Dalmia Bharat wins bid for Binani
Dalmia Bharat Cement Ltd won the bid for Binani Cement on Tuesday, despite UltraTech Cement submitting an almost identical offer. The panel supervising the insolvency proceedin...
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Kigali Cement to resume operations
The Rwandan cement market is being keenly contested for and the country's second-largest cement plant at Kigali Cement had to recently suspend operations and lay-off staff, acc...
Taiheiyo Cement appoints new president
Taiheiyo Cement Corp has appointed Masafumi Fushihara as president and representative director, effective from 1 April 2018. Mr Fushihara is presently working within the compan...
BGC Cement acquires land for new depot
BGC Cement is in the final stages of acquiring two industrial lots in West Kalgoorlie, Australia, which will become a major new depot for storage and distribution of cement. Co...
LafargeHolcim launches its Growth & Performance Organisation
LafargeHolcim's new Growth & Performance organisation will support the execution of market strategies with the aim to support the growth of profitable businesses, leading in su...
Gujarat Sidhee Cement commissions WHR plant
Gujarat Sidhee Cement has commissioned a 5.5MW waste heat recovery unit at its plant in Sidheegram, with effect from Sunday. Elsewhere, the company reported positive results ...
Gharibwal Cement earns PKR752m in 1HFY17-18
Gharibwal Cement Ltd (GCL) has announced its financial results for the half year ended 31 December 2017. It reported a profit after tax of PKR752m (US$6.7m) compared to PKR1.1...
Power Cement announces increase in sales
Power Cement Ltd (PCL) has announced a fall of 18 per cent YoY in profit after tax for the half year ended 31 December 2017. According to a notification to the Pakistan Stock E...
Spain's demand grows 11% in 2017
Cement consumption in Spain expanded by 11 per cent to 12.3Mt in 2017, according to the latest data from the country’s cement association, Oficemen. However, despite the pos...
Ukrainian cement output up 2% in January
Ukraine’s cement producers increased their cement output by 2.4 per cent YoY to 343,000t in January, according to Ukrainian News. Compared with December 2017, production fel...
ACC and Ambuja place merger on hold
ACC Ltd and Ambuja Cements Ltd have placed their proposed merger on hold due to constraints related to the transfer of mines under current laws, reports the Hindustan Times. ...
Kohat Cement profits fall by 25% in 1HFY17-18
Kohat Cement Co Ltd (KCCL) has announced a fall of 24.9 per cent in profit YoY for the half year ended 31 December 2017. KCCL reported a profit after tax of PKR1.644bn (US$4.6...
Beyond Zero Emissions plans CO2 neutral Australian cement sector
Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) has set a plan for Australia’s cement industry to reach zero carbon emissions by the next decade. The Zero Carbon Industry plan ‘Rethinking Cement’ ...
Duraton Cement distributes its first cement
Asian Fine Cements Ltd has has launched its own flagship brand, Duraton Cement, having invested in a 1.5Mta greenfield cement plant in Rajpura, Punjab, India. Duraton Cement...
Birla Corp to increase availability of premium product
Birla Corp is planning to roll-out its premium-brand product, Perfect, across all regions of India apart from the South. The cement is manufactured at Reliance Cement Company’s...
Raysut Cement reports negative results for 2017
Oman-based Raysut Cement Company has reported negative sales revenue and net earnings results due to competition from UAE producers and ongoing socio-economic disturbances in Y...
Bernard Mathieu to front WCA's Global Climate Change Forum
The World Cement Association (WCA) has announced mthe appointment of Bernard Mathieu as Director of its Climate Programme. In this role, Mr Mathieu will lead the WCA CEOs’ Glob...
Peru's cement market expands 5% in January
Peru's cement consumption expanded five per cent to 0.861Mt in January 2018 when compared with the previous year, but fell eight per cent MoM, according to the country’s cement...
Palpa Cement orders Gebr Pfeiffer vertical mill
Palpa Cement Industries Pvt Ltd in Nepal has ordered a MVR vertical mill from Germany-based mill specialist Gebr Pfeiffer for its plant in Sunwal, Nawalparasi district. The M...
QNCC to increase capacity in 2H18
Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC) is expected to increase its production capacity by 5500tpd during 2H18, due to the start-up of a new plant later in the year. The company a...
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