Mexican cement demand forecast to fall 3% in 2017
Mexican cement consumption is expected to reach 43Mt in 2017, representing a three per cent YoY decrease when compared with 2016, according to the National Chamber of Cement (C...
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Italcementi completes Cementir Italia acquisition
HeidelbergCement subsidiary Italcementi has completed the acquisition of Cementir Italia. All conditions for the closing of the transaction have been fulfilled following the ap...
New plant to open in Cambodia
Chip Mong Insee Cement Corporation plans to have its 2Mta plant in Kampot province fully operational early this year, according to Khmer Times. The company signed a partnership...
CRH completes US distribution operation divestment
CRH plc reached an agreement to divest its Americas Distribution business for a total cash consideration of US$2.63bn on 24 August 2017, and the company has announced today tha...
Timothy Kuebler becomes country manager of Giant
Timothy Kuebler has joined Elementia as the country manager of Giant, reporting to the cement division. Mr Kuebler has more than 30 years of experience in the cement industr...
Jammu and Kashmir Cement's Samba plant still not fully operational
Jammu and Kashmir Cements Ltd's (JKCL) Samba grinding and packaging unit, which was commissioned in September 2015, is still not fully operational. Output was recorded at just ...
Colombia cement dispatches stable in November
Cement dispatches in Colombia edged up 0.3 per cent YoY to 1.021Mt in November 2017, according to the national statistics office, DANE. The rise in dispatches is attributed ...
Construction at Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd site put on hold
Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited (MLCF) has announced that construction work on a 7300tpd capacity expansion has been put on hold, following an order issued by the Environment...
Dangote Cement Nepal is denied mining licence
Dangote Cement Nepal Pvt Ltd has lost its attempt to win an open bid for a mining licence in Nepal. It has been technically disqualified for the detailed exploration of three l...
Nepal clinker and cement raw materials shortage continues
Imports of clinker to Nepal along the Parsa-Bara corridor from Raxaul, an Indian town located on Nepal-India border, have ceased since 22 December, after locals complained abou...
Richard Curtis retires as CMS Group MD
Richard Curtis has retired from his position as Group Managing Director of Malaysian cement producer, Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd (CMS) as of 1 January 2018. He will remain on the B...
Cement prices in Nepal rise sharply due to clinker shortages
The tightening supply of cement amid a backdrop of increased demand has resulted in a sharp rise in cement prices in Nepal, with both cement manufacturers and retailers increas...
Indonesia cement consumption continues its ascent
In November 2017, Indonesia’s domestic cement consumption continued to grow rapidly, rising to 6,365,491t, a 12.1 per cent rise compared to November 2016. Total exports were 28...
INC Paraguay to start up new mill
Industria Nacional del Cement (INC) plans to commission a new 80tph cement mill in 1Q18. The mill will increase production by 40 per cent, according to the president of the cem...
Carthage Cement sale attracts foreign investors
Sale of a majority stake in Carthage Cement (Tunisia) has attracted a high level of interest from international investors. A block of shares, representing 50.52 per cent stake...
Monarch Cement appoints new president
Kent Webber has been appointed president of Monarch Cement Company, Kansas (USA). Webber has been with Monarch since 2013, first as the company’s subsidiary operations manag...
Cementos Molins reduces price for LafargeHolcim Bangladesh to US$62m
Cementos Molins (Spain) has reduced the purchase price for LafargeHolcim Bangladesh to US$62m, compared to the US$117m originally announced in December 2016 for 100 per cent of...
Huaxin to set up Nepal cement plant
Huaxin Cement (China) has signed an investment agreement with the Investment Board Nepal (IBN) to invest US$140m to establish a 1Mta cement plant in the country, according to a...
Vietnam cement production reaches 80Mt in 2017
Cement production in Vietnam reached 80Mt in 2017, up six per cent on the year before, according to local press reports. This figure was recorded by the Department of Construct...
ACC Ltd expects demand to stay on course in 2018
ACC Limited expects demand for cement in India to stay on course in the coming year. In its outlook for 2018, the company stated how the plans by the Government of India to boo...
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