Belarusian cement exports to be sold through commodity exchange
From 1 January 2019, approximately 200,000tpa or 10 per cent of Belarus’ total cement exports will be available to purchase from the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BU...
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Vassiliko Cement enlisted to dispose of waste tyres
Vassiliko Cement has received 1800t of old tyres from the Dali industrial area of Cyprus in an attempt by the Ministry of Agriculture to safely manage the amount of waste tyres...
Adelaide Brighton announces new CEO
Australia’s Adelaide Brighton has announced that Nick Miller will become the company’s new CEO after Martin Brydon leaves the company next year. Mr Miller is the CEO of Broad...
RHI Magnesita strengthens management team
RHI Magnesita has appointed Jacqueline Knox, currently Associate General Counsel M&A at VEON, an international telecommunications and technology business, as EVP General Legal ...
HeidelbergCement partially adapts 2018 outlook
Today, HeidelbergCement has made a new assessment of the current business year based on preliminary numbers for the 3Q18. Sales volumes and revenue of the first nine months of ...
ACC reports a 10% rise in net sales
India’s ACC has reported a 15 per cent YoY increase in consolidated profit-after-tax to INR2.4bn (US$32.6m) for the 3Q18 ended 30 September. Net sales rose 10 per cent to INR33...
Al Jouf Cement to supply Palestinian market
Al Jouf Cement of Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement with Palestine-based Sanad Trading and Marketing to export 50,000t of cement and clinker annually. Al Jouf made the ann...
Sibirsky Cement's cement production falls in 9M18
Russia’s Sibirsky Cement has seen a minor fall in cement production from its three plants in the 9M18, slipping to 2.507Mt from 2.516Mt in the year-ago period. The company’s ...
Lafarge Africa posts 5% net sales increase
Lafarge Africa has recorded a five per cent increase in net sales for the 3Q18 period, rising to NGN72bn (US$198.3m) from NGN68.8bn. In the 9M18, net sales again advanced five ...
Loesche wins coal mill orders from Guangdong Tapai Co Ltd
Loesche is delivering two vertical roller mills (VRMs) to Guangdong Tapai Co Ltd for its two 10,000tpd clinker lines in Jiaoling, Meizhou, Guangdong province, China. The two ...
Dangote starts work on Niger plant
Dangote starts work on the construction of a XOF180bn (US$315.8m) cement plant in Keita, Niger, according to the country’s national TV organisation. The new works will also ...
Thatta Cement appoints directors and appproves WHR project at AGM
At Thatta Cement Co Ltd's (TCCL) annual general meeting the company elected seven directors for a three-year term commencing from 16 October 2018. The appointments include Kha...
Gebr Pfeiffer wins mill orders for Ghorahi Cement
Ghorahi Cement Industry Pvt Ltd has contracted Gebr Pfeiffer to supply an MVR vertical roller mill (VRM) and a MPS VRM for coal grinding. The Nepal-based cement manufacturer...
Bangladesh cement exports rise July-Sept
Bangladesh's cement industry recorded export revenue of US$3.17m during July-Sept 2018 compared to US$2.72m of the corresponding year-ago period, according to the Bangladesh Ex...
Cherat Cement posts FY1Q profit fall
Cherat Cement Company Ltd (CCCL) has announced its financial results for the period ending 30 September 2018. The company reported a net profit of PKR431m (US$3.23m) in 1QFY 18...
New cement plant for Lesotho
Lesotho's Lephema Executive Group and Lafarge have launched a new plant, Maloti Mountain Cement, in Lesotho. Speaking at the inauguration launch, the founder of Lephema Execu...
Limak Çimento to receive Aumund equipment
Aumund has won a contract by Simona EE Overseas Development to deliver an order or material handling equipment for Limak Çimento Sanayi ve Ticaret, in Turkey. The order comp...
Cement prices in central India rise
While cement prices across India declined MoM to INR326 (US$4.44)/50kg bag in October from INR328/bag, they significantly increased by INR3/bag in central India as local demand...
Cemex Spain to close Gádor plant
Cemex Spain has announced the closure of its Gádor cement plant, which has been in operation since 1977. The closure of the cement works, announced via an employment regulati...
Yamama Cement posts 3Q18 loss
Yamama Cement Co reported a drop in revenues in the first nine months of the year to SAR107.7m (US$28.7m) from SAR164.2m in 3Q17. The fall in sales was attributed to the steep ...
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