BBMG and Tangshan Jidong resume US$290m Zambia plant
BBMG Corp and Tangshan Jidong Cement recently resumed work on the development of a 1.28Mta cement plant in Zambia. They will build the waste heat recovery unit and the first cl...
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Solid Cement borrows US$75m from related company
Solid Cement, an operating subsidiary of Cemex Holdings Philippines, is borrowing US$75m of subordinated revolving credit from Cemex Asia. The money will be used to refinance e...
Fire put out at Martinsburg plant
Cementos Argos' Martinsburg cement plant in the USA called fire units after 15.51h yesterday after what was thought to have been an explosion on the site. The 167th National G...
Cementos Progreso uses novel raw material transport technology
Cementos Progreso is using RopeCon material transport technology to connect the crusher with its San Gabriel cement works. Located some 35km west of Guatemala City, the 2.2M...
Al Khalij to start oil well cement production
Al Khalij Cement Company (AKCC), part of Qatari Investors Group, has announced that its Umm Bab plant will produce oil well cement (OWC) Class ‘G’ at Grade (s) HSR, having rece...
China's carbon trading passes CNY6bn
China's seven pilot carbon trading schemes reached CNY6bn (US$863.9m) at the end of October, rising from CNY4.7bn at the end of 2017, reported the Ministry of Ecology and Envir...
YTL Corp records 11.3% net profit decline
Malaysia’s YTL Corp saw a 11.3 per cent decrease in net profit for the 1QFY19, falling to MYR125.79m (US$30m) from MYR141.82m in the year-ago period. The decline has been attri...
Cementos Polpaico swings into black in 9M18
Chile-based Cementos Polpaico has reported revenues of CLP121.321bn (US$ 179.8m) in January-September 2018, representing a 25.9 per cent YoY increase. In addition, the compa...
Uruguayan 3Q domestic cement sales up 14%
Cement sales in Uruguay increased 14 per cent YoY to 181,000t in the July-September quarter, according to a report by the country’s Chamber of Industries. However, exports f...
Kenya sees 2% MoM drop in demand
Consumption of cement in Kenya fell 2.2 per cent from 466,909t in August to 456,473t in September 2018, according to a recent report by Kenya National Statistics Bureau. Output...
Dalmia Bharat looks to expand into northern India
India’s Dalmia Bharat has reportedly secured mining rights near Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, and could be planning to construct a 4Mta plant over two phases in the area, according t...
Panama cement market forecast to contract by 13%
Cement consumption in Panama is expected to fall by 13 per cent this year due to the economic slowdown, the strike by the trade union of construction workers, Suntracs, and a d...
Tabuk Cement to export to Yemen
Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk Cement has signed a memorandum of understanding with Yemen to export cement. The company will export 6000t of cement in a three-month deal with the country...
Is US cement market about to slow?
The US cement market received a note of caution this week with the PCA's latest forecast, which predicted a falling growth rate for cement consumption over the next two years. ...
GCCA focusses on sustainability and concrete positioning
At its inaugural Annual General Meeting and Symposium, the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), which represents cement and concrete producers from around the world, ...
PPC reports 8% rise in 1H revenues
PPC posted an eight per cent increase in 1HFY18-19 revenues to ZAR5.597bn (US$403.9m) on the back of strong growth in the rest of Africa as the company’s performance in its dom...
Cibao opens new packing and dispatch facility
Cementos Cibao inaugurated a new packing, palletising and cement dispatch plant in Santiago, Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The plant has two complete and fully-automated packi...
Government and business agree HNL30 price drop in public works cement
Honduran president, Juan Orlando Hernández, has announced a reduction of HNL30 (US$1.22)/bag of cement for public works and housing, following talks with the cement industry. ...
Spain sees 9% rise in demand in September
The Cement Demand Index has seen an 8.5 per cent increase YoY in September, but slipped 0.2 per cent MoM, according to data published by Oficemen. In the October 2017-Septemb...
Four months export revenue growth
Pakistan's cement industry earned foreign exchange revenue of US$26.74m by exporting 616,648t of cement during October 2018, compared to US$29.05m on 671,913t of cement in prev...
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