Cement Australia fined in Port Kembla over raw material storage
Cement Australia's Christy Drive operation has been served fines of AUD30,000 (US$23,500) from the Environment Protection Authority for improper storage of its materials at Po...
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LafargeHolcim targets better growth
LafargeHolcim's CEO, Jan Jenisch, announced this week that the company is writing off its US$4.04bn impairment charge in the 4Q17 and is establishing a five-year strategy u...
Dalmia Bharat-led bid approved by lenders
Lenders to the bankrupt Binani Cement have decided that a a Dalmia Bharat-led bid would be allowed, thereby overruling the objections of UltraTech Cement. The offer fulfilled a...
Universal Cement Corp reports revenue decrease in February
Universal Cement Corp. has reported a decrease in revenue for the February 2018 period, falling 13 per cent to TWD268.12m (US$9.14m) from TWD308.36 of the year-ago period. H...
Cementir announces 13% EBITDA rise in 2018
Cementir reported a 10.9 per cent increase in revenues to EUR1.14bn in 2017 from 1.028bn in 2016. EBITDA advanced by 12.6 per cent to EUR222.7m while net profit edged up 6.2 pe...
Loma Negra 4Q17 net revenue rises by 57%
Loma Negra (InterCement group) announced its results for the three- and 12-month periods ended 31 December 2017 with net revenue for 4Q17 increasing 57.1 per cent to ARS4452m (...
The Ministry of Coal cancels mining licence
India's Ministry of Coal has cancelled the mining licence for the Mandla South coal block won by Jaypee Cement, following the sale of the attached plants to UltraTech Cement. J...
Costa Rica considers imposing 5% cement tax on net sale price
The Costa Rican Legislative Assembly is to discuss proposing a five per cent tax on imported and locally-produced cement. The bill establishes that "… the tax on cement produ...
BJP government to conduct vigilance probe into land transfer
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Haryana, India, has decided to conduct a vigilance probe into the transfer of approximately 122 acres of land from Associated Cem...
Three Cemex USA quarries win NSSGA awards
Cemex USA's FEC Quarry in Miami won the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) 2018 Platinum Award for Excellence in Community Relations. Two other Cemex USA facilit...
US cement shipments reach 6.3Mt in December
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the USA and Puerto Rico grew by 3.5 per cent YoY to 6.3Mt in December 2017, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). Th...
Whale Rock Cement ready to start production in April
Whale Rock Cement, a joint venture between Chinese businesses and a Namibian partner, is to start producing cement in April, under the Cheetah Cement brand, according to compan...
Tanzania Portland Cement given ultimatum over dust emissions
Tanzania Portland Cement Company Ltd (TPCCL) has been issued a two-month ultimatum from the government to improve its dust control or face a ban. The Deputy Minister of State ...
UltraTech takes 400t of waste from railway workshop
UltraTech Cement has taken 400t of waste from the Golden Rock railway workshop in Ariyalur, India, to be used as an alternative fuel in its cement kilns. The company will take ...
Sit-in at Egypt's National Cement prompts Parliamentary investigation
Egypt's National Cement Company is to be investigated after parliament decided it must resolve the dispute that has seen factory workers start a hunger strike and a sit-in, nea...
Nuvoco Vistas wins improvement award
India-based Nuvoco Vistas Corporation Ltd has won the 'Best in Class Continuous Improvement Award' during the 7th Manufacturing Supply Chain (MSC) Awards held in Mumbai. The aw...
Breedon Group reports earnings up 43% to GBP652m
Breedon Group PLC reports revenues grew by 43 per cent to GBP652.4m (US$904.9m) in 2017 while underlying earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) increased by 35 per cent to G...
Pakistan's capacity utilisation stands 91%
The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) reports that the domestic cement industry's capacity utilisation in the first eight months of this fiscal year ( Jul...
Caribbean Cement reports lower profits in 2017
Jamaica-based Caribbean Cement Ltd reported profits of JMD1.1bn (US$8.65m), down from JMD1.3bn in 2016, according to RJR news. Company profits were impacted by the shutdown ...
Alexandria Cement reports increasing losses in 2017
Egyptian cement producer Alexandria Cement reported a consolidated net losses of EGP513.85m (US$ 29.13m) , when compared with net losses of EGP50.86m in 2016. The company’...
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