Chad: President Idriss Déby opens CIMAF plant
Chad’s President, Idriss Déby Itno, inaugurated on Monday the new Lamadji cement plant just north of the capital, N’Djaména. The works marks the cooperation between the coun...
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CEMBUREAU welcomes new President & VP
Gonçalo Salazar Leite (Vice Chairman Secil), has been elected as President of CEMBUREAU for a two-year term at the Association's General Assembly held on 9 June in Paris (Franc...
Loma Negra board to consider equity offering
Cimpor announced that the board of directors of its subsidiary, Loma Negra (Argentina) has called for an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) to consider the necessary moves req...
Asia Cement denies Hualien mine expansion
Asia Cement Corp has denied that it has been expanding mining operations in Hualien County, Taiwan, following accusations by a filmmaker that mining has intensified at the sit...
New Hanson technical team to enhance customer service
New Hanson technical service meets customer needs Hanson Cement UK has increased its technical team to offer customers bespoke support on all cement and cementitious ...
Cement price recovery in western India
Cement prices in western India have recovered from the lows touched a year ago, and on a YoY basis have seen the highest improvement among all domestic regions. In June the p...
Semen Indonesia Jan-May sales up 10%
PT Semen Indonesia has recorded a 10 per cent increase in sales over the January-May 2017 period despite tough competition and a slower-than-expected uptake in infrastructure p...
Birla Corp reports strong 4QFY16-17
Cost efficiencies and good price realisations helped India-based Birla Corp post strong results in the final quarter of FY16-17. Revenue increased by six per cent YoY during ...
Gebr Pfeiffer delivers complete coal grinding plant to Egypt
BMIC, headquartered in Cairo, awarded Gebr Pfeiffer a contract for a complete coal grinding plant on a turnkey basis for its cement plant in Assiut, Egypt. As a single-sourc...
Lafarge Africa shareholders approve rights issue
Shareholders of Lafarge Africa Plc on Wednesday approved a proposal to raise NGN140bn (US$442m) in new capital for the cement group, local media have reported. The new capit...
Cemex to boost investment in Egypt
Cemex plans to boost its investments in Egypt, according to Cemex Egypt’s President, Ramon Piza. The company, which owns a 5.5Mta plant at Assiut, plans to invest US$20m in th...
US infrastructure hopes
US President Donald Trump earlier this week outlined his trillion-dollar infrastructure plan that aims to once again make the country a nation of "builders" by giving states an...
Ho Chi Minh City proposes no new cement licences
Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City has proposed Vietnam's Ministry of Construction to adjust its cement development plan, so that no new cement projects will be licensed in the metropo...
NORINCO wins order to build Iraq cement plant
NORINCO International Cooperation Ltd has signed a contract with Jabal Bazian Co for General Trading for the construction of a new cement plant in Iraq, the Chinese engineerin...
Gebr Pfeiffer wins new order in Algeria
Société Saoura Ciment has contracted Gebr Pfeiffer to supply a vertical roller mill for its new greenfield plant in Bechar, Algeria. The cement producers has ordered n MVR 5...
Fiji allows cement imports at zero-rated duty
The Fijian government has announced that cement can now be imported from overseas at zero-rated duty, according to local press reports. The move comes after the country’s mai...
Savannah Cement and NCA sign training pact
Kenya's National Construction Authority (NCA) has signed a partnership agreement with local cement producer Savannah Cement to advance technical training programmes for contrac...
Cal & Cemento Sur doubles capacity
Grupo Gloria has announced that the expansion of the Cal & Cemento Sur plant in Caracoto-Juliaca, Puno in southern Peru is in full swing. The project will double the current...
PPC revenue growth supported by rest of Africa cement business
PPC reported that group revenues for the year ending March 2017 rose by five per cent to ZAR9641m (US$750m). The growth was supported by the rest of Africa cement business wher...
Cemex UK installs Terex Fuchs SHL885
Cemex UK have recently taken delivery of the world’s first electrically-powered Terex Fuchs SHL885 material handler, supplied by UK distributors Blue Fuchs. Representing a to...
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