Burnpur Cement reports net loss of INR441m in Apr-Jun quarter
India’s Burnpur Cement reported a net loss of INR44.1m (US$0.629) in the quarter ended 30 June 2018. In the year-ago period the cement producer saw a net loss of INR334.2m. B...
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Cemex's Davenport site still seeks new use
Cemex's Davenport facility in Iowa, USA, has remained empty since the plant was closed in 2010. Cemex maintains ownership of the plant, and while it has been in negotiations to...
Royal White Cement joins the WCA
The World Cement Association (WCA) announces that Royal White Cement, one of America's white cement companies, has joined its international membership as a Corporate Member. ...
Chilean research team doubles cement performance
A group of researchers of the Department of Engineering and Construction Management at the Universidad Católica (UC) has reported doubled the performance of cement materials th...
Rain Industries awarded approval for mill upgrade
Rain Industries has received approval for the upgrade of its Unit II cement mill at Boincheruvupalli Village, Andhra Pradesh, India. Rain Cements, a wholly-owned subsidiary o...
ARM seeks limestone mining permit
ARM is requesting government approval to mine limestone in five areas in Kilifi County, Kenya. The cement producer wants to mine the raw material over 24.931km 2 in the Chon...
Elementia to invest US$30m in Yucatán grinding unit
Mexican cement producer Elementia will invest US$30m in a 0.25Mta grinding unit in Yucatán, reports CE Noticias Financiers. The project is in line with Fortaleza’s commercial...
Kohat Cement to expand grinding capacity with Loesche mills
Kohat Cement Company Ltd has recently ordered as many as four vertical roller mills (VRM) from Loesche to expand its cement plant in Kohat, 160km west of the capital city of Is...
Al Wusta’s Duqm cement plant requires project finance
Oman’s Al Wusta Cement is currently looking for project finance from international for its Duqm cement plant project. Total project investment is estimated to be US$85m. Al W...
Gulf Cement Q2 profit falls 38%
UAE cement producer Gulf Cement reported a 38.2 per cent fall in net profit attributable to shareholders to AED8.4m (US$2.29m) in the 2Q18 when compared with AED13.6m in the ye...
Lucky Cement wins corporate award
Pakistan’s Lucky Cement Ltd has won the Best Corporate Award in the Sugar & Cement category at the Best Corporate and Sustainability Report Awards. The award ceremony was joint...
CCNN appoints new managing director
Cement Company of Northern Nigeria has named Yusuf Binji as its new managing director, with effect from 1 September 2018. He succeeds Ibrahim Aminu who joins the larger BUA gro...
Argos sees 2Q profit slide but notes improved 1H net income
Colombia's cement market leader, Cementos Argos, saw revenues advance by 1.4 per cent to COP2.184trn (US$727m) in the 2Q18 from COP2.154trn in the year-ago period. Operating EB...
Shree Cement to set up 3Mta grinding plant in Cuttack
Shree Cement is setting up a 3Mta cement grinding unit at Chandrabali village, Shyampura, in Cuttack district of Odisha. The INR452,550m (US$2m) facility is being constructed...
Arabian Cement profit soars 197% in 1H18
Egypt's Arabian Cement posted a 196.6 per cent hike in consolidated profits to EGP212.76m (US$11.89m) in 1H18 from EGP71.71m in 1H17, the company said in a filing to the Egypti...
Hsing Ta Cement reports stable net profit
Taiwanese cement producer Hsing Ta Cement saw its revenues advance 29.7 per cent to TWD1.748bn (US$56.8m) in the 2Q18 from TWD1.348bn in the year-ago period. Pretax profit mo...
Chettinad Cement to be evicted off government land
Chettinad Cement Corp Ltd has been ordered to vacate government land that it encroached upon to construct a railway track to its Ariyalur railway track. The Madras High Court p...
Asia Cement Corp sees 167% rise in 2Q net profit
Taiwan's Asia Cement reported a 37.6 per cent increase in revenues to TWD22.425bn (US$728.2m) in the April-June 2018 quarter from TWD16.298bn in 2Q17. Pretax profit was up by...
Eagle Materials Inc name new COO
Michael Haack has been appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer of Eagle Materials Inc. Prior to joining Eagle, Mr Haack spent 17 years at Halliburton Energy Service...
Dzata Cement did not cause UT Bank collapse
Dzata Cement of Ghana was not responsible for the collapse of UT Bank in 2017. The cement producer was previously thought to be a major cause of the bank's folding, incorrectly...
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