Maple Leaf Cement profit falls in 6MFY17-18
Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd (MLCF) announced its half-year financial result for the period ended 31 December 2017 today. It reported earnings o f a profit after tax of PKR2.2...
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Eurocement to modernise two Leningrad works
Eurocement Group will invest RUB2.2bn (US$37.7m) in the modernisation of two cement plants in the Leningrad region, Russia. Pikalyovskiy Cement will see investment of RUB1bn...
Foreign producers may find Ethiopian raw materials difficult to secure
Cement companies in Ethiopia may in future need mining rights from local regional governments as well as Central government to excavate raw materials. The administration o...
Texas construction market should benefit Martin Marietta
Martin Marietta announced its 4Q17 and YtD results this week and continues to see profits from its North American operations. ICR has a look at the background behind the pick...
Ministry of Commerce: Cambodia will not ban cement imports
The spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, Seang Thai reported that Cambodia imported 1.9Mt of cement in 2016 and the opening of the country's largest cement factory last week...
Diamond Cement to be visited by the EPA after environmental concerns
Officers of the Environmental Protection Agency in Accra are expected to visit Diamond Cement Factory and the area of Aflao Duta in Ghana on Friday 16 February, because the lan...
Tokyo Cement Co (Lanka) incorporates ready-mix subsidiary
The Colombo Stock Exchange has been informed that Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) PLC is incorporating Tokyo Supermix (Pvt) Ltd, a fully-owned subsidiary. The Primary objective f...
Namibia imports 40,000t of Chinese clinker
Some 40,000t of clinker from China was unloaded at Namport, Namibia’s largest port. The clinker will be transported to the new cement plant of Whale Rock/Cheetah Cement, a Chin...
Caribbean Cement plans 2-year maintenance programme
Following a challenging 2017, Jamaican cement producer Caribbean Cement expects to roll out a two-year maintenance programme that includes a programme of reinvestment in the Ro...
Al Jouf Cement renews export licence for a year
Saudi Arabia’s Al Jouf Cement has renewed its export licence for a year with the new authorisation ending February 2019. The Saudi cement producer received the licence on 15 ...
Najran Cement announces financial impact of line closure
Saudi Arabia’s Najran Cement has halted production at a 6500tpd clinker line and resumed production at its 3000tpd second line. The second line was temporarily shut down to red...
PPC makes three new appointments
PPC has appointed its current interim Chief Executive, Johan Claassen as CEO and an executive director of the group with immediate effect. "Since his appointment as interim ...
HeidelbergCement to sell to stake in Lehigh White Cement Co
HeidelbergCement announces that its subsidiary Lehigh Cement Company LLC has signed an agreement to sell its 51 per cent position in Lehigh White Cement Company to the minority...
Cementir boosted by full-year results from Belgium
Cementir Holding's turnover in 2017 increased by 25.3 per cent to EUR1287.5m and EBITDA was ahead by 11.5 per cent to 220.5m. As regards the continuing business, the turnover a...
Moroccan cement demand declines 4% in January
Cement consumption in Morocco fell 4.4 per cent in January to 1,114,857t from 1,166,184t in January 2016, according to the country’s Ministry of Housing and Urbanisation. In...
PPC Zimbabwe to keep Colleen Bawn plant open
Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC), has cancelled plans to shut down its Colleen Bawn cement plant in Gwanda, Zimbabwe, following talks with the government. Late last year PPC Zi...
Shree Cement commissions grinding unit
Shree Cement has commissioned a new grinding unit in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan. The new facility has a capacity of 3.6Mta. In the 3Q17 the company reported a net profit incre...
Cemex renews Birdlife conservation partnership
Cemex announced it is renewing its partnership with Birdlife International, the world’s largest nature conservation partnership. The renewal extends the cement producer’s 10-ye...
Indian cement sees growth in industrial production table
The Indian cement industry shows recovery in production during the current financial year contrary to last financial year. According to the Indian Economic Survey 2017-18, whic...
CCI finds six companies have formed a cartel
In a preliminary investigation, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has found that six cement companies have formed a cartel. Although this enquiry focussed on the northe...
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