Kohat Cement completes grinding mill installation
Kohat Cement Co Ltd (KOHC) has successfully installed a new 105tph cement mill at Kohat in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. KOHC is currently working on a 78...
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INSEE Cement launch skilled development programme
INSEE Cement is investing approximately LKR2.2m (US$13,900) to support one of the biggest industry-entrepreneurial development projects introduced in Sri Lanka to strengthen th...
Research undertaken to increase fly ash in cement
An ongoing research project, carried out by De Salle University in the Philippines, is seeking to use 100 per cent fly ash in cement production in an effort to reduce its carbo...
Shree Cement reports 31% increase in net profit
India’s Shree Cement has reported a 31.1 per cent YoY rise in standalone net profit for the quarter ending 31 March 2018, increasing to INR3.99bn (US$60.14m) from INR3.04bn. Ne...
Power Cement awards contract to GE
Pakistan’s Power Cement has awarded the contract for the design, manufacture and supply of a 132/6.3kV air-insulated switchgear grid station to GE Power. The new grid statio...
Czech Cement Hranice sees 6% YoY sales rise in 2017
Cement Hranice reported a 6.3 per cent YoY sales increase to CZK1.569bn (US$74.6m) in 2017 from CZK1.476bn in the previous year. The Dyckerhoff-owned Czech producer supplied...
Pakistan budget 2018-19 offers mixed incentives to cement industry
Pakistan's Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue & Economic Affairs, Dr Miftah Ismail, presented the country's Federal Budget 2018-19 in the National Assembly on 27 April 2018....
Hail Cement reports 49% fall in net profit for 1Q18
Saudi Arabia’s Hail Cement recorded a 48.9 per cent YoY fall in net profit for the 1Q18, decreasing to SAR4.23m (US$1.13m) from SAR8.28m. The company attributed the results to ...
Sibirskiy Cement production stable in 1Q18
Russia’s Sibirskiy Cement produced 473,500t of cement in January-March 2018, maintaining a stable output when compared with the equivalent period of the previous year, accordin...
Quinn Cement releases new bagged cement range
Quinn Cement has launched a new range of bagged cement products following an investment of over EUR3m.The range includes three new cement products: Master Grade Cement, Premium...
Tender for Jabal Saraj Cement to be re-issued
Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) in Afghanistan said they will re-issue a tender for the construction of the Jabal Saraj cement factory. MoMP officials said the cement ...
Cemex Philippines sees 6% in 1Q turnover
Cemex Philippines 1Q18 turnover amounted to US$113.6m, an increase of six per cent, while in peso terms this amounts to a 9.9 per cent advance to PHP5891m. EBITDA declined by 1...
A strong domestic market drives Dangote's 1Q18 results
This week Dangote Cement Group reported on its 1Q18 business results that saw group revenues surge up 16.3 per cent to NGN242.1bn (US$0.67bn). Cement sales in Nigeria have be...
Cemex reports increase in net sales in 1Q18
Cemex has announced a 92.3 per cent YoY fall in profit for the 1Q18, decreasing from US$336m to US$26m. The sharp decline has been attributed to higher operating expenses and...
Dangote orders first MVR and MPS mills from Gebr Pfeiffer
Dangote Cement PLC has ordered a Gebr Pfeiffer MVR 6000 R-4 for raw material mill and an MPS 3350 BK coal mill for its new Okpella plant in Edo State, Nigeria. This order is ...
Cemex Latin American Holdings hurt by lower volumes in Colombia and Panama
Cemex Latin American Holdings' turnover declined by 8.4 per cent in first quarter of the year to US$301.1m, while EBITDA came off by 28.8 per cent to US$65.9m. At the trading l...
Lucky Cement to establish 1.2Mta Samawah grinding plant
Lucky Cement Ltd of Pakistan is planning to set up greenfield clinker production facility in southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, according to Irfan Chawala, the ompany's CFO in informa...
Cementos Bío Bío launches 2021 strategic plan
As cement demand in Chile remains muted and the cement industry is restructuring its operations, Cementos Bío Bío is launching its “Transforma 2021” strategic programme. The pl...
Pakistan releases survey with cement sector update
The Pakistan Economic Survey 2017-18 was released on 26 April by Dr Miftah Ismail, adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs. The report provides a...
Long-term rail freight rates secured for Ramco and Zuari
India’s South Central Railway (SCR) has signed a long-term tariff contract with Ramco Cements Ltd and Zuari Cements Ltd to transport freight traffic at fixed rates, according t...
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