Dangote opens mega warehouse in Nigeria
Dangote Cement Co has inaugurated its mega warehouse in Imo State, Nigeria. The warehouse was officially opened by Governor Rochas Okorocha and the president of Dangote Group, ...
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Mega Conglomerate withdraws bid to acquire Dewan Cement
Pakistan’s Mega Conglomerate Private Ltd (MCPL) has reportedly withdraw its bid to buy controlling shares in two plants of Dewan Cement based in Dhabeji, Sindh and Hattar Indus...
Bestway Cement starts dispatch from Farooqia Line II
Bestway Cement Ltd (BCL) has started dispatches of cement from its new Farooqia Line II, having clinker capacity of 6000tpd, at Hattar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Local supply comme...
Meftah holds co-processing trials
GICA subsidiary SCMI-Meftah has been carrying out co-processing trials using sludge, waste oils and sorted household waste in its Meftah works in Algeria. "These technologica...
Global cement industry to accelerate adoption of new technologies to fight climate change
The global cement industry must step up efforts to adopt new technologies and put a greater focus on innovation to make crucial progress on reducing CO2 emissions, is the key m...
Colombian dispatches slip 2% in May
Grey cement dispatches in Colombia edged down 1.6 per cent in May 2018 to 0.984Mt from 0.999Mt in May 2017, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. Cement sales ...
Breedon completes Tarmac asset swap
Breedon Group announced it has completed an asset swap with Tarmac that secures 25Mt of additional mineral reserves and some 50,000tpa of extra asphalt capacity in four key UK ...
Pakistan: positive expectations for FY18
The Pakistan cement industry is likely to wrap up FY18 on a positive note. Provisional data show that cement dispatches for June 2018 increased three per cent YoY to 2.81Mt, wh...
Dalmia appoints Ujjwal Batria as COO
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd has appointed Ujjwal Batria as COO of the company. Mr Batria will lead the operation of sales and marketing, logistics, manufacturing and technical s...
GICA plans its first export shipment to west Africa
Algeria’s GICA has signed a maritime contract of carriage with CNAN Nord, a subsidiary of state-run shipping group GATMA, for the company’s first shipment of 10,000t of cement ...
Dry bulk overcapacity and trade wars
The last three months have seen a welcome recovery in the Baltic Dry Index (BDI). On 7 February the index stood at 1097 points, before rising a month later to 1212 points. This...
Cementir bets on US for 2018-20 revenue targets
Cementir will seek long-term value creation by doubling earnings per share by 2020 compared to 2017, announced Francesco Caltagirone, chairman and CEO of the Italian cement pro...
Lafarge under investigation over ISIS funding
Lafarge SA was charged on Thursday with crimes against humanity for funding Islamic State in Syria. The company was informed by magistrates that it had been placed under formal...
Iranian cement producer invests in solar power
Iran-based Shahrekord Cement Company has had a 1.5MW photovoltaic system by Fronius Solar Energy installed at its cement plant. The project is not only unique due to the lar...
Bamburi Cement completes construction of grinding plant
Kenya’s Bamburi Cement has announced that construction of its 0.9Mta grinding plant at Athi River, south of Nairobi, has been completed. The facility represents a KES4bn (US$39...
South Korea to impose stricter air pollution levels
The South Korean government has tightened emission standards for air pollutants of fine-dust producing businesses such as coal-fired power plants, cement factories and steelmak...
Cemex Colombia to study solar farm construction
Cemex Colombia, the mayor of Ibague and LG announced they will initiate the technical, economic and legal studies required to build a solar farm that will supply sustainable po...
UltraTech commissions second grinding unit in Dhar
India’s UltraTech Cement has commissioned its second 1.75Mta grinding facility at Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, with the first entering operation in April 2018. The new plant increase...
Sephaku Cement reports 25% fall in net profits
Sephaku Cement (Dangote group) reported a 35 per cent slump in net profit to ZAR44m (US$31.7m) on a one per cent decline in revenue to ZAR831m for the year to end-March. "We e...
Nigeria's CCNN and Kalambaina Cement to merge
The Board of Directors of Nigeria’s Cement Co of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) and owners of the 0.5Mta Sokoto cement plant have announced that it has informed the Nigerian Stock Exc...
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