Confidence Cement plans new Palash plant
Confidence Cement Ltd (CCL) has informed Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on 31 Janusary that its Board of Directors has decided to invest a second cement plant with a capacity of 5...
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Indian demand to pick up by 2% in FY18
Indian cement demand has been forecast to increase by two per cent in FY18, according to a notice by ICRA. In the first eight months of FY18 cement production grew by 0.6 per c...
Foreign currency shortage leaves Sino Zimbabwe short of cement bags
Sino Zimbabwe Cement company has a foreign currency shortage problem that has left it short of funds to pay for cement packaging material, reports the Zimbabwe chronicle. The...
UltraTech Cement receives approval for mining project
UltraTech Cement has received approval for its limestone mining project in Bhavnagar, Gujarat. The company plans to invest INR600m (US$9.4m) to mine a 632ha area, with a produc...
Pakistan's producers plead for import duty rise
The cement industry has urged Pakistan's government to increase custom duty on import of clinker to support the local manufacturers, as exports continue to decline. The indu...
Anhui Conch seeks finance for Ulyanovsk plant
Anhui Conch Cement Company Ltd requires US$500m from financial institutions to bring its plan for a cement in Russia to fruition, according to Xu Yue, Anhui Conch's minister of...
Plans for new plant in Kyrgyzstan
A new cement plant is to be constructed in Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan. The facility is part of a wave of new investments in the country this year, which is expected to total US$2bn...
InterCement considers listing European and African operations
Brazil-based InterCement Participações SA is considering listing its European and African operations to raise cash and reduce debt, Reuters reported. The company is expected...
National Cement posts net loss in 1HFY18
National Cement has announced that its losses increased during the first half of FY18, ended December 2017. The loss increased by 136.7 per cent, to EGP496m (US$28m) from EGP20...
Leading cement companies form the GCCA
Nine leading companies in the cement sector have launched the Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA). The founding members are Cemex, CNBM, CRH, Dangote, Eurocement, Heide...
Vietnam produces 7.2Mt of cement in January
Vietnam is likely to have produced 7.2Mt of cement in January, which fell 5.8 per cent from December 2017 but rose 29.7 per cent from a year earlier, according to latest data ...
Setubal project to attract cement businesses with panamax berths
Blue Atlantic of Portugal is aiming to offer one of the most efficient cargo transport routes in out out of Europe with plans for an 800m quay able to berth two Panamax vessels...
Wärtsillä extendes NRCC power plant manenagement agreement
Wärtsilä and Northern Region Cement Company (NRCC) of Sauid Arabia signing a new three-year asset management agreement for NRCC's power plant in Turaif, Saudi Arabia. Wärtsil...
Dalmia Bharat ready to acquire Kalyanpur Cement
Dalmia Bharat is set to acquire bankrupt Kalyanpur Cement after lenders have approved a debt resolution plan, reports the Economic Times. Dalmia outbid other companies like JSW...
ECRA to test oxyfuel on industrial scale with two pilot projects
Based on extensive research undertaken by the European Cement Research Academy (ECRA), oxyfuel technology will now be implemented in two cement plants in Europe. "The techn...
Gezhouba Group's Shieli plant scheduled for December start-up
China's Gezhouba Group Cement Co Ltd (GGCC) plans to commission its first 1Mta cement plant in Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan, in December. Lee Min, the CEO of GGCC, discussed the co...
Ghacem opens new depot
Ghacem Ltd has opened a new depot in Sefwi-Wiawso, Ghana. The company now has six depots, with the latest being part of a scheme to increase cement availability in the Western ...
Orient Cement reports 12% increase in revenue
Orient Cement has seen a 12.1 per cent increase in revenue in the quarter ended December 2017, according to Money Control. The revenue rose to INR5.11bn (US$80.37m) from INR4.5...
Sinoma requires project finance for Phase III of Thanh Thang
Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd is seeking project finance from international financial institutions to build the third phase of a 6000tpd Thanh Thang project in Ha Nam...
Cement producers change clinker import route
Cement plants in the Bara-Parsa Industrial Corridor, Nepal, have started importing clinker from Narayanpur railway station in India after residents in Raxaul barred the transpo...
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