Uganda cement prices rise due to cement shortage
Cement prices in Uganda have increased by UGX5000-11,000 (US$1.35-2.98) within a month, sparking a country-wide crisis in the building sector, according to the Daily Monitor. ...
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US and Puerto Rico cement shipments up 6% in January
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico increased 5.7 per cent YoY to 5.752Mt in January 2018, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). ...
25th AFCM Symposium and Exhibition held in Bandung
The 25th ASEAN Federation of Cement Manufacturers (AFCM) Technical Symposium and Exhibition has successfully concluded after being held between 4-6 April at The Trans Luxury Ho...
Supreme Court of Pakistan issues notice to several companies
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has issued notices to several cement factory owners to appear on 20 April, with regards to clarifying their position on the drying out of the Shir...
Qassim Cement receives export licence
Qassim Cement Co has received a one-year export licence from Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Commerce and Investment, said the company in a bourse filing. Saudi Arabia cancelled...
Power Cement releases update on expansion project
Power Cement Ltd has released a progress report regarding its brownfield expansion project at its facility in Nooriabad, Pakistan, for the quarter ending 31 March 2018. The ...
Argentina cement market expands 6% in March
Cement consumption in Argentina increased 6.2 per cent in March 2018 to 1,091,121t from 1,027,094t in March 2017, according to the country’s cement association, AFCP. When comp...
KHD Humboldt Wedag wins 5000tpd clinker line order in Marmara
YD Madencilik (Üstyapi Insaat Group) has awarded Humboldt Wedag GmbH with the engineering and procurement of a new 5000tpd clinker line near Yiglica, Düzce, in the Marmara regi...
Pakistan reaches record capacity utilisation in 9MFY18
Pakistan reached its highest-ever capacity utlisation at 93.7 per cent during the 9MFY18 period, ended March 2018. In total, cement dispatches rose 14.7 per cent YoY to 34.75Mt...
TCK reports 13% increase in operating revenue
Bosnian cement producer Tvornica Cementa Kakanj (TCK) recorded a 10.2 per cent YoY decrease in net profit for 2017, falling to BAM15.9m (US$10m) from BAM17.7m. However, the ...
Minister requests Vicem to step up performance
The Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem) has been challenged, at a working session, by Mai Tien Dung, Minister and Head of the Government Office, to attach special impor...
CEO to list BUA Cement on the Nigerian Stock Exchange
The founder of BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu, has announced plans to list the cement sector of the company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Abdulsamad Rabiu, recently nom...
Thomas Schmidheiny and Bertrand Collomb retire from LafargeHolcim Board of Directors
Thomas Schmidheiny has taken the decision not to stand for re-election at LafargeHolcim’s upcoming Annual General Meeting on 8 May 2018, according to a company press statement....
Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe reports 4% revenue decline in 2017
Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe Ltd posted a loss of US$609,589 for the year ended 31 December 2017. Revenue during the period under review fell 4.14 per cent to US$58.4m from US$61m ...
Ciments de Bizerte resumes exports after a decade
Ciments de Bizerte has restarted exports after 10 years with a 25,000t shipment of clinker to Cameroon. The consignment is part of the company’s renewed efforts to enter the ex...
Cementir Holding completes acquisition of Lehigh White Cement Co stake
Cementir Holding completes today the acquisition of an additional 38.75 per cent stake in Lehigh White Cement Co. The acquisition of the stake from HeidelbergCement-owned Le...
Phuc Son Cement violates mineral licence
Phuc Son Cement's exploited mineral volume has exceeded the volume it initially licensed in 1996, said the State Audit of Vietnam (SAV) in an inspection report submitted to the...
Erik Thun AB schedules third LNG powered cement carrier
The third LNG-powered cement carrier for Erik Thun AB of Sweden is scheduled for launch in mid-2019. Cryonorm Systems will supply its liquefied natural gas fuel system. This...
China United Cement joins the WCA
The World Cement Association (WCA) has announced that China United Cement Corporation (CUCC) has joined as a Corporate Member. CUCC is a cement company with a production capaci...
Pakistan resumes clinker exports
Pakistan has resumed exports of bulk clinker after a gap of over six years. This has been achieved by the start-up of Pakistan's International Bulk Terminal Ltd (PIBTL) at Port...
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