Uzbekistan: Sherabad works holds foundation ceremony
The foundation ceremony for Popcement, an Uzbek-Chinese-Arab joint venture was held in Sherabad, Namangan region, Uzbekistan. The project represents an investment of US$50m....
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SOTACIB Feriana shutdown results in white cement shortage
The production stop at the Feriana white cement plant of Société Tuniso-Andalouse de Ciment Blanc (SOTACIB) on 26 December 2017 has led to a shortage of white cement in the Tun...
New ECDE plant to open in June
Entreprise des Ciments et Dérivés d’El Chellif’s (ECDE) is expected to commission its new plant at Chlef, Algeria, in June. The 2Mta works is an extension of the old unit an...
PPC improves liquidity position
PPC has rescheduled the debt related to its new plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo, improving its liquidity position. The South Africa-based cement producer has also ...
National Co for Cement to avoid losses by coal mill
To help reduce the losses recently incurred by Egypt-based National Co for Cement, its new Chairman, Emad el-Din Mustafa has said the company will purchase a coal mill. The ...
Ambuja Cement co-processes 12,500t of biomass at Rabriyawas works
LafargeHolcim-owned Ambuja Cement has co-processed more than 12,500t of biomass from farmers at its Rabriyawas plant in 2017, a considerable increase when compared with less th...
India becomes second-largest market for Pakistani cement exporters
Pakistan’s cement exports to India grew by 26.3 per cent in FY17. Since beginning in 2010, India has become the second-largest market for cement exporters, with a 27 per cent s...
OAO Belarusian Cement Plant shows potential
OAO Belarusian Cement Plant, part of the Belarusian Cement Company, has potential for development. The Belarusian economy minister, Vladimir Zinovsky, made this statement when ...
Big Boss Cement to prove concept to Board of Investments
Henry SY JR's Big Boss Cement Inc (BBCI) failed to get initial approval after the Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) denied its first application, because it lacked 'proof o...
Pakistan: no dismantling of cement plants around Katas Raj
Pakistan’s Supreme Court will not issue any order to dismantle existing cement plants as output from the facilities will be required for the ongoing China-Pakistan Economic Cor...
Bestway Cement bags five CSR awards
Bestway Cement has won five awards at the 10th Annual CSR Awards 2018 ceremony, held on 18 January in Islamabad, Pakistan. Bestway won the coveted awards by the National Fo...
Shree breaks into its first international market
This week, Shree Cement made a bold move to buy a 93 per cent stake in Union Cement Co PSC (UCC) for an enterprise value of US$305.24m. It is a major transaction for the Indi...
Morocco’s cement demand declines 3% in 2017
The Moroccan cement market contracted 2.5 per cent to 13,791,222t in 2017 when compared 14,151,095t in 2016, according to the country’s cement association, APC. The fall takes ...
UltraTech reports 37% volume jump in 3QFY18
UltraTech Cement Ltd, an Aditya Birla Group Company, has announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended 31 December 2017 (3QFY18). Net sales stood at INR78,970...
Star Cement sells 3% stake through open market transactions
Star Cement has sold a 3.34 per cent stake in the company worth INR1.82bn (US$28.5m), according to Money Control. The sale was made through open market transactions by three pr...
French cement market expands 3% in 2017
The French cement market grew by 3-4 per cent in 2017, according to estimates by the French cement association SFIC. "2017 was the year of the recovery, with renewed dynamis...
Maple Leaf Cement issued favourable ruling
Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd announced on Thursday that Lahore High Court has approved the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) filed by the company. As a result, an order pa...
Tata Steel launches branded LD slag product for clinker making
Tata Steel has launched two new products, Tata Aggreto and Tata Nirman, India's first branded Linz-Donawitz (LD) slag products for applications in road, fly ash brick and clink...
Puerto Rican cement sales fell 11% in 2017
Cement sales in Puerto Rico decreased by 11.2 per cent in 2017, seeing declines in September, October, November and December, reports Sin Comillas. The fall in sales has bee...
Peru's cement market ends year on positive note
December 2017 was a positive month for Peru's cement production and dispatches, although volumes remained insufficient to reverse the accumulated fall in 2017, according to the...
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