Cambodia plant set to begin operations at year-end
Battambang Conch Cement, a joint venture between Cambodia’s Battambang KT Cement and Conch International Holdings, is set to begin operations of its 1.8Mta cement plant in Batt...
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Cemex improves net profit strongly
Cemex reported a strong improvement in net profit for the six months to the end of June 2017, but cement volumes eased over the period. First-half turnover was down by 0.2 p...
Cemex LatAm sees sharp decline in Colombia
Cemex Latin American Holdings' first-half turnover declined by 4.4 per cent to US$642.8m, while EBITDA fell by 25.8 per cent to US$167.7m as the company saw a sharp decline in...
Loesche supplies VRM to Attock Cement
Loesche has provided a LM 56.3+3 CS vertical roller mill for cement grinding to Attock Cement in Pakistan. The new mill will be used in the new Line 3 of Attock's cement plant ...
SIKA achieves record sales
With sales growth of 8.1 per cent in local currency, Sika achieved a new sales record of CHF2994.9m (US$ 3140.4m) in the first half of 2017. Targeted investments in new prod...
A TEC installs alternative fuels system for CRH in Slovakia
A TEC has installed an alternative fuel system for kiln riser duct firing at CRH's Turna Nad Bodvou cement plant in Slovakia. The cement plant already operated a solid alter...
Potential impacts of Pakistan capacity build
Pakistan cement producers have embarked on an ambitious expansion phase but could this fast-paced capacity build up be leading to a potential supply glut and a reduction in com...
Board change at CRH
CRH announced that Maeve Carton, Group Transformation Director, has informed the directors of her intention to retire from the Board and from CRH on 31 August 2017. Since jo...
LafargeHolcim reports 2Q earnings growth
LafargeHolcim reported today its fifth consecutive quarter of like-for-like adjusted operating EBITDA growth. Middle East Africa, Latin America and North America regions all co...
Binani Cement insolvency petition by Bank of Baroda admitted by NCLT
The Kolkata bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Tuesday admitted an insolvency petition against Binani Cement based on a referral by one of its lenders, Bank ...
Peru's cement demand edges up in June
Peru’s cement producers dispatched 777,000t of cement in June 2017, representing a 2.2 per cent increase YoY, according to the latest data from Asocem, the country’s cement ass...
Production in construction down by 0.7% in euro area
In May 2017 compared with April 2017, seasonally-adjusted production in the construction sector decreased by 0.7 per cent in the euro area (EA19) and by 1.1 per cent in the EU2...
Portland Valderrivas generates EUR21m economic impact in 2016
Cementos Portland Valderrivas generated an economic impact of over EUR21m in Alcalá de Guadaíra, Spain, in 2016, as a result of the activities by its cement plant in this locat...
Oman Cement and Sultan Qaboos University sign research pact
Oman Cement Company and Sultan Qaboos University signed a Research Cooperation Programme agreement on 19 July to pursure a mutual interest in the fields of research and traini...
Anhui Conch issues positive profit alert
In its latest profit alert announcement, Anhui Conch Cement expects to have a significant improvement in results and record an increase of about 90-110 per cent in its net prof...
GCC achieves 23% YoY rise in 2Q sales
Mexican cement producer Grupo Cementos Chihuahua (GCC) announced a 22.6 per cent YoY rise in consolidated net sales to MXN4497m in 2Q17 from MXN3669m (US$242.4m). The compa...
Ambuja Cements reports 2Q sales rise
Ambuja Cements reported an 11.7 per cent increase in net sale in the 2Q17 as cement volumes and price realisations improved. The pan-Indian cement producer said net sales rea...
New grinding line for Nepal
FLSmidth has signed a contract with Nepal Shalimar Pvt Ltd for engineering, procurement and supply of equipment for a new cement grinding unit for its existing cement productio...
Samson receives order for four Eco Hoppers from the Port of Mombasa
Samson Materials Handling Ltd has received an order from TradeMark East Africa for four Eco Hoppers to be installed at the Port of Mombasa in Kenya. As they will be employed to...
Bundeskartellamt: low number of suppliers in Germany’s cement sector
The German competition authority, Bundeskartellamt, has complained about the low number of suppliers in the German cement industry. “Therefore, we will continue to deal inte...
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