Cemex conducting pilot tests for Magdalena river transport
To improve its operational efficiency, Cemex has started running pilot tests to transport cement via the Magdalena River in Colombia. Cement is transported from central Colombi...
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French cement producers to burn more wood waste
French cement producers plan to lift alternative fuels use from 41 per cent of the fuel mix to 50 per cent by 2025. To support the initiative, they have set, in collaboration w...
Adelaide Brighton reports equipment issues
Adelaide Brighton Cement has reported issues with manufacturing equipment at its Birkenhead plant. Large plumes of dust were spotted leaving the chimney of the facility last Su...
Prism Cement posts increase in net profits
Prism Cement has posted its results for the quarter ended 31 December 2017. The company reached a net profit of INR148.5m (US$2.31m), compared to a loss of INR470m in the year-...
Martin Marietta Materials’ improves prices in spite of some weak markets
Martin Marietta Materials saw turnover advance by 3.8 per cent in 2017 to US$3965.6m and EBITDA was 3.4 per cent ahead at US$1004.4m, with the final quarter showing a 14.2 per ...
Siam Cement record revenue increase in 2017
Siam Cement has released its financial results for the full-year period ended 31 December 2017. Revenue reached THB450.9bn (US$14.34bn), an YoY increase of six per cent from TH...
Cementos Chihuahua sees 58% EBITDA hike in 4Q17
Cementos Chihuahua increased its EBITDA by 58.4 per cent YoY in the 4Q17 due to higher cement and concrete sales in Mexico and the USA as well as a 6.2 per cent cement price in...
INC sales surpass 1m bags in January
Paraguay’s Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) sold 1,003,000 bags of cement in January, of which 87 per cent was sold from its Villeta plant, according to Derlys Ortiz, the c...
Cementos Moctezuma fined MXN3.346m by environmental regulator
Mexico’s environmental regulator PROFEPA has fined Cementos Moctezuma’s Tepetzingo plant MXN3.346m (US$179,795) over a breach in environmental regulations. In addition, the cem...
Ras Al-Khaimah Cement records net profit increase
Ras Al-Khaimah Cement has recorded a substantial increase in net profit for the full-year period of 2017, reaching AED21.3m (US$5.79m) from AED5.8m a year ago. However, the c...
Cementos Pacasmayo records sales volume increase in 4Q17
Peru's Cementos Pacasmayo has announced its consolidated results for the fourth quarter and full-year period ended 31 December 2017. The sales volume of cement, concrete and bl...
Mangalam records 8% revenue increase
India-based Mangalam Cement has submitted its results for the quarter ending December 2017, which feature a 46 per cent YoY decrease in net profit to INR27m (US$420,126) from I...
Hail Cement and Wärtsilä renew agreement
Hail Cement Co and Wärtsilä have renewed their co-operation for a further three years. Wärtsilä will continue to ensure the operational reliability and availability of the comp...
Cementos Argos sees revenues rise, but Colombia challenges income
Argos reported an improvement in its revenues for 4Q17 with stable sales for the full-year 2017. While EBITDA results fell both for 4Q17 and 2017, adjustment for non-recurring ...
Boral reports strong 1H performance
Boral's turnover for the six months to the end of December jumped by 40.3 per cent to AUD2937m (EUR1868m/US$2312m), helped by the acquisition of the Headwaters business in Nort...
Eagle Materials reports 19% YoY rise in sales
Eagle Materials reported a 19 per cent YoY rise in revenues to US$359.4m for the third quarter ended 31 December 2017. Cement revenues in 3QFY17-18, including joint venture ...
Vietnam clinker and cement exports up 30%
Vietnam exported 2.9Mt of cement and clinker, valued at US$101.12m in January, representing YoY increases of 32.2 and 30.3 per cent, respectively, according to the country’s Ge...
Thatta Cement's profit falls
Thatta Cement Co Ltd's (TCCL) financial results for the half year ended 31 December 2017 saw a profit after tax PKR321.66m (US$2.9m), compared to PKR405.79m earned in correspo...
Brazil sales slip in January
Brazilian cement sales were down 0.1 per cent YoY to 4.33Mt in January 2018, according to the country’s cement association, SNIC. Average sales per working day increased 0.2...
India Cement cracks down on fixed costs
India Cements reported a net profit of INR152.4m in the quarter ended 31 December 2017, which represents a 35.6 per cent decrease QoQ from INR236.7m, according to the Business ...
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