Savannah Cement trained 10,000 masons in the past five years
Savannah Cement have renewed a joint commitment with the National Construction Authority (NCA) to improve construction standards in Kenya, according to Capital Business. The ce...
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US cement market stable in September
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the USA remained stable YoY at around 8.75Mt in September 2017, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The five larg...
Confidence Cement to commission new plant end-December
Confidence Cement will commission its new cement plant in Bangladesh at the end of December, doubling the company’s total cement capacity to 4500tpd. The new works will hel...
Cienfuegos continues supply to hurricane-affected areas
Despite undertaking one of the largest maintenance campaigns of the past 16 years, the Cemento Cienfuegos’ plant in Cienfuegos, Cuba, will continue to deliver cement to areas a...
CG Cement place order for vertical roll mill
Chaudhary Group Cement (CGC) has placed an order with Germany-based Loesche for a vertical roller mill at its cement plant in the Palpa region of central Nepal. The order, w...
Frederic Guimbal appointed CEO of Holcim Azerbaijan OJSC
Frederic Guimbal has been appointed CEO of Holcim Azerbaijan OJSC, according to the company’s website. Mr Guimbal replaces Rossen Papazov in this role, effective from the st...
Schneider wins Assiut cement electrical order
Schneider Electric has contracted to supply and install all electrical works for Cemex's Assiut cement factory. Mohamed Shahin, head of the company’s industries sector in Egy...
Chile's Briones family hikes Bío Bío stake
The Briones family has decided to acquire a further 13.1 per cent stake in Cementos Bío Bío SA from Votorantim for more than CLP29bn (US$45.5m), according to Chilean daily La T...
Adelaide Brighton awards power contract to Infigen
Australia’s Adelaide Brighton has awarded Infigen Energy’s Lake Bonney wind farm the contract to supply power to two cement plants north of Adelaide and a quarry on Yorke Penin...
Ohorongo considers TDF use
Following the inauguration of its first RDF processing plant earlier this year , Namibia's Ohorongo Cement is now investigating, together with Metallurgical Research and Consu...
Cemento Polpaico sees CLP-2.28bn loss in 9M17
Chile’s Cemento Polpaico has reported a loss of CLP-2.281bn (US$3.58m) in the January-September 2017 period. This compares with a profit of CLP4.1534bn in the year-ago period. ...
Cement plant accused of using journalists to improve image
A cement plant is alleged to have used images of visiting journalists in promotional material, apparently in an attempt to bolster its public image, according to the Myanmar Ti...
Joey Ghose new CEO of Raysut Cement
Oman’s Raysut Cement Co has appointed Joey Ghose as new CEO of the company, effective 2017, reports the company in a filing to the Muscat Securities Market. It is expected M...
Al Jouf Cement Company to export 72,000tpa to Jordan
Al Jouf Cement Company signed a sales and marketing contract with the Saudi Industrial Export Company (SIEC) on Sunday, according to a statement released on Tadawul. This follo...
Paraguay's INC notes 9% rise in sales in October
Paraguay’s Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) has sold 10,876,593 bags of cement in the first 10 months of 2017, a drop of 17.6 per cent YoY, according to the company’s sales...
Anhui Conch to resume Indonesian project with US$240m credit
Anhui Conch Cement has issued guarantees for loans likely to include US$90m facility provided by the company’s Indonesian branch, according to Anhui Conch investor relations. T...
Concern over latest Philippine export rule
Ernesto Ordoñez, director for quality enforcement at the Philippine Safety and Quality Foundation, has said the group holds concerns over the latest administrative order releas...
Oman Cement seeks Brazilian investors for new plant
Oman Cement Co (OCC) visited Brazil to seek partners for a new cement plant in Duqm, an industrial and port free trade zone in Oman. The company’s Chairman, Abdullah Abbas Ahme...
Kohat Cement receives credit for new 7800tpd line
Kohat Cement Co Ltd has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange Ltd that a letter of credit for setting up 7800tpd grey cement line has been established. On 6 June 2017 Kohat Cemen...
Holcim Philippines uses cigarettes as fuel
Cigarettes seized due to excise tax liability will now be used as a fuel by Holcim Philippines. The 9496 cases of cigarettes worth PHP142.4m (US$2.8m) will be burnt over the co...
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