Lipetskcement brings new logistics facility online
Lipetskcement, part of the Eurocement Group, has launched a new RUB600m (US$10.4m) production and logistics facility for packing, palletising and shipping of cement. The inv...
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Siam Cement Group plans to diversify products
Siam Cement Group (SCG) plans to diversify its products next year, according to the Jakarta Post. The company hopes to become more competitive in the market by applying technol...
Raxaul residents challenge clinker exports to Nepal
Indian clinker exports to Nepal are facing a challenge from the residents of the border town of Raxaul. They have threatened to prevent Nepal-bound cargo trucks from passing th...
Penna Cement Industries Ltd orders Loesche VRM
Penna Cement Industries Ltd has ordered a Loesche VRM for its plant in Boyareddypalli, Andhra Pradesh.The four-roller mill will grind petcoke with a throughput capacity of 52tp...
UltraTech Cement receives award at NCCBM
UltraTech Cement received an award at the National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCCBM) award ceremony on 8 December 2017. The Indian cement producer's Kotpuli ...
UNTHA expands distribution in Japan
Shredding specialist UNTHA continues to expand in Asia, following the agreement of a new distribution partnership with Sun Earth, a leading technology provider in Japan's waste...
Saurashtra Cement shuts down kiln for annual maintenance
Indian cement producer Saurashtra Cement has scheduled to start its annual kiln maintenance at its plant in Ranavav, Gujarat, from 8 January 2018. The process is expected to ta...
Vietnam faces an increase in oversupply
Vietnam is expected to increase its supply glut in the run-up to 2020, according to Vietnam Net. By 2020 total domestic cement capacity is expected to reach 120-130Mta while do...
Cement output in Azerbaijan up 25% in 11M17
Production of cement in Azerbaijan increased by 24.8 per cent to 2.66Mt in the first 11 months of 2017, according to Trend News Agency. In addition, ready-mix concrete produ...
Uzbekistan plans to produce 9.2Mt in 2018
The government of Uzbekistan has approved a balance of production and consumption of cement for 2018. The country plans to produce 9.198Mt of cement in 2018, with Uzstroymat...
Bridge closures in Ghana raise cement prices
The price of cement in Tamale, Ghana, has risen to GHS34-35 per bag (US$7-7.70 per bag), an increase of GHS3, on the back of a cement shortage due to bridge closures in the the...
Kyrgyzstan to attract investment for new Ozgorush plant
The Vice Chairman of the Kyrgyz Government, Dair Kenekeyev, has ordered the Agency for Promotion and Protection of Investments to attract investments to the Ozgorush cement pla...
Monarch Cement names Kent A Webber new president
Monarch Cement’s board of directors has appointed Kent A Webber as new president of the board. He succeeds Walter H Wulf Jr, who will remain as chairman of the board and dire...
Hongshi Shivam Pvt Ltd employs local Nepalis for plant development
The development of the Hongshi Shivam Cement Pvt Ltd plant in Nepal has provided employment to more than 1000 Nepalis directly or indirectly, according to My Republica. The p...
New 1.5Mta cement plant for Timektane inaugurated
Algeria’s Prime Minister, Ahmed Ouyahia has inaugurated a new 1.5Mta cement plant in Timektane, 260km from Adrar. Further expansion of the DZD21bn (US$181m) works is planned...
Lucky completes 1.3Mta expansion line in Karachi
Lucky Cement has informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on 18 December that construction and installation work for its 1.3Mta brownfield kiln line at its Karachi plant in ...
Holcim Argentina to invest US$120m in Malagueño
Holcim Argentina has announced a US$120m investment to raise cement capacity at its Malagueño plant by 45 per cent. The expansion project includes the reconstruction of a co...
Bamburi Cement suspends plans to switch to solar power
Bamburi Cement has put its plans to switch to solar power on hold, reports Standard Digital. The high cost of the project has left the company to resort to other methods to red...
LafargeHolcim plans PLN150m investment in Kujawy
LafargeHolcim intends to invest PLN150m (US$42m) in alternative fuel-related projects in its Cementownia Kujawy cement works in Poland. The company will modify the clinker l...
Uzbekistan’s Kuvasaycement sees 3% revenue increase
Kuvaysaycement JSC saw its revenues increase by 3.4 per cent in the first nine months of 2017 to UZS236.7bn. However, the company saw its cost of production increase by 7.5 ...
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