Adani Group to merge Ambuja, ACC and Orient Cement into single platform
India’s Adani Group has approved the consolidation of its cement operations into a single corporate structure, moving to merge ACC Ltd and Orient Cement Ltd into Ambuja ...
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Materials Processing Institute launches high-temperature XRD capability
The Materials Processing Institute (MPI) has developed a new high-temperature X-ray Diffraction (XRD) capability that allows in-situ analysis of materials at temperatures of up...
Holcim readies limestone transport for new Obourg kiln
Holcim is developing the river and rail transport facilities at the Vaulx site, near Obourg, Belgium. The facilities will transport limestone extracted from Vaulx and then ship...
Raysut Cement issues tenders for plant equipment and terminal assets
Raysut Cement Co has published a series of tenders relating to both plant equipment and cement terminal assets, indicating a period of operational review and asset management...
ACA-supported permitting legislation passed in USA
The House of Representatives has passed the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act (SPEED Act, H.R. 4776), facilitating reforms to the National Enviro...
Bruks Siwertell secures road-mobile ship unloader order for lime-handling
Bruks Siwertell has been awarded the contract for the supply of its Siwertell 5000 S road-mobile ship unloader for lime-handling operations in Western Europe.
Uzbekistan govt plans sale of state-owned plant
Uzbekistan’s Agency for State Assets is inviting tenders for Sherobod Sement Zavodi LLC and Shargunkomir JSC as part of the approved state property reform programmes. The Ag...
Swiss court to hear landmark climate case against Holcim
A court in Zug, Switzerland has agreed to hear a landmark climate lawsuit brought by four residents of Pari Island in Indonesia against Swiss cement giant Holcim , in what leg...
Oman construction sector looks to EPS cement amid tightening sustainability rules
Oman’s construction industry is under growing pressure to comply with stricter energy-efficiency and carbon-reduction requirements as sustainability targets move from policy am...
UltraTech Cement hit with INR7.82bn tax demand notice
India’s largest cement maker, UltraTech Cement , has received a Goods and Services Tax (GST) demand notice totalling INR7.82bn (US$87m) from Indian tax authorities, the comp...
IndiaRF enters cement with Shree Digvijay majority stake buy
India Resurgence Fund (IndiaRF), the India-focused investment platform backed by Piramal Group and Bain Capital, has made its first foray into the cement sector with the acquis...
Bangladesh: Shah Cement wins Best Brand Award for seventh time
Shah Cement has been named Best Brand in the cement category for the seventh consecutive time at an award ceremony held on 20 December at Le Méridien Dhaka. The award was or...
SMA Mineral awards thyssenkrupp Polysius first industrial EAC pilot contract
Nordic quicklime producer SMA Mineral has awarded thyssenkrupp Polysius the contract to develop the first industrial flash calcination plant using electric arc calciner (EAC) te...
Molins to acquire Secil in EUR1.4bn deal
Molins has agreed to acquire 100 per cent of Secil Companhia Geral de Cal e Cimento , SA from Portuguese investment group Semapa, marking a significant step in its profitabl...
Cahya Mata Sarawak’s Mambong clinker Line 2 project set for mid-2027 start
Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad ’s Clinker Line 2 project at Mambong is scheduled to commence operations in mid-2027, boosting cement supply in Sarawak and supporting the state’s in...
Maple Leaf Cement to raise stake in Pioneer Cement via public offer
Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd (MLCF) has announced a public offer to acquire 26.62 million shares, representing 11.72 per cent of Pioneer Cement Ltd (PIOC), at a price of ...
Furno Materials and Maschmeyer Concrete to set up Florida cement plant
Furno Materials, a specialist in sustainable and modular cement production, has signed a strategic agreement with Maschmeyer Concrete Company of Florida to evaluate the deploym...
Premier Cement Mills wins Gold Award
Premier Cement Mills PLC of Bangladesh has won the Gold Award in the Cement Manufacturing category at the ICMAB Best Corporate Award 2024, marking its second consecutive yea...
Holcim Mexico celebrates 30 years of CiTeC
Holcim Mexico strengthened its collaboration with key industry players, academic institutions, standards organisations and sector associations as it celebrated the 30th annivers...
Holcim leaps at opportunity for Latin American cement growth
Holcim’s decision to acquire a majority stake in Cementos Pacasmayo for US$550m has emerged as one of the most notable cement transactions of the year, surprising some observer...
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