Dongwu Cement records 60% revenue increase in 1H18
China-based Dongwu Cement International Ltd has reported a 60.4 per cent YoY increase in revenue to CNY219.49m (US$31.9m) for the six-month period ended 30 June 2018. Total p...
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CEM-blanc is launched by Chryso subsidiary in South Africa
a.b.e. Construction Chemicals has launched 'abe CEM-blanc', a new economical white cement which is being made available to the South African retail market. Elrene Smuts, com...
Pakistan cement sector's FY19 starts strongly
Pakistan cement industry's FY19 started positively in terms of exports with rises in the first month July 2018. According to the Federal Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan's cement...
BI supplies KÖBO chains to South African projects
Bearings International (BI) has supplied a large order of KÖBO chains to cement producers in the North West and the Western Cape of South Africa. The order consisted of a bucke...
UltraTech receives approval to acquire cement business
UltraTech has announced that it received approval from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to acquire the cement business of Century Textiles and Industries. UltraTech i...
Adelaide Brighton records net profit increase in 1H18
Australia's Adelaide Brighton has posted a 17.7 per cent YoY increase in net profit to AUD84.5m (US$62m) in the 1H18. Revenue saw a rise of 11.7 per cent to AUD807.2m, on the b...
Lukavac Cement reports 11% net profit decrease in 1H18
Bosnia and Herzegovina's Lukavac Cement has reported a 11.1 per cent YoY fall in its 1H18 net profit, decreasing to BAM3.2m (US$1.9m) from BAM3.6m. Operating income dropped 2...
Ecebol expected to meet 25-30% of Bolivian demand
Empresa Pública Productiva Cementos de Bolivia (Ecebol) is expected to meet 25-30 per cent of the country's cement demand from production at its Oruro and Potosi facilities onc...
New dry port to repurpose Himal Cement land
Part of the land formerly occupied by the now closed Himal Cement plant in Nepal has been purchased as part of a new government development to build a dry port in Chobhar. A...
Pakistan cement production surges by 11.14% in FY18
Pakistan Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) has released data of the country's Large Scale Manufacturing Sector (LSMS) for the financial year 2018 (July-June). It shows yearly...
Hanson UK starts graduate recruitment drive
Hanson UK is looking to recruit graduates of science technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by offering starting salaries of GBP25,000 (US$32,190) rising to GBP50,000 i...
Vicat announces expansion plans in India
At the inauguration of a 1.2Mt bulk cement terminal in Mumbai, France-based Vicat Group announced that it has invested INR3bn (US$43m) this year on capacity expansions in south...
Almalyk MMC commissions 1.5Mta plant
Uzbekistan's Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine (MMC) has commissioned its 1.5Mta Sherabad cement plant based in Vandob, Surkhandarya. The US$212.8m project was carried o...
Dangote doubles output at its Tanzanian factory
Dangote Cement has doubled its cement production in Dar es Salaam in response to Tanzania's cement shortage, which has resulted in higher cement prices. Routine maintenance ...
Bestway Cement records profits of PKR13.157bn
Bestway Cement Ltd (BCL) has recorded a profit of PKR13.157bn (US$107.2m), down by one per cent YoY, in the fiscal year ended 30 June 2018. According to financial results rec...
New Ugandan power supply will feed extra cement capacity
As new cement factories start-up in Tororo, power distributor Umeme is making investments in anticipation of the projected increase in power demand. The existing nearby substat...
Penna Cement joins the WCA
Penna Cement of India has joined the World Cement Association (WCA) as a corporate member. Commenting on the news, Penna Cement's Director of Marketing, Krishna Srivastava, s...
ARM Cement placed under administration
Kenyan cement producer ARM Cement Ltd has been placed under administration. Commercial banks took control of the cement producer in a bid to recover the KES15bn (US$14.9m) owed...
New bulk terminal to serve UK construction market
Eureka Shipping has established a multipurpose floating bulk terminal at the Port of Tilbury in southeast England, under a four-year agreement with Cemineral and London Contain...
Rock Hard Distribution Ltd fights back against jurisdiction
The Customs Committee of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) has come under fire from Rock Hard Distribution Ltd that says the body has "no jurisdiction" to ...
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