Moroccan cement consumption contracts 6% in 4M18
Moroccan cement demand has fallen 5.7 per cent in the first four months of 2018, according to the country’s Department of Studies and Financial Forecasts, Ministry of Economy a...
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Pakistan cement likely to face challenges
Pakistan's cement industry is expected to face challenges ahead in view of an increase in production capacity in the north and south, the surging cost of coal prices and a cut ...
Adverse weather and foreign currency exchange affect Titan's 1Q18
Τitan Group 1Q18 results suffered from adverse weather conditions in the US and southeastern Europe, coupled with the strengthening of the euro against the US dollar and other...
Ramco Cements reports 11% revenue increase in FY18
Ramco Cements Ltd has announced an 11 per cent YoY increase in revenue for FY18, rising to INR44.43bn (US$649.71m) from INR39.93bn of the previous year. However, its stand-alon...
Cemex helps build new Sinai tunnel connection
Through a joint venture with Orascom Construction and The Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co), Cemex is supplying 350,000m 3 of concrete and 160,000t of cement for the c...
FCT wins raw material drying order in Ecuador
FCT Combustion will supply a complete raw material drying system to Cemento Chimborazo, Ecuador. The project consists of a 41.2tph Triplex drier and a fluidised bed combustion ...
Melón sees 12% rise in 1Q earnings
Chile-based Cemento Melón has increased its first-quarter earnings by 12 per cent to US$7m when compared with 1Q17, despite lower cement sales volumes, according to Diario Fina...
Capacity in Pakistan inches ahead
The capacities of Pakistan's cement industry in the north and south of the country are regularly being expanded. As a result, total cement capacity in Pakistan is on track t...
Demerger of Century Textiles to UltraTech Cement
The Board of Directors of UltraTech Cement Ltd confirmed that Century Textiles will demerge its 'Cement Business' into UltraTech, in a company statement. "The transaction prov...
Lafarge Malaysia reports 3% fall in revenue for 1Q18
Lafarge Malaysia Bhd has announced that its net loss widened in the 1Q18 period, increasing to MYR68.73m (US$17.27m) from MYR48.93m of the previous year. Furthermore, revenue f...
Cameroon sees exports more than double in 2017
Cement exports from Cameroon reached 57,459t in 2017, a considerable increase from 19,700t in 2016, according to data released by the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Trade. ...
Brazilian cement sales in April report 9% increase
Cement sales in Brazil increased 8.9 per cent to 4.352Mt in April 2018 when compared with 3.997Mt in April 2017, according to preliminary industry data published by the country...
DG Khan Cement completes new 9000tpd Hub line
DG Khan Cement Co Ltd (DGKC), informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange that it has completed the installation of country's largest cement plant of 9000tpd at Hub, Baluchistan provi...
Indonesian cement producers see strong export sales
Cement producers in Indonesia reported a 79.2 per cent rise in cement exports to 121,917t in April and clinker exports more than tripled to 471,410t from 156,225t in April 2017...
Vicem announces 7% sales increase
Vietnam’s leading cement producer, Vicem, has announced a 6.7 per cent YoY increase in sales of clinker and cement to 9.2Mt for the first four months of 2018, according to Viet...
Cumulative cement export revenue shows mix results in 10MFY18
Pakistani export revenues of cement during the first 10 months of current FY17-18 ended 30 April recorded a YoY fall of 3.6 and 9.4 per cent in terms of quantity and value in ...
Semen Indonesia sees 9% rise in 4M18 group sales
Semen Indonesia's export sales more than doubled in April to 279,945t from 118,401t in April 2017. Meanwhile, the company’s domestic cement sales remained largely stable in Apr...
L&T Construction wins order for cement plants
The Building and Factories sector of L&T Construction has won orders worth a total of INR40.33bn (US$592.74m) in the Indian domestic market, according to a BSE filing. This in...
Duna-Dráva Cement completes plant renovation
Duna-Dráva Cement Kft has announced that a HUF7bn (US$26.12m) project to improve sustainability at its facility in Vác, Hungary, has been completed. Construction work took plac...
Indonesian cement market expands 6% in April
Indonesian cement consumption advanced six per cent YoY in April to 5.337Mt, according to the Indonesia Cement Association. Growth was particularly strong in Sumatra, where ...
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