Irish Cement receives approval to replace fossil fuels
Irish Cement has received permission from An Bord Pleanála to replace fossil fuels at its facilities in Mungret, Limerick, and Platin, Co Meath. The Mungret decision has bee...
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Dyckerhoff Cement Ukraine posts UAH316m loss in 2017
PJSC Dyckerhoff Cement Ukraine reported a net loss of UAH316m (US$12.01m) in 2017, according to Interfax. Compared with 2016, the uncovered loss reached UAH1.34bn, which rep...
Zambia pushes on with cement growth
Zambia is currently seeing one of the most rapid growth rates in investment in cement capacity on the African continent. While the country has a cement demand of around 1.8Mta ...
Saudi Arabia cement sales fall 11% in 1Q18
Saudi Arabia's total cement sales for 1Q18 stood at 11.8Mt, down 11 per cent YoY and one per cent QoQ. The combination of weak demand and high inventory levels forced the compa...
Raysut Cement records 8% increase in revenue
Oman’s Raysut Cement Co has announced a 8.2 per cent YoY increase in revenue for the first quarter of the financial year, to OMR21m (US$54.62m) from OMR19.4m. However, total pr...
Mexican cement output growth to slow to below 3%
The cement sector is expected to grow by 2.5 per cent YoY in 2018 as public and private infrastructure investments are postponed for the electoral year, according to the Presid...
Decision to fine six Polish cement companies upheld
After nine years, the decision of the Polish Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) to fine six manufacturers for alleged collusion has been supported by a cour...
East African Portland Cement Co to build inland container depot
East African Portland Cement Co wants to establish an inland container depot in Athi River to deliver imported raw materials to its plant via the standard-gauge railway. Mana...
Polish cement market to grow 6-7% in 2018
Cement demand in Poland is expected to grow by 6-7 per cent in 2018. This would bring domestic demand to 18Mt, according to the Association of Cement Producers (SPC). SPC es...
Vicem Hoang Mai Cement receives approval to construct plant
Despite issuing a request to relocate last year, authorities of Vietnam’s Nghe An province have now granted approval for Vicem Hoang Mai Cement JSC to develop its Hoang Mai 2 f...
Coal delay sends NOCIBE cement price high
The ex-works price of cement leaving the Adja-Ouèrè plant of Nouvelle Cimenterie du Bénin (NOCIBE) has jumped from XOF61,880/t (US$116.69/t) to XOF73.780/t, according to Agence...
Quinn Industrial Holdings records positive 2017
Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH) has recorded a 7.4 per cent YoY increase in turnover to EUR209m for the full-year 2017 period. EBITDA saw a significant improvement of 31 per ce...
Cemex Go is launched in the UK
Cemex UK has introduced the first fully-digital customer integration platform onto the UK construction and building market this week, which it claims will revolutionise the way...
Dan Harrington to Head Cementir North America
Daniel Harrington will be heading up Cementir Holding’s Region North America following the company’s acquisition of Lehigh White Company. The newly-formed Region North Ameri...
Sinoma Engineering joins the WCA
Sinoma Engineering has joined the World Cement Association. "We are delighted that Sinoma Engineering is joining the WCA as we are eager to work with all stakeholders in the in...
Lafarge Africa records sales increase in 2017
A NGN33bn (US$105m) write-down on Lafarge Africa’s operations in South Africa and Nigeria resulted in a wider loss for 2017, according to Reuters. The one-off impairment charg...
Landed petcoke prices could increase by 6% in India
In India the landed cost of petcoke could increase by 5.6 per cent as a result of the import duty hike, reports Nirmal Bang Institutional Equities. The import duty on the fuel ...
Wonder Cement awards contract to Gebr Pfeiffer
India’s Wonder Cement has ordered two additional vertical mills from Gebr Pfeiffer, adding to the five already supplied by the company. Due to the mill's ability to grind mo...
Increased demand for alternative fuel in Egypt
Egypt’s Minister of Environment, Khaled Fahmy, has opened a cement production line at Arabian Cement Co’s facility in Ain Sokhna, Suez, that uses Hot Disk technology for altern...
FiCo Tay Ninh Cement to begin constructing second line
FiCo Tay Ninh Cement JSC (TAFiCO) will commence construction of the second line at its plant in Tanh Hoa, Tay Ninh province, on 15 April. The project represents a total inves...
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