Oficemen downgrades growth forecast
Cement producers have reduced their growth forecast for 2018 from 12 per cent to seven per cent, according to Oficemen, Spain’s cement association. They attribute the lower g...
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Van Aalst partners Scania in cement carrier project
Van Aaslt has contributed in the development in the first Tier III Scania self-discharging cement carrier called 'NACC Alicudi'. The 120m vessel operates Scania IMO tier III di...
LafargeHolcim receives approval for tyre burning project
LafargeHolcim’s plans to incinerate tyres at its facility in Brookfield, Nova Scotia, has been given regulatory approval by the Canadian province. Although the company requeste...
Cementos Bío Bío sells Peruvian subsidiary
Chile’s Cementos Bío Bío has sold its Peruvian subsidiary, Cementos Portland, in a transaction valued close to US$14m, according to La Tercera. The departure means that it will...
Tamil Nadu Cements completes construction of new plant
India’s Tamil Nadu Cements Corp Ltd has completed the erection of a 1Mta plant in Ariyalur, with 95 per cent of the total work now completed. The new facility represents an inv...
Oman Cement Co to use waste tyres as AF
An agreement between Oman Cement Co (OCC) and Oman Environmental Services Holding Co Be’ah will see the cement producer include waste tyres in its fuel mix. The Memorandum of...
New RDF rules for Indian cement plants
Detailed guidelines recently finalised for India’s Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 will see cement factories within 400km of RDF plants have to ensure that the material const...
PCA seeks EPA reform of non-hazardous secondary materials policy
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has called for changes to the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) non-hazardous secondary materials (NHSM) policy. PCA Vice Presid...
July cement shipments advance 9% in USA and Puerto Rico
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the USA and Puerto Rico in July increased by 9.4 per cent YoY to 9.3Mt, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). Deliveri...
Dangote to push ahead with London IPO
Dangote Cement Chairman and CEO, Aliko Dangote, says Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Standard Chartered Bank could be among the banks to organise Dangote Cement’s London publ...
Cement prices rise 25% in Uzbekistan
Cement prices in Uzbekistan have risen 24.7 per cent YoY in the first nine months of 2018, alongside an overall increase of 18.4 per cent in the price of building materials. ...
APCMA reports cement dispatches bounce back in September
The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturer Association (APCMA) reports that domestic cement dispatch for September 2018 bounced back after two months of lacklustre growth, registerin...
Ukrainian embargo on Russian clinker imports will not affect supply
The Ukrainian government’s embargo on Russian clinker imports will not create a shortage of products on the country’s market, according to Pavlo Kachur, head of the Ukrcement A...
Switzerland sees cement deliveries fall 2% in 3Q18
Cement deliveries in Switzerland slipped 1.7 per cent YoY to 1,144,790t in the third quarter of 2018, according to Cemsuisse, the country’s cement association. In 3Q17 1,164,3...
No permission given for 10,000tpd Myanmar plant
The Karen National Union (KNU) has denied giving any permission for a proposed 10,000tpd cement plant to be established in Hlaingbew Township, Myanmar. According to Gen Saw ...
China National Heavy Machinery Corp win Confidence Cement order
Confidence Cement Dhaka Ltd, an associate of Confidence Cement Ltd, has signed an EP Contract with the China National Heavy Machinery Corporation (CHMC). The contract incudes t...
Hsing Ta Cement's revenue up 33% in September
Taiwanese cement manufacturer Hsing Ta Cement has recorded a 32.6 per cent YoY surge in revenue for September 2018, rising to TWD690.78m (US$22.30m) from TWD521.03m. In the f...
NCL Industries reports 32% production increase
India’s NCL Industries has announced strong results in the Jul-Sept 2018 period. Cement production increased 32 per cent YoY to 0.48Mt, while dispatches similarly rose 31 per c...
Dewan Cement's net profit falls to PKR902m
Dewan Cement Limited (DCL) has announced that its net profit declined to PKR902m (US$7.33m) in financial year 2018 from PKR1.30bn earned in the same period last year. It shows...
Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies develops low metakaolin-based cement
Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies (HGCT) is completing the construction of a 50,000t pilot plant in Bournezeau, Vendée, France. The new works will produce cement using flashed...
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