Peru’s cement dispatches stabilise in July
Peru’s cement dispatches edged up 0.6 per cent YoY to 0.777Mt in July 2017, according to the country’s cement association, Asocem. Domestic supply was supplemented by 100t of i...
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West China Cement sees improved operating environment
West China Cement Ltd and its subsidiaries reported on an improving operating environment in the first half of 2017 with sales volumes in the Shaanxi province remaining stable ...
LH Côte d'Ivoire implements new dust control measures
LafargeHolcim Côte d'Ivoire has put in place a dust control measures to reduce the environmental impact of the Treichville cement plant in Abidjan's port as part of the compa...
Challenging year for YTL's cement division
FY17 is proving to be a challenging year for YTL Corp’s cement business due to overcapacity and weak demand from the property segment, according to a report by Affin Hwang Inve...
East African Portland Cement appoints head of HR
East African Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) has appointed Janerose Karanja as its head of Human Resources. Ms Karanja joins the company from the parent Ministry of Industry, T...
Cemex to supply Mexico City’s New International Airport
Cemex expects to supply approximately 900,000m 3 of concrete for Mexico City’s New International Airport. “We are very proud to participate in one of the most important inf...
Brazilian July sales down 10.5%
Domestic cement sales in Brazil fell by 10.5 per cent in July 2017 to 4.7Mt compared to July 2016, according to data from SNIC, Brazil's national cement industry association. ...
Cement imports surge in Costa Rica
The import of cement into Costa Rica has skyrocketed in the past two years, according to El Financiero Costa Rica. In 2014 the Latin American country imported 10,418t of cem...
Maple Leaf issues right share to finance expansion
Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd will issue a right share to partially finance a 7300tpd clinker production line at Daud Khel in Iskanderabad, Mianwali, Pakistan. According to a...
Foundation stone laid for new grinding venture
President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the construction of a new grinding factory in the port city of Tema, some 30km east of t...
Argos sells stake in port company
Grupo Argos has sold its 50 per cent stake in a port operator to an investment fund managed by Goldman Sachs for about US$136m, Grupo Argos said in a statement on Monday. Co...
Polpaico appoints Marcos Büchi as new President
Marcos Büchi has been appointed as company president by Chile-based Cemento Polpaico as a result of the restructuring of its management. Javier Moreno is the cement producer...
KHD reports considerable rise in 1H order intake
KHD reported an increase in order intake to EUR79.3m in the first half of 2017, considerably higher than the EUR19.3m in the same period of last year. The company’s order backl...
Suez Cement reports 2Q loss
Egypt-based Suez Cement reported losses during the second quarter of 2017 YoY, according to a bourse filing on Monday. Losses amounted to EGP82.15m (US$4.6m) in 2Q17, versus...
Cemex builds sustainable BRT Lane in Mexico
Cemex supplied 10,400m 3 of special concrete to pave the first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lane for one of the main avenues in Queretaro, central Mexico. Known as “QroBus”, thi...
Kenyan consumption contracts in 5M17
Cement demand in Kenya over the Jan-May 2017 period fell to 2.5Mt compared to 2.5Mt a year earlier, according to the latest data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (K...
Lafarge to receive Metro Vancouver's residuals as alternative raw materials
Lafarge Canada Inc and Metro Vancouver have reached a three-year agreement that will see drinking water treatment residuals from the Seymour Capilano Filtration Plant be used a...
Magnesita's first-half revenue rises 14%
Magnesita Refratários SA, a global leader in refractory solutions and industrial minerals, recorded consolidated net revenue of US$552m in the first half of 2017, representing ...
Argos sees challenges at home
Cementos Argos announced a net income of COP48bn (US$16m) for the second quarter of 2017 as the US and central America/Caribbean helped to mitigate challenging dynamics in i...
CIMERWA launches bulk cement service
Rwanda’s sole producer of cement, CIMERWA, on Friday introduced its bulk cement offering whic will see customers receive cement directly at their construction sites without th...
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