement changes name following acquisition
Binani Cement has announced that it will be changing its name to UltraTech Nathdwara Cement Ltd, following the company’s acquisition by UltraTech on 20 November. UltraTech Ce...
Ambuja Cement announces greenfield investment and CEO resignation
The Board of Directors of Ambuja Cements Ltd (LafargeHolcim group) has approved an initial investment of INR3,900m (US$54.1m) for the first phase of the 1.7Mta greenfield clink...
APO Cement resumes operation of kiln lines
APO Cement (Cemex) has resumed operation of its two kilns at its cement plant in the Philippines, two weeks after they were closed due to the unavailability of raw materials. T...
Holcim Philippines contracts Huaxin for US$245m project
China’s Huaxin Cement has announced that it has been contracted to build and renovate cement production lines and supporting facilities for Holcim Philippines. The US$245m eng...
Pakistan's cement industry braces itself for challenges ahead
Pakistan's cement industry will face challenges in the remaining six months of current financial year 2018-19 due to various pressing factors. Industry experts are of opinion t...
Mexican ready-mix prices to rise 20%
Mexico's ready-mix concrete producers are set to raise prices by 20 per cent. The Mexican Association of Independent Concrete Producers (AMCI), representing 70 per cent of the ...
MPA report highlights UK cement is reducing costs and CO2 footprint
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has published its 2018 Annual Performance Report which presents data on the UK cement industry's contribution to the economy in 2017. Cem...
CTP Team wins Malaysian ESP to baghouse conversion project
Italy-based CTP Team has been awarded a turnkey project for air pollution control in Malaysia for the conversion of an existing PL1 raw mill electrostatic precipitator (ESP) in...
Fauji Cement Company appoints directors
Fauji Cement Company Ltd (FCCL) has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that it has appointed a new Chairman, Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director and Directors during ...
ACC announces INR30bn expansion plans
The board of India's ACC has approved a proposal for setting up an integrated greenfield project at Ametha, Madhya Pradesh, with a clinker capacity of 3Mta and cement of 1Mta. ...
Chilean cement dispatches down 8% in September
Cement deliveries in Chile fell 7.5 per cent YoY and 10.8 per cent MoM to 307,015t in September 2018, according to the Chilean Chamber of Construction (CCHC). In September 20...
Caribbean Cement secures loan to pay US$ debt
Jamaica's Caribbean Cement Co Ltd and its mining subsidiary have secured a five-year JMD3bn (US$23.53m) loan from National Commercial Bank Jamaica to pay back a US dollar debt....
Andusia moves into hazardous waste market
Andusia Recovered Fuels Ltd is moving into the hazardous waste market in addition to the RDF market which they participated in for the past six-and-a-half years. Moving into...
Fives FCB opens sales office in USA
Fives strengthens its global presence as it opens a new Cement and Minerals sales office in the USA. Through this new office, the company will improve the ways in which it a...
Construction ban on high-rise buildings withdrawn
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has withdrawn its order banning high-rise constructions beyond six floors in the metropolis. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakist...
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