PSK to construct new plant in Russia
Russia's Pervaya Stroitelnaya Kompaniya (PSK) has announced plans to construct a cement plant at the Borisovsky deposit in Petrovsky, Tambov region. PSK had previously purchase...
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Honduran president calls for lower cement prices
Juan Orlando Hernández, president of Honduras, has called upon cement producers to lower their prices, according to La Tribuna. He appealed to the cement companies to enable ...
FEI: Egypt faces oversupply
Cement demand declined in 1H18 to 25Mt, compared with 26Mt in 1H17, according to Noha Bakr, the head of the cement committee of the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI). I...
Tajikstan sees cement exports rise 37% in 8M18
Tajik cement exports increased to 0.92Mt in January-August 2018, a rise of 37 per cent in average monthly exports when compared with 2017, according to the country’s statistics...
Kohat Cement's full-year profits fall 16%
Kohat Cement Company Ltd (KCCL) has informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on 19 September that its full-year net profit for 2018 was down by 16 per cent to PKR2.98bn (US$2...
South Ferriby Kiln 2 to start production in November
Cemex plans to start up its second kiln at the South Ferriby plant in north Lincolnshire, UK, in November 2018. Initially installed in 1973, the kiln has a capacity of 1000tp...
Argos awarded Energy Star certification
Cementos Argos announced it was awarded Energy Star certification by the US Environment Protection Agency for the third-consecutive year. The certification was awarded as a re...
Ssangyong inaugurates largest cement WHPG
South Korea’s Ssangyong Cement Industrial Co inaugurated the largest waste heat power generator (WHPG) in a cement plant, according to the Maeil Business Newspaper. The 43.5M...
Maple Leaf Cement profit down 4%
Pakistan’s Maple Leaf Cement has reported a 4.2 per cent YoY fall in its profit after tax for the year ended 30 June 2018. Profit for the period came in at PKR4.572bn (US$37.1m...
Ethiopia-Eritrea border re-opening fuels cement trade
Following the normalisation of Ethiopia-Eritrea relations and the reopening of the border between the two countries, cement trade is flourishing after two decades of stand-off....
Bolivian economic downturn leads to pricing war
The economic slowdown in Bolivia is driving cement companies into a pricing war, according to Esmerk Latin American News. The cost of a 50kg bag of cement has fallen to BOB46...
Cemex would have investment grade until 2020
The strategy to reduce the leverage level would allow Cemex to recover its investment grade in the first part of 2020, according to Citibanamex projections. "We expect the co...
Ukrcement carries out cement quality study
Ukraine’s cement association, Ukrcement, has carried out a new study into the quality of cement on the consumer market. The research found that over 80 per cent of cement with ...
Dangote launches Blocmaster Cement
Dangote has unveiled its new BlocMaster Cement, describing it as extra strong and ideal for block moulding in Nigeria. According to Joe Makoju, group managing director at Dango...
Steppe Cement posts 22% turnover increase in 1H18
Kazakhstan’s Steppe Cement recorded a 22 per cent increase in consolidated turnover to US$32.8m for the 1H18 period. Profit after tax rose to US$200,000 in the period, up from ...
Buzzi Unicem begins share buyback scheme
Italy’s Buzzi Unicem has announced the commencement of a share buyback programme, with the company able to repurchase up to 7m ordinary and saving shares. The plans are intende...
Tan Thang Cement awards ABB with automation contract
Switzerland-based ABB has recently won an order to supply additional integrated digital automation and electrical equipment for Tan Thang Cement JSC’s greenfield plant project ...
Tarmac receives council approval for plant upgrade
UK-based Tarmac has received the approval of East Lothian Council to modernise its facility in Dunbar, Scotland. The plans include the installation of a new grinding station an...
San Miguel Northern Cement's 5000tpd line equipped with Loesche mills
San Miguel Northern Cement Inc has chosen to install Loesche technology for its new 5000tpd line in Sison state, Pangasinan province, Philippines. Loesche's scope of supply inc...
Ambuja Cement among top 5 in DJSI 2018
LafargeHolcim-owned Ambuja Cement has gained two places to the fifth spot on the Construction Material Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) 2018. Ambuja Cement MD and CEO, ...
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