Will Peru's market pick-up persist?
The Peruvian cement market continues to return an improved performance when compared with last year, according to the latest data published by Asocem, the country’s cement asso...
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Eagle Cement sees PHP350m in savings
Eagle Cement Corp expects to generate some PHP530m in savings from the three-year income tax holiday granted by the government for the company’s recently-completed third produc...
El Salvador anti-trust authority starts investigation into cement sector
The Salvadoran anti-trust authority (SC) has started a study that will evaluate the presence of a quasi-monopoly in the production and sale of cement in El Salvador and how it ...
Shivam Cement first cement producer to IPO in Nepal
Shivam Cement Ltd is set to issue 5,280,000 units in an initial public offering (IPO) at premium prices after the company received approval from the Securities Board of Nepal (...
Coal India notifies coal e-auction
India’s cement producers, along with other sectors such as the captive power industry, will be able to take part in the fourth auction round of coal linkages, Coal India Ltd (C...
Pakistan cement industry receives US$54.1m FDI
Pakistan’s cement industry has received a net foreign direct investment (FDI) of US$54.1m in July 2017-May 2018, up 63 per cent when compared with July 2016-May 2017 when FDI r...
Power Cement completes Nooriabad expansion finance
One of the Pakistan’s leading cement producers, Power Cement Ltd has completed financing arrangements of PKR24.9bn (US$205m) for the 2.5Mta expansion of its cement plant Nooria...
CRH announces completion of Ash Grove acquisition
CHR has now completed the acquisition of Ash Grove Cement Co. The Irish building materials producer announced on 21 September 2017 it reached an agreement to acquire the Kan...
Brazil bans 50kg bags for domestic use
The Brazilian cement sector has been given a decade to phase out 50kg bags of cement and replace them with 25kg sacks following an agreement between the country’s cement produc...
CNBM adds 18.7% stake in Southwest Cement
China National Building Material (CNBM) said it agreed to purchase a 18.7 per cent equity interest in Southwest Cement Co from Zhonghai Trust Co Ltd for CNY1918m (US$295.1m). ...
Bosnia’s Banovici plans 1.1Mta cement plant
Bosnian state-controlled brown coal mine Banovici and the Federation’s privatisation agency will shortly seek a strategic partner for the construction of a cement plant at the ...
Indonesian cement plants to burn medical waste
Indonesia’s Environment and Forestry Ministry has asked four cement plants to burn untreated medical waste. In early April the ministry requested PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa...
Moroccan cement market contracts 5% in 5M18
Moroccan cement sales fell by 4.8 per cent to 5.76Mt in the first five months of 2018 from 6.05Mt in the 5M17, according to the APC, the country’s cement association. The Ca...
State Council confirms penalties issued by SIC to Cemex Colombia
Colombia’s State Council has confirmed the COP923m (US$315,784) and COP138m penalties issued by the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) to Cemex Colombia SA, accordi...
Udayapur Cement suffers irregular supply of power
Nepal’s Udayapur Cement Industries Ltd (UCIL) is facing financial losses due to the irregular supply of electricity to its facility. Power supply was halted 27 times in the int...
Cameroon's four main producers plan expansions
Cameroon's Mira Cement, a new entry to the market, has announced a project to construct a 1Mta plant in Douala. Meanwhile, all of the country's four main producers have plan...
Molins to start old Sant Vicenç del Horts demolition
Cemento Molins will start the demolition of its old plant in Sant Vicenç del Horts, a project which is expected to take around 18 months. The plant, which was built between ...
Oman government plans mineral railway network
The government of Oman is planning a mineral railway network for the transportation of raw material for the domestic cement industry and for export. According to media, Oman R...
Cement output in Pakistan rises in 10MFY17-18
According to Pakistan's Federal Bureau of Statistics, the large-scale manufacturing sector posted 6.13 per cent growth in the first 10 months of FY17-18 (July 2017-April 2018) ...
Martin Engineering opens new UK facility
Bulk handling specialist Martin Engineering has opened a new facility in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, UK, to offer an improved service to UK and Scandinavian customers. The team...
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