Vietnam cement consumption reaches 62Mt in 2017
Vietnam’s demand for cement increased seven per cent YoY to 62Mt in 2017, according to the Department of Price Management, Ministry of Finance. The rise in cement sales has ...
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Attock Cement commissions new 1.2Mta line
Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd (ACPL) has started operations at its new 1.2Mta production line at Hub, Balochistan. The line brings the total capacity of the plant to 10,000tpd and...
Hurtado Vicuña on the verge of completing required divestment
Grupo Hurtado Vicuña is expected to be soon completing the divestment of a part of Cementos Bicentenario (BSA) assets, one of the main conditions imposed by Chile’s Fiscalia Na...
Mexican cement producers raise prices
At the start of the new year, Mexican cement producers have raised the price of grey cement between 6-10 per cent, according to Ramiro Páez Cruz, president of the Mexican Assoc...
Vicem sees 3% rise in cement and clinker sales
State-owned Vietnam Cement Industry Corp (Vicem) reported sales of 26.6Mt of cement and clinker in 2017, representing a YoY increase of three per cent. Of the total, 23.6Mt ...
Universal Cement Corp sees 14% revenue drop in December
Universal Cement Corp, Taiwan, has reported a 13.8 per cent YoY fall in December revenues to TWD399.796m (US$13.5m ) from TWD463.842m in December 2016, according to the Taiwan ...
Contractor wins LKR1m worth of Insee Sanstha cement
The grand prize of the ‘Athek Barata Cementhi’ campaign by Insee Cement has been won by a contractor based in Meerigama, Sri Lanka. Chandika Rajapakshahas has received the priz...
Multiple promotions for Lehigh Cement's Mitchell staff
HeidelbergCement-owned Lehigh Cement Co announced multiple promotions in key management positions. Quentin McGahey, former plant manager at the Mitchell cement plant in Indi...
New 7500tpd line planned for Haripur
Pakistan Army's affiliated department Frontier Works Organization (FWO) plans to set up 7500tpd production line at Bandi Muneem, Haripur KPK, Pakistan. The organisation ad...
Azerbaijani cement producers raise prices
Norm and Holcim Azerbaijan have raised the price of their cement by 5-6 per cent from 25 December, according to AF Euro Home. The cost of grade 300 cement increased from AZN...
Hsing Ta Cement reports 24% revenue rise in 2017
Taiwan-based Hsing Ta Cement has reported a 13.1 per cent rise in December revenues to TWD581.701m (US$19.64m) from TWD514.449m, according to the Taiwan Stock Exchange. For t...
GICA announces production record for 2017
Algeria’s Groupe Industriel des Ciments d’Algérie (GICA) announced a production record of 13,950,660t in 2017. This reflects an 11 per cent rise in output when compared with 12...
Cheetah Cement to commence operations in Namibia
Cheetah Cement's new facility in Otjiwarongo is starting the rock blasting process as it prepares to begin operations this month. The new plant represents a total investment of...
Dalmia Bharat Cement launches new product
Dalmia Bharat Cement has launched a new product, Dalmia DSP. The new cement is a premium-quality slag cement designed for the Dhalai process. It has been formulated for life-lo...
Lafarge completes Holcim shares acquisition
Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd (LSCL) has completed the required documents to transfer the shares of Holcim Bangladesh Ltd (HBL) to LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Ltd. The step was part...
McInnis Cement could be up for sale
A Canadian pension fund has hired advisers to explore the possible sale or partial sale of McInnis Cement, reports Bloomberg. Caisse de Depot et Placement du Québec and its ...
Punjab cement industry to be regulated after three decades
The cement industry in Punjab, Pakistan, is being brought under regulatory control of the provincial government again, after 29 years. The decision to once again regulate th...
Swiss cement sales slip 3% in 2017
Cement deliveries in Switzerland saw a 2.8 per cent fall to in 2017 as Cemsuisse reports a domestic sales volume of 4.3Mta. The drop follows a 4.2 per cent rise in 2016. The...
Sagar Cement sees 65% sales increase
Sagar Cement (SCL) saw a 65 per cent rise in sales in December 2017 as the India-based company reported sales of 254,348Mt, compared with the year-ago period. The advance in...
Cemex Colombia to pay SIC fine, object via litigation
Cemex Colombia announced that it proceeds to pay the value of the fine imposed by the country's Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC) in September 2013, amounting to t...
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