German cement consumption rises to 28.8Mt in 2017
Germany consumed approximately 28.8Mt of cement in 2017, roughly 4.8 per cent more than in 2016, according to VDZ. However, much less growth is expected in 2018. VDZ President...
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Sri Lanka sees 56% rise in May imports
Leading analysts point to a recovery in Sri Lanka's construction sector following a 56 per cent rise in cement imports during May 2018, while domestic production has also incre...
Project delivers fly ash to plants in northeast India
NTPC Ltd, India's largest power company, has begun transporting fly ash through inland waterways for use in cement manufacture. The pilot project sees the material delivered to...
Vietnam exports continue to soar to record levels
Vietnamese exports of cement and clinker soared to 2.251Mt in July 2018, up 61 per cent YoY. Clinker exports reached 1.669Mt in the period, increasing 72 per cent YoY, with hig...
Tanzania's Government says super-dealers must be kept in check
Tanzania's Government has put out a strong message to the country's cement producers that their licenses will be revoked if they do not keep their super-dealer's price rises in...
Fauji Cement's net profits rise 31 per cent in 4Q18
Fauji Cement Company Ltd (FCCL) announced its financial results for the year ended 30 June 2018 on 27 August. Its net profits were up by 31 per cent YoY to PKR3.429bn (US$27.8m...
Dalmia Cement plans to double capacity in east
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd, India, plans to double its cement manufacturing capacity in the east to 17Mta in 24 months at a total investment of INR35,000m (US$499m), said a top...
Cahya Mata Sarawak reports 1H18 revenues of MYR750.3m
Malaysia-based Cahya Mata Sarawak reported 1H18 revenues were up at MYR750.3m (US$183m) from MYR650.2m in 1H17. The 2Q18 period saw revenues of MYR395.3m up from MYR342.5m in 2...
CNBM reports strong pricing in 1H18
CNBM’s Chairman, Cao Ganglin, reported that the average cement price over the first half of 2018 rose to RMB311/t in China. Speaking at a press conference, Cao said there was a...
Kyrgyzstan cement production positive in first half of 2018
From January to June 2018, positive production rates were achieved for manufacturing goods in Kyrgyzstan, including the production of 938,700 tonnes of cement, according to the...
Uzbekistan eagerly awaits new cement capacity
This week CemNet reported on the inauguration of JSC Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine's new 1.5Mta plant at Sherabad, Uzbekistan. The project was orchestrated by Dal ...
Titan to gain control of Adocim Joint venture
Titan has reached an agreement to increase its participation in its joint venture in Turkey. Adocim Cimento Beton Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. is a 50-50 per cent joint venture estab...
Claude Loréa appointed Cement Director for GCCA
Claude Loréa has been appointed Cement Director of the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA). The London office-based role will be taken up by Ms Loréa in November when...
Arabian Cement makes 2Q18 net loss of SAR50.9m
Arabian Cement Company (ACC) registered a net loss of SAR50.9m (US$13.5m) in the 2Q18 mainly due to reduced performance at its Qatrana Cement factory in Jordan. The company's n...
New Vietnamese project receives support
Vietnam's Ministry of Construction has agreed with Cong Thanh Group's proposal to invest in a second grinding unit in Thanh Hoa province. According to the government's plan f...
Intercem Engineering wins new plant contract for Haiti
Intercem Engineering GmbH has won an EP Contract for a 5000-6000tpd integrated cement plant in Haiti. The project will include raw material crushing and processing through to p...
Bangladesh forsees 11.2% growth in exports FY18/19
Bangladesh government has set an export target of US$14m for cement industry for the financial year 2018-19 (June-July) against US$12.59m from last fiscal year. The target is b...
Sino-Zimbabwe Cement receives ISO certififcation
Sino-Zimbabwe Cement Company (SZCC) has been certified by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). The majority of the company's cement products are consumed i...
CRH announces revenue increase in 1H18
CRH has reported its results for the half-year period ended 30 June 2018, announcing a slight increase in revenue of one per cent YoY to EUR11.9bn (US$13.76bn). Similarly, over...
Chairman of Semapa dies
Portuguese billionaire Pedro Queiroz Pereira, whose holding company Semapa controls paper and pulp producer The Navigator Company and cement maker Secil, died on Saturday aged ...
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