Dangote market share in Cameroon now exceeds 45%
The Cameroon subsidiary of Nigeria’s Dangote Cement Group (Nigeria) has captured a 45 per cent share of the local market only two years after launching activities in the countr...
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Pakistan sees the highest capacity utilisation in 20 years
A spokesman for the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has stated that the nation’s cement industry utilised over 93 per cent of installed capacity over the ...
Vietnam's Vissai Cement joins WCA
Vietnam’s largest cement exporter Vissai Cement has joined The World Cement Association, adding to the organisation's network which covers 26 countries. “We are delighted th...
Argentina’s cement market expands 23% in October 2017
In October Argentina cement producers delivered 1,150,386t of cement, including exports, according to the Argentine cement producers association, AFCP. This represents a two pe...
Cementarnica Usje sees 10% net profit fall in 9M17
Titan-owned Cementarnica Usje of Macedonia reported a net profit fall of 10 per cent YoY to MKD865.9m (US$16.4m) in the first nine months of 2017. The company’s operating re...
Cement sales in Puerto Rico down 70% in September
Cement sales in Puerto Rico fell by 70.2 per cent YoY in September. While sales have been declining since 2013, the size of the reduction in September has been attributed to th...
RAK Cement profits have fallen in 9M17
RAK Cement has seen a 21.2 per cent fall in profits in 9M17. The UAE-based company's net profit totalled AED212,470 (US$57,830), compared to AED7.8m (US$2.12m) in 9M16. RAK ...
Tabuk Cement reports a net loss in 3Q17
According to Reuters, Tabuk Cement has seen a net loss of SAR12.2m (US$3.2m) in 3Q17, compared to a net profit of SAR7.9m (US$2.1m) in 3Q16. The net sales of the company hav...
SCG Cement sees 8% rise YoY from sales in Vietnam
SCG Cement’s revenue from sales in Vietnam has seen an eight per cent rise YoY to VND6.88tn (US$309m) for 3Q17. The company’s revenue from selling high-valued products reach...
US EPA extends comment period for NESHAP Residual Risk rule
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extend the comment period on its rule “National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Portland Cement Manufa...
Newberry and Roberta plants receive EPA Energy Star certification
Cementos Argos' Newberry and Roberta cement plants, located in Florida and Alabama, respectively, have received the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ENERGY STAR ® c...
Sonangol denies oil supply suspension at Kwanza Sul
Sonangol, Angola’s national fuel company, denied Friday that it had suspended oil supplies at the Fabrica de Cimento do Kwanza Sul (FCKS). According to Sonangol, what is hap...
Titan blown off course by Irma and devaluation in Egypt
Titan Group released its 9M17 results this week and was hit by two exceptional events, namely hurricane Irma and the currency devaluation in Egypt. While the group's turnover...
Martin Marietta 3Q17 results see cement shipments down 9.7%
Martin Marietta's 3Q17 total revenues for the building materials business, which includes the aggregates, cement, ready-mixed concrete and asphalt and paving product lines, w...
Eurocement Group unveil plans to build cement plant
The new cement plant will be an expansion on the site of Akhangarancement JSC in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. This project is expected to raise the annual production capacity of the s...
Ramco reports 2Q17 net profit of US$26m
Ramco Cements has reported a drop in net profit during the 2Q17-18, due to tough local market conditions in Tamil Nadu and increasing operating costs driven by increasing power...
Fuel shortage causes cement plant to halt production
Fábrica de Cimento do Kwanza Sul SA ( FCKS) in the Cuanza Sul Province of Angola was forced to stop production on Wednesday after a significant lack of HFO. According to lo...
Orient Cement reports 2Q17 net profit of US$1.57m
Orient Cement (CK Birla group) reported a net profit of INR101.5m (US$1.57m) in the second quarter ended 30 September. The company had reported a net loss of INR293.9m in ...
Beumer appoint new director of customer support
Beumer has appointed Guido Hesse, 50, as its new Director of Customer Support at the Beumer Group headquarters in Beckum, Germany. Mr Hesse controls and coordinates the global ...
MonCement Building Materials received EBRD Award
MonCement Building Materials LLC that has been awarded with The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's ( EBRD) Environment & Social Best Practice Award, having in...
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