Confidence Cement commissions new 1.8Mta plant in Bangladesh
Confidence Cement Dhaka Ltd has inaugurated operations at a new cement manufacturing plant in Palash, Narsingdi, marking a new phase of nationwide expansion. The facility,...
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Sumitomo Osaka Cement to shut coal power plant
Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co has announced that it will record an extraordinary loss related to the planned closure of its coal-fired Ako Power Plant. In a disclosure coveri...
Tabuk Cement appoints new chairman and board committees
Tabuk Cement Co of Saudi Arabia has appointed Yazid Al-Shathri as chairman and Tareq Alangari as vice-chairman, following a board decision taken on 26 January, the company sa...
Molins acquires Zenit to expand European industrial construction footprint
Molins has expanded its precast concrete business by acquiring a 90 per cent stake in Zenit, a Spanish producer of reinforced and prestressed concrete components.
UltraTech Cement posts strong sales growth
UltraTech Cement reported a strong financial and operational performance for the quarter, supported by higher volumes, improved margins and steady progress on capacity expan...
US$200m investment to drive major expansion at East African Portland Cement
Kenya’s East African Portland Cement (EAPC) is set for a major transformation after its majority shareholder committed US$200m to modernise and significantly expand the comp...
US$25m cement plant to boost Angola’s cement sector
CES Angola will inaugurate its new cement plant on 30 January in the municipality of Sequele, Icolo and Bengo, following an investment of US$25m aimed at strengthening the co...
Al Jouf Cement says fuel prices have increased production costs by 14%
Al Jouf Cement Co has warned of a significant rise in production costs following recent fuel price adjustments announced by Saudi Aramco. In a disclosure to the Saudi Exch...
Philippine cement industry to present Sustainability Roadmap to ASEAN
The Philippines’ cement industry plans to present its Sustainability Roadmap to leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at meetings later this year, as pa...
MPA welcomes BGS industrial sand report
The British Geological Survey (BGS) has published its latest mineral planning factsheet "Industrial Sand Future Markets", highlighting the versatility and economic importance of...
USG Supramax freight market suffers considerable losses across all routes
The USG Supramax spot freight market picture looked stable at the beginning of the month with a steady flow of spot cargo offers. However, since a large number of ships from Co...
Analysts welcome YTL Cement’s share sale in Malayan Cement
YTL Cement Bhd ’s recent sale of shares in Malayan Cement Bhd has been viewed positively by analysts, who say the move will help improve the company’s public shareholding sp...
Century Peak expands footprint with Cebu plant
Century Peak Cement Manufacturing Corp (CPCMC), the cement arm of listed Century Peak Holdings Corp, has strengthened its position in the Philippine cement market following t...
Clinker import bottlenecks strain Bangladesh’s cement industry
Bangladesh’s cement industry is facing mounting challenges in handling imported clinker due to a shortage of lighter vessels required to unload bulk cargo at the outer anchorag...
Jiangsu LaFa partners with Hebei Qianbao Cement on WHR project
Jiangsu LaFa International Engineering Group is working in partnership with Hebei Qianbao Cement to deliver a waste heat power generation project aimed at converting industrial...
Closure order stayed on UltraTech ready-mix plant
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed a 9 January order issued by the Manesar Municipal Corporation (MC) directing the closure and demolition of UltraTech Cement Ltd ’s...
Chief minister urges shift to concrete roads in Nepal
Bagmati Province Chief Minister Indra Bahadur Baniya has called for greater use of domestically produced cement in road construction, advocating a shift away from asphalt pavem...
Sika reports 5% drop in 2025 sales as China construction declines
Construction chemicals producer Sika reported preliminary 2025 sales of CHF11.2bn, down 4.8 per cent as sluggish organic growth and currency headwinds took hold of sales revenue...
BUA Cement to build 3Mta Sokoto Line 6 with CBMI
BUA Cement Plc has signed an agreement with CBMI Construction to build a new 3Mta ultra-modern cement production line at its Sokoto plant , marking a significant milestone in ...
Cemros freezes plants as Russia’s cement market slumps
Cemros , which controls around one third of Russia’s cement market, has frozen production at plants in Belgorod and Ulyanovsk oblasts and reduced operations at its Lipetsk fac...
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