Arkan Building Materials to co-process SPL
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) will supply Abu Dhabi-based Arkan Building Materials with waste from its smelting operations. Arkan will co-process EGA’s spent pot lining (SPL)...
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Fujairah Cement Industries (FCI) sees fall in profit
Fujairah Cement Industries (FCI) saw its third-quarter profits fall by 95 per cent to AED0.3m (US$ 81,688) in the 3Q18, a sharp drop from AED6.2m reported in the year-ago peri...
Titan is looking to move its main quote to Brussels and the management to Cyprus
In the first nine months of 2018,Titan's turnover declined by 1.8 per cent to EUR1101.9m and EBITDA was down by 8.2 per cent to EUR196.9m, while in the third quarter EBITDA was...
Eagle Cement sees 6% rise in 9M net profit
Eagle Cement Corp reported in the 9M18 net sales of PHP12.2bn (US$229.2m), up nine per cent YoY from PHP11.2bn in the 9M17. Strong sales and stable prices supported the rise in...
Kyrgyz Republic produces 1.6Mt of cement in 9M18
Cement producers in the Kyrgyz Republic manufactured 1.6Mt of cement in the first three quarters of 2018, according to GS-Expert. This represents a YoY growth of 36 per cent. ...
Expansion plans of Fauji Cement are underway
Fauji Cement Company Limited (FCCL) has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that the 10th Extraordinary General Meeting (EOGM) of FCCL will be held in Islamabad on 29 Novem...
India Cements reports 94% YoY drop in net profit
India Cements posted a net profit of INR14.3m for the 2QFY18-19, ended 30 September 2018. This represents a 94 per cent fall when compared with a net profit of INR23.67m in the...
Jagdamba Cement accelerates cement expansion
Nepal's cement industry has stepped up construction of its new production units with Jagdamba Cement planning to build on its current market share as it expands its production ...
Hpa-an plants come under public pressure for using coal
Local residents of Hpa-an, Kiyan state, Myanmar, have called on the government to monitor local cement plants that have switched from using natural gas to coal-fired kilns. ...
ASEC extends O&M contract at Al-Minya Cement to 2021
ASEC, the leading cement operator in Africa and the Middle East, announced today the renewal of its technical management agreement with Al-Minya Cement Company for a new term u...
Vicat optimistic for future growth
This week Vicat announced its 9M18 results with a 7.6 per cent growth in sales, while weaker exchange rates impacted on revenues. Parts of Europe and the US market had a posi...
Trade war uncertainty reveals cracks
As discussed in the October issue of ICR, better-than-expected dry bulk rates have dampened the scrapping trend as owners cash in on more buoyant times. According to some obser...
Cementir benefits from the consolidation of US activities
Cementir's turnover for the first nine months of 2018 rose by 4.8 per cent to a restated EUR893.18m thanks to the full consolidation of Lehigh White Cement from the second quar...
Aliko Dangote has targeted Kenyan producer believed to be ARM
Dangote Cement is understood to be in talks to buy the troubled Kenyan cement maker ARM. This follows an interview of Aliko Dangote by Bloomberg News in which he said: "Ther...
Loma Negra reports 47% 3Q revenue growth
Argentina-based Loma Negra has posted a net revenue of ARS6.131m (US$192m), up 47.2 per cent YoY in the third quarter of 2018. The company has attributed the increase to growth...
Taiwan Cement Corp sees 40% revenue hike in October
Taiwan Cement Corp reported a 40.1 per cent surge in revenues in October to TWD11.753bn (US$381.9m) from TWD8.388bn in October 2017. Revenues advanced by 31.1 per cent to TWD...
Lucky Cement sees 16% YoY rise in October revenues
Taiwan-based Lucky Cement posted a 15.6 per cent YoY increase in revenues to TWD300.24m (US$9.6m) in October 2018 from TWD259.826m in the year-ago period. Revenues fell by 3....
BUA Cement announces completion Okpella plant
BUA Cement has announced the completion of its new 3Mta cement plant in Okpella, Edo state, Nigeria. Its output is expected to be delivered to the southern and southeastern Nig...
Hsing Ta Cement posts 32% rise in 10M revenues
Taiwan’s Hsing Ta Cement reported a 93.3 per cent YoY increase in revenues to TWD729.87m (US$23.7m) in October 2018 from TWD377.596m in the year-ago period. For the first 10 ...
Dangote Zambia sees surge in cement sales
Dangote Cement Zambia Ltd has reported a 40.9 per cent rise in sales to 768,000t of cement in the first nine months of 2018 supported by an increase in demand for housing and ...
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