Pakistan's cement industry faces additional challenges
Pakistan's Finance Minister and chair to the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC), Asad Umar, has announced an increase in gas tariffs for all industrial sectors from 10 to 1...
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Chip Mong Cement satisfied with Gebr Pfeiffer mill order
Gebr Pfeiffer reports that three of its vertical mills are producing cement at Chip Mong Group in Cambodia to the customer's complete satisfaction. The German engineering com...
Iran’s cement exports up 32%
Iran’s cement exports expanded by 32 per cent during the first four months of the current fiscal year (20 March-22 July 2018), according to the country’s Customs Administration...
Qatar to increase solid waste recycling as construction waste falls
Qatar has set itself a target to recycle 15 per cent of solid waste generated in the country over the next four years, according to the Qatar Second National Development Strate...
Fort Myers to send waste material to LafargeHolcim facility
Local government in Fort Myers (FL), USA, has announced plans to send 30,000t of toxic sludge to LafargeHolcim’s quarry outside of Crystal River, according to the Citrus County...
RCCPL plans Maharashtra captive and WHR power plants
RCCPL, the Birla Corp subsidiary formerly known as Reliance Cement Co, is planning a 40MW captive and a 10.6MW waste heat recovery-based power plant at Mukutban village, Yavatm...
Siam Cement expect stronger growth in Myanmar in 2019
Siam Cement Group (SCG) expects its growth target for 2018 in Myanmar to be affected by inflation and flooding. This is despite seeing cement sales in Mon state rise nine per c...
Taiwan Cement continues talks with Sanko Holding
Taiwan Cement Corp (TCC) has announced that it and Sanko Holding AS has signed a memorandum of understanding and a confidentiality clause regarding the company’s intention to i...
India’s coal shortage likely to continue until the end of September
Shortages of coal for India’s non-power sector are likely to continue until the end of the September, according to Coal India Ltd (CIL). A surge in power demand at the start of...
Kolos Cement released from competition requirements
Mauritius-based Gamma Civic Ltd has been released from its commitment set by the Competition Commission of Mauritius (CCM) to have its subsidiary Kolos Cement Ltd, previously k...
New owners for El Minya white cement
This week CemNet reported that Helwan Cement's 1Mta white cement plant in Egypt's Minya governate is being sold to Emaar Industries Co of UAE, subject to regulatory approval....
Votorantim Cimentos sees 15% rise in 1H turnover
Votorantim Cimentos saw its first-half turnover improve by 14.9 per cent in 1H18 to BRL5738m (US$1365m) when compared with 1H17. The Brazilian producer’s cement sales advanced ...
Graphene may have commercial use as concrete additive
Zenyatta Centures Ltd's research with the University of Toronto into cement strength when using small quantities of graphene from Albany Graphite has led to some startling resu...
Thatta Cement reports 22% drop in net sales for FY17-18
Pakistan’s Thatta Cement has recorded a 22.3 per cent YoY fall in net sales to PKR2.84bn (US$23.03m) for the FY17-18 period, ended 30 June 2018. Operating profit decreased 38.4...
Cementos Tudela Veguín to construct terminal in Gijón
Spain’s Cementos Tudela Veguín has announced plans to construct a terminal at Gijón port, Asturias, for the reception, storage and loading of cement. The terminal is expected t...
Tanzania's coal supply expected to increase to support cement industry
Tanzania’s State Mining Corp (STAMICO) has announced plans to increase coal production, which will support the cement industry as it has recently reported a shortage of the mat...
Moroccan market expands 8% in July
Cement demand in Morocco increased 7.8 per cent YoY to 1,298,479t in July 2018 from 1,204,101t in the previous year, according to data from the country's Ministry of Housing an...
Pakistan exports hit Punjab and Himachal plants
Cement plants in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, India, have called for 11 per cent duty on imports from Pakistan as they see capacity utilisation levels fall to 75 per cent. They...
CimGabon to build second line
CIMAF expects to launch construction on a second production line at CimGabon's Owendo works, near Libreville, in less than two months. The EUR10m new line will add 0.35Mta of...
Vietnamese prices could rise in September
Vietnamese cement producers may increase prices this month as a result of the increased demand seen in the construction season, according to the Department of Price Management ...
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