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Devakumar Edwin, executive director, strategy, portfolio development and Projects, Dangote Industries Limited, has appealed to Nigeria's federal government to embrace concrete ...
According to preliminary statistics released by the General Department of Customs, Vietnam exported 12.17Mt of cement and clinker for a value of US$430.63m in the first eight m...
Dalmia Bharat is planning to strengthen its presence in the region to tap growth potential, reports the Expres Group. Dalmia Bharat, the second largest cement manufacturer in ...
As the cement sector continues to consolidate, the number of potential targets with values of more than US$1bn (EUR842m) will continue to fall and quite possibly, Summit Mate...
This week, Vicem Hoang Mai Cement JSC, an affiliate of Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem), was instructed by the provincial authorities to locate its prospective 4.5M...
Gharibwal Cement Ltd has reported that its net profit fell by 14.84 per cent to PKR2.283bn (US$21.6m) in FY17 on YoY basis. The company said sales increased by sales 6.7 pe...
The foundation stone has een laid for INSEE Cement's new vertical mill that will be the main part of the company's US$14m grinding plant in the port of Galle, Sri Lanka. INS...
The Council of Ministers in Belarus has issued a directive providing for an increase in the government’s stake in three cement producers. The government will raise its stake...
South Africa-based cement producer PPC said it improved effective selling prices in its South African cement business and is steadily increasing output at its operations in the...
Experts foresee that total cement sales in September 2017 to observe a decline of two per cent YoY to clock in at 3Mt. Out of which, exports are likely to depict a downward tr...
Paraguay’s Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) expects to close this year with around PYG25bn (US$4.4m) in cash and a positive balance, according to its President, Jorge Ménde...
Pioneer Cement Ltd posted a net income of PKR2.91bn (US$27.6m) in the fiscal year ended on 30 June, up 16 per cent compared with PKR2.51bn in the previous year, according to a ...
Cemex annnounced it has sold 31,483,332 shares of common stock (the "Shares") of Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua, SAB de CV (GCC), which represents approximately 9.47 per cent of t...
Loesche is supplying a Compact Cement Grinding (CCG) plant for Siam City Cement Ltd (Lanka) which will be used in the Galle harbour area on the southern tip of Sri Lanka, as pa...
Australia's Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is reviewing Adelaide Brighton Cement’s current licence, which expires at the end of October. Port Adelaide Resi...
Brazil-based Votorantim Cimentos is to sell its 50 per cent stake in Suwannee American Cement (SAC), located in northern Florida, USA. The sale is part of Votorantim’s strateg...
Following an easing of petcoke prices in August, petcoke prices are increasing again in India, adding further cost pressures to cement producers. A key fuel for the country’...
FLSmidth Pfister and FLSmidth Ventomatic have appointed Stephan Oehme to the new position of Global Sales Director. Mr Oehme holds a degree in mechanical engineering. Before...
Vietnamese cement producers sold an estimated 59.27Mt of cement in the first nine months of this year, according to the country’s Ministry of Construction. This represents a si...
Fiji’s Pacific Cement will be shutting down its cement mill for three weeks following the arrival of nine engineers from New Zealand to install a new motor and other parts and ...
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