Cemex receives environmental approval for Solid Cement expansion
Ceemex has been given the all clear from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for the its proposed expansion of its cement plant the Antipolo City, Rizal,...
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Invesa to consolidate Bío Bío majority
Chile’s Inversiones y Desarollos (Invesa) officially launched a public offer to acquire 54,208,259 shares in Cementos Bío Bío. In November Invesa acquired a 13.1 per cent st...
Are better times ahead for Lafarge Malaysia Cement?
ICR highlighted the plight of Lafarge Malaysia this week as the company reported a 3Q17 loss of US$10.3m with expectations of no return to profit until FY18 . However, the Laf...
Moroccan demand up 5% in November
Cement demand in Morocco increased 5.2 per cent YoY in November 2017 to 1,274,165t from 1,211,298t in October 2016, according to data by the country's Ministry of Housing and U...
LafargeHolcim to change management structure
LafargeHolcim has announced that its 30 largest country organisations will now report to its Executive Committee and that its global business functions will be merged under one...
Vietnam exports rise 30% for the first 11 months of 2017
Vietnam exported 17.48Mta of cement and clinker worth US$613.3m in the first 11 months of this year, according to Vietnam News. This represents a 30.4 per cent increase in volu...
Emami Cement orders system from ABB India
Emami Cement has ordered an automation and electrical system from ABB India for a 2Mta greenfield plant in Odisha, according to moneycontrol. Emami hopes to meet the rising ...
DG Khan victim of fake news social media story
DG Khan Cement Co Ltd asks for an investigation into fake news item that alleged it was selling company shares in a cement plant to Anhui Conch. The Pakistan cement producer...
HeidelbergCement to sell calcium silicate unit business
HeidelbergCement has signed an agreement with H+H International A/S and its subsidiary H+H Deutschland GmbH to sell its calcium silicate unit business (HDKS), according to a pr...
LafargeHolcim withdraws from further talks with PPC
LafargeHolcim has ended talks with South Africa’s PPC about a potential deal, said the Swiss cement producer in a brief statement. The step comes only a day after Canada’s Fa...
Petcoke ban lifted for the cement industry
The Supreme Court of India has relaxed its ban on the use of petcoke and allowed it to be used in the cement and limestone industries. The Ministry of Environment and Forest...
GCC reports record 11M cement sales
Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua SAB de CV (GCC) reports total cement sales volumes for the company reached almost 4Mt for the January-November period, a new record for the company....
Loma Negra to invest US$350m in new L'Amali line
InterCement-owned Loma Negra will invest US$350m in a brownfield expansion of its L'Amali plant in Olavarría, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, the company announced in a meeti...
Carthage Cement wins 350,000t clinker contract
Tunisia’s Carthage Cement has been awarded the contract for the export of 350,000t of clinker to sub-Saharan Africa with delivery in 2018. The order will allow the cement ...
Fauji Cement announce plans for greenfield project
Fauji Cement Company Ltd (FCCL) has announced plans to set up a greenfield project. The Pakistan-based company currently operates a 3.43Mta cement plant in Jhang Bahtar, Attoc...
Punjab government proposes ban on new cement plants in Potohar
The Punjab government has proposed to ban the establishment of new cement factories in the Potohar region of Pakistan, according to the Nation. This proposal has been attribute...
Cementos Argos, Cemex and Holcim fined COP200bn
Colombia has fined Cementos Argos, Cemex and Holcim over COP200bn (US$66m) for fixing prices, according to Reuters. The fine has been applied to the companies and some of it...
Zambian economic zone to establish cement plant
A US$500m cement plant is expected to be set up near the Lusaka South Multi-facility Economic Zone (LS-MFEZ). The plant will help in boost development at the zone through provi...
LafargeHolcim Sagunto to return to full operation
LafargeHolcim’s Sagunto works in Spain will return to full operation for the first time since 2007. Following a year of uncertainty about the future of the cement plant due to ...
Uzbekistan cement only to be sold through exchanges
Uzbekistan’s monopoly enterprises will sell cement only through exchange auctions from 1 January 2018, according to a new resolution of the country’s government on the producti...
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