Bruno Pillon becomes president of Cimbéton
Cimbéton has appointed Bruno Pillon, sales and marketing director of Calcia, as its new president. He succeeds Grégoire Douillet, commercial director of the Vicat group, and ...
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Global cement industry gathers at Cemtech Europe 2018
More than 200 delegates of the global cement industry gathered for Cemtech Europe 2018, which is being held at the Conrad Istanbul Bosphorus, Turkey, from 14-17 October. Int...
UAE to construct MSW plant for alternative fuel production
The UAE will soon start construction and operation of a municipal solid waste treatment (MSW) plant and alternative fuel production plant in the northern emirate of Umm Al Qaiw...
Gebr Pfeiffer sells first TRT Triples dryer in India
Three Cement has ordered a Gebr Pfeiffer TRT 5000/8/0 Triplex dryer from Gebr Pfeiffer. The equipment will be used to reduce the company's FGD gypsum to a mixture content of be...
Aumund appoints new managing director
Dr Ing Pietro de Michieli has been appointed Aumund Fördertechnik GmbH's ew Managing Director, to focus on equipment sales, spare parts, after sales service and PREMAS ® 4.0, ...
Bronx terminal brings environmental benefits
McInnis Cement has opened its Bronx terminal at the South Bronx waterfront, New York, USA. The terminal is approximately 100,000ft 2 with a warehouse for storing 44,000Mt of c...
Katari Municipality slaps ban on limestone excavation and transport
Saurya and Cosmos Cement Industries have come under a ban to quarry and transport limestone in the Katari Municipality. K atari Municipality Mayor Gyanendra Shrestha said that ...
Attock Cement revenue increases in 1QFY19
Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd (ACPL) has announced its 1QFY19 results. It reported a net profit after tax of PKR423m (US$3.2m), down 30 per cent YoY despite an increase in revenue...
Expansion project of Maple Leaf Cement on the track
Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd has updated the Pakistan Stock Exchange about progress on it expansion project. According to Company Secretary, Muhammad Ashraf, the company is un...
Unacem buys Cementos Portland for US$28m
Peru-based Unacem has acquired Cementos Portland for US$28m from Cementos Bío Bío and Votorantim. Unacem, which operates 8.3Mta of production capacity at two plants at Atoco...
Raysut Cement 9M profit falls
Raysut Cement Co reported revenues in the first nine months of 2018 were OMR64m (US$166.5m), representing a17 per cent increase when compared with OMR54.7m in 9M17. However, th...
Lafarge suffers loss on high tax payment
Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe reported a loss of ZWD1174m (US$4.9m) for 1H18 due to a significant tax settlement. In 2017, the company disclosed a contingent liability of ZWD7.9m ...
Egypt's National Cement Co to be liquidated
The Egyptian government has decided to liquidate National Cement Co due to continued financial losses and debt accumulation, according to Ahramonline. Total accumulated fina...
Emami Cement files IPO prospectus
Emami Cement has filed a prospectus with market regulator Sebi to raise up to INR10bn through an IPO, according to a document on issue manager manager Axis Capital’s website. ...
Dangote acquisition trail could strengthen group's African network
Dangote Cement's Chairman and CEO, Aliko Dangote, caught our attention this week with his announcement that Dangote Cement will begin preparations for the company's London pub...
Norway's CCS funding from EU receives cautious backing
Norway is attempting to give carbon capture and storage (CCS) a new start with an updated concept focussed on developing transport and storage infrastructure to attract interes...
Cement consumption in Morocco up 20% in September
Cement sales in Morocco increased by 20.1 per cent YoY to 1.043Mt in September 2018 from 0.688Mt in September 2017, according to data from the Ministry of Urbanisation and Hous...
IMIDRO chairman resigns
Mehdi Karbasian, the chairman of the Iran Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organisation (IMIDRO), has resigned. Fars news agency reported that Kabasian ...
High expenses deter industry from investing in Himachal Pradesh
Multiple taxations and high freight charges are some of the reasons that deter the cement industry from investing in Himachal Pradesh, India. State-level taxes include a certai...
Lucky Cement re-appoints top directors
Irfan Chawala, CFO of Lucky Cement, has informed Pakistan's Stock Exchange of the re-appointment of top executives of the company. The Board of Directors has re-appointed Muha...
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