Itacamba expects to export 119,000t to Paraguay and Argentina
Bolivian cement producer Cemento Itacamba projects cement exports of 119,000t to Paraguay and Argentina this year. The company expects to deliver over 60,000t to Argentina a...
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State Bank of Pakistan reports FDI fall for cement sector
According to data of the State Bank of Pakistan, country has received a net foreign direct investment (FDI) of US$1.381bn in July-Dec 2017-18 compared to US$1.421bn in same per...
Nigeria expected to enter growth cycle
Nigeria could be entering the beginning of a growth cycle, suggests research from RMB Nigeria Stockbrokers (RMBNS). Cement consumption has been forecast to increase by seven pe...
Lafarge to invest millions in Val d’Azergues plant
Lafarge announced that it will invest several million euros in upgrading its Val d’Azergues plant, France, over the next three years. During the winter technical shutdown, t...
JK Cement reports 10% increase in net profit
JK Cement has reported a 9.77 per cent YoY increase in net profit for the quarter ending 31 December 2017. This translates to a total of INR7.2bn (US$112.2m), compared to INR6....
US market continues to improve in 2017
Cement sales in the US increased modestly in 2017 with a value of around US$12.4bn and an apparent consumption of 96.8Mt, up from 94.2Mt in 2016, according to the US Geological...
Uruguay cement sales rise 3% in 3Q17
Uruguayan cement producers sold 203.100t of cement in 3Q17, representing a 3.4 per cent YoY. While 159,900t was sold in the domestic market, cement manufacturers shipped 43,600...
Dal Teknik Makina completes Nuh Çimento plant upgrade
Dal Teknik Makina has successfully carried out the modernisation of Kiln Line No1 at Nuh Çimento plant in Hereke, Turkey. Nuh Çimento plant has now increased its production cap...
Danish investors and FLSmidth buy into Power Cement
A joint venture of foreign investors IFU (Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries), IIP (IFU Investment Partners) and FLSmidth have reportedly purchased over 100m shar...
Cimburkina lays first stone of second Kossodo mill
HeidelbergCement-owned Cimburkina has officially laid the first stone of its second mill at its Kossodo plant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 1 February. The 150tph mill wil...
Sharjah Cement FY17 net profit up 2%
Sharjah Cement saw net profit edge up 1.6 per cent to AED65m (US$17.7m) in 2017 from AED64m a year ago, according to Reuters. Revenues of the UAE cement producer rose 6.2 per...
UltraTech to be supplied with alternative fuel
The Tiruchi City Municipal Corporation (TCMC) has set an agreement with an environmental organisation to supply alternative fuel (AF) processed from fresh dry waste to UltraTec...
India's shrewd consolidator
The Indian cement market is still caught in the grips of consolidation and Dalmia Bharat Cement Ltd (DBCL) is positioning itself to be a strong player going forward with the ne...
Colombia cement consumption slips 1% YoY in 2017
In full-year 2017 the Colombian cement market contracted by 1 per cent to 11.983Mt. The trend has been attributed to a 4.9 per cent fall in offtake from concrete companies. D...
New Honduras plant for Cementos Argos
Cementos Argos has announced plans to build a new cement plant in Choloma, Honduras. The new grinding centre, with a production capacity of 0.44Mta, is expected to be commis...
Illegally imported cement seized by Nepal police
Cement illegally imported from India into Nepal, has been taken into police possession. During the transportation of the material to the District Police Office (DPO), local aut...
Pakistan cement sales expected to rise 22%
Pakistan cement sales are expected to post a 22 per cent YoY growth for January 2018. This translates to an increase of 3.7Mt from the year-ago period, mainly supported by high...
Wastewater restrictions tighten in Mandalay
Mandalay cement producers face the possibility of being penalised if they fail to draft and implement environmental management plans (EMP) within a year. The Myanmar Ministry...
MPA report highlights CO2 emissions fall for UK cement producers
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) reports that carbon dioxide emissions per tonne of cement fell by two per cent between 2016-17 in the UK. However, for aggregates and asp...
Dewan Cement to sell controlling shares of two plants
Dewan Cement Ltd is reportedly in talks with Karachi-based Mega Conglomerate Ltd to sell its controlling shares in two plants based in Dhabeji, Sindh and Hattar Industrial Esta...
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