Power cuts affect Udaypur Cement
Regular power cuts in the last fortnight have led to losses of around INR20m at Udaypur Cement’s Gaighat plant, India. The company had started the new financial year with go...
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Vicem Hoang Mai requested to build plant elsewhere
Authorities of Vietnam’s Nghe An province have asked the Vicem Hoang Mai Cement Joint Stock Company, an affiliate of Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem), to study a dif...
Sanghi Industries receives "India's Most Trusted Company 2017" award
India-based cement producer Sanghi Industries reported it has received the ‘India's Most Trusted Company 2017’ award from IBC InfoMedia on 24 September 2017. “‘India's Most ...
McInnis Cement inaugurates plant
Monday, 25 September saw the inauguration of the 2.3Mta McInnis Cement plant in Port-Daniel-Gascons, Canada. In the presence of more than 200 guests, primarily suppliers and su...
S&P upgrades Cemex to BB
Cemex SAB de CV announced that S&P Global Ratings upgraded its corporate credit rating in its global scale to BB from BB-. According to S&P, the upgrade reflects the continu...
Philippines: Eagle Cement receives tax incentive
Eagle Cement Corp reported that two of its cement projects with a total cost of nearly PHP19bn (US$373m) have been recently approved by the Board of Investments (BOI) under the...
Taiheiyo selected to Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index
Taiheiyo Cement was selected for the fourth consecutive year as a component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/Pacific Index (DJSI Asia Pacific) in 2017. The index is the ...
New NBSM standards for imported cement lead to Nepal shortage
Construction of hydropower projects has stalled due to the cement shortage in Nepal. Imports have been halted as the Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM) has set new ...
CEMTEC ball mill order for Salam Cement
In January 2017 CEMTEC (Cement and Mining Technology) and Salam Cement company signed the contract for engineering and supply of the first cement grinding plant in the country,...
Wärtsillä receives 29MW power engine order from Cherat Cement
Finland-based technology group Wärtsilä is to supply power generation equipment for an extension to Cherat Cement Ltd. The Pakistani cement producer has contracted Wärtsilä t...
Ciments de Bizerte doubles loss in 1H17
Tunisia-based Ciments de Bizerte saw its revenues fall to TND31,673m (US$12,923m) in 1H17 from TND34,564m. Its gross margin fell by TND2235m YoY and its operating income fel...
Cape Lime business to boost Afrimat's earnings
Aggregates and building materials supply company Afrimat, based in Durbanville, Western Cape, South Africa, expects to see higher profit contributions from its Cape Lime busine...
Tanzania is the latest price-pressured African market
While South Africa's cement market is wrapped up in merger talk and oversupply, and Ghana's cement industry is crying out for protection against low imports, Tanzania is the ...
Lafarge's Ravena cement plant upgrade is completed
The ribbon has been cut on the completion of a three-year, multi-million dollar modernisation project to imporve the Lafarge (LafargeHolcim group) Ravena Cement plant in New Yo...
Ciments du Maroc posts 20% rise in net profit
Ciments du Maroc reported consolidated sales of MAD2.029bn in 1H17, up 1.1 per cent YoY. Consolidated EBITDA remained stable at MAD929m. Net profit advanced by 19.8 per cent...
First eight months sales fall 18% YoY in Saudi Arabia
In the first eight months of 2017, cement sales volume In Saudi Arabia declined 18 per cent YoY to 32.1Mt, while clinker production fell 10 per cent YoY during the same period,...
Cementos Cienfuegos resumes production following Irma
Cementos Cienfuegos SA, the largest cement plant in Cuba, is gradually restarting cement production following the passage of Hurricane Irma. Irma caused some damage to the p...
Aalborg Portland opens new Rochefort terminal
Aalborg Portland has celebrated the opening of its new Rochefort terminal to improve its local presence for white cement customers in southwest France. "We are very please...
Five killed in accidental explosion at Rohri Cement plant
Initial report suggests that five people, including security personnel, were killed and eight others were injured in a blast while defusing explosives at a cement factory in Su...
N+P extend SRF supply order with Vassiliko Cement
N+P has agreed an extended solid recovered fuel (SRF) supply agreement with Vassiliko Cement Works and its subsidiary Enerco Energy Recovery. The contract will now run until 31...
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