Pioneer Cement raises grinding capacity
Pioneer Cement, located at Khushab, in Punjab province has increased its cement grinding capacity to 0.8Mta. Company Secretary, Waqar Naeem, notified the stock exchange on Wed...
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Samson wins Kenyan order for Eco Hoppers
Following a lengthy tender process S AMSON Materials Handling Ely/UK was successful in winning the contract to provide TradeMark East Africa/Kenya Port Authority with four Eco...
Fauji Cement appoints new Company Secretary
Fauji Cement Company Ltd (FCCL) informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that it has appointed Brig Riaz Ahmed Gondal as Company Secretary with effect from 27 June 2018, in place...
Cementir sets out plans in the run-up to 2020
In the company's 2018-20 business plan, Francesco Caltagirone Jr, chairman and CEO of Cementir, vowed to generate more value for shareholders, presenting his vision for the nex...
Vietnam’s cement market expands 29% in June
Vietnamese cement producers have sold 8.71Mt in June, up 30 per cent YoY, said the Vietnam Building Material Association. Domestic demand reached 6.91Mt, representing a 29 pe...
ICRA: India’s FY19 cement output to rise 6% YoY
With a recovery in the affordable and rural housing markets and infrastructure construction picking up, India’s domestic credit rating agency ICRA expects cement production in ...
Pakistan Cement industry export revenue rises 9% in May
According to Pakistan's Federal Bureau of Statistics, the Pakistan cement industry earned a foreign exchange revenue of US$20.78m by exporting 446,741t of cement in May 2018 co...
RHI Magnesita undertakes major investment in China
Refractory specialist RHI Magnesita will invest EUR20m in its dolomite plant in Chizhou, Anhui province in China. The step is part of a decisive response to address global p...
Lucky receives power plant financing
Lucky Cement has received financing approval for its power plant at Deh Ghangiaro, Bin Qasim, Karachi. Lucky Electrical Power Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Lucky Cement, applied f...
Vietnam's Ministry of Construction develops 2030 industry strategy; country targets 5Mt annual growth
In his keynote address at Cemtech Asia 2018, Dr Nguyen Quang Cung, President of the Vietnam National Cement Association, highlighted the road ahead for the Vietnam cemen...
Latest EPC kiln line upgrade project for Duna Drava
The 2400tpd Duna Drava Cement clinker line in Vác, Hungary, has been successfully re-commissioned and put into production in April 2018. In less than two years, IKN complete...
Ukrainian cement output up 13% in May
Ukraine’s cement producers increased their production by 12.9 per cent YoY in May, reports the Ukrainian News Agency. Output reached 1,024,000t and when compared to April, t...
China Shanshui Cement Group posts CNY14.92bn turnover
China Shanshui Cement Group has posted a turnover of CNY14.92bn for FY17. The figure represents a 32.2 per cent advance when compared with FY16, when the company’s turnover rea...
Cemtech Asia 2018 off to successful start
The Cemtech Asia conference and exhibition has opened at the Meliá Hanoi, Vietnam, with delegates from 35 nations participating in this annual meeting of cement professionals. ...
New kiln line at Burglengenfeld plant online
After two years of intense work, first clinker was received on schedule at HeidelbergCement’s Burglengenfeld cement works in Germany in April 2018. IKN was awarded a contrac...
Huaxin Cement Narayani to build US$140m plant
Nepal’s Investment Board (IBN) has signed a project investment agreement with Huaxin Cement Narayani to establish a US$140m cement plant in Nepal. Following the deal signed by ...
Uruguayan producers sees 18% rise in sales
Total cement sales in the 1Q18 in Uruguay totalled 219,000t, representing an increase of 18 per cent YoY. Of this total, 74 per cent were sold in the domestic market while s...
Taiheiyo to increase Philippine capacity
Taiheiyo has allocated PHP3.5bn for a new cement line in San Fernando, Cebu. At present the works produces 7350tpd and the project aims to raise output potential to 16,350tpd b...
Colombia’s State Council ratifies Holcim pricing sanction
Following Colombia’s State Council confirmation of a million-dollar sanction imposed by the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce against Cemex Colombia, the country’s High ...
Republic Cement contracts Aboitiz Construction for Bulacan and Cebu
CRH subsidiary, Republic Cement and Building Materials, has called in local affiliate Aboitiz Construction to help realise its projects in Bulacan and Cebu, Philippines. Und...
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