Holcim Philippines moves coal stockpile after spill
To prevent the repeat of a coal spill that has polluted the shores of Bacnotan, Holcim Philippines Inc has moved its temporary coal stockpile to enclosed storage areas and put ...
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Mangalam Cement reports net loss of INR153.2m
India-based cement producer Mangalam Cement has reported a standalone net loss of INR153.2m for the quarter ended June 2018, compared with a net profit of INR121.1m in the quar...
HeidelbergCement sees positive 2H18
This week HeidelbergCement reported on its 2Q18 results , which saw healthy growth in all business areas. Cement and clinker sales were up 3.5 per cent to 33.7Mt while aggrega...
Buzzi Unicem's 1H18 net sales fall to EUR1337.4m
Buzzi Unicem's net sales for the 1H18 were down 1.2 per cent to EUR1337.4m compared to EUR1353.8m in 2017, while EBITDA decreased by 5.7 per cent from EUR241.1m to EUR227.4m. T...
Canada updates its carbon emissions tax policy
Canada's Ministry of Environment and Climate Change updated its carbon tax policy framework this week and revealed that subsidy rates for industrial emitters were up across the...
RHI Magnesita announces Indian merger
RHI Magnesita has announced a merger between its three companies in India, Orient Refractories, RHI India and RHI Clasil. Upon completion, the move will consolidate the group’s...
Tvornica Cementa Kakanj records 26% net profit increase
Bosnia’s Tvornica Cementa Kakanj (TCK) facility has recorded a 26.3 per cent YoY increase in net profit to BAM9.1m (US$5.4m) in the 1H18, according to its financial report. Ope...
Iran imports surge 106% in 1Q
The Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) has announced 4,407,695t of cement exports in the first quarter of the calendar year (21 March 2018-21 June 2019), v...
Global Cement and Concrete Association and WBCSD sign strategic partnership
The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has announced the formation of a strategic partnership with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) to ...
HeidelbergCement attracted to possible LafargeHolcim Indonesia sell-off
HeidelbergCement could buy parts of LafargeHolcim's business in Indonesia that is up for sale, says HeidelbergCement CEO, Dr Bernd Scheifele. LafargeHolcim is planning to rais...
Boral's Geelong grinding unit wins environmental approval
Victoria's planning tribunal has given the approval for the Boral to construct a 1.3Mta clinker grinding facility at Geelong Port without further environmental monitoring. Th...
Belarus and Russia trade US$400m of cement in 2014-18
The Belarusian Architecture and Construction Ministry (BACM) has announced that US$400m of cement was traded between Belarus and Russia between 2014-2018. Anatoly Cherny, BACM ...
Caribbean Cement's net profit rises in 2Q18
Caribbean Cement Company's net profit for the April to June quarter rose to JMD704m (US$5.24m) compared to was up from JMD629m during 2Q17. The company's revenues also rose ...
Lloseta plant applies for raw material extension
Cemex's Lloseta cement plant in Spain has applied for permission to extract a maximum of 15Mt of raw material from its quarry of Can Negret, Alaró, until 2032. The cement pro...
Paraguay's INC to inaugurate new Villeta mill
Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) will inaugurate its new US$11.5m cement mill tomorrow, enabling the plant to increase production by 50 per cent, according the cement compa...
Supreme Court exempts cement industry from petcoke import ban
India’s Supreme Court has finalised a ban on petcoke imports with exemptions for some key industrial users, including the cement sector. In a ruling released this weekend, t...
Lucky Cement earns PKR12.20bn after-tax profit in FY18
Lucky Cement earned after-tax profit of PKR12.2bn (US$98.4m) in FY18 as compared to PKR13.69bn in the same period last year, said the company filing to PSX. Experts comment t...
HeidelbergCement reduces activity in Georgia
Due to recent developments, HeidelbergCement's management has been forced to lay off close to 200 workers in Georgia and run the company at about 50 per cent capacity, because ...
CCNN appoints new independent directors
The Cement Co of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) has announced the appointment of Senator Khairat Abdulrazaq-Gwadabe and Shehu Abubakar as independent directors of the company. Effecti...
Cement consumption in The Netherlands to hit 5Mt mark in 2018
Cement demand in The Netherlands is expected to rise from just under 4.5Mt in 2017 to 5Mt in 2018, according to the Cement and Beton Centrum. Some 50-55 per cent of cement is...
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