Pacific Cement expected to be shutdown until July
Pacific Cement Ltd (PCL) announced that it is unable to meet the domestic cement demand in Fiji, due to the age of its factory which is contantly out of action. Sowani Tuidro...
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India: Ramco appoints PR Venketrama Raja as new CMD
Ramco Cements has announced the appointment of P R Vektrama Raja as its new Chairman and Managing Director. The appointment is for a five-year term, starting 4 June 2017, sa...
Pakistan cement sector prospects
Pakistan's construction industry is thriving and is expected to continue doing so in the foreseeable future. However, to maintain healthy capacity utilisation rates, increas...
Ada plant completes modernisation programme
Holcim Ada plant (LafargeHolcim group) unveiled its upgraded plant at its Ada, Oklahoma, USA, after a three-year modernisation project. The investment focussed on constructi...
Continental Cement wins PCA Land Stewardship prize
Continental Cement Co was among the winners in the recently-announced winners of the 2017 Energy and Environment Awards of the US Portland Cement Association (PCA). The ceme...
Dangote Cement's Congo plant nears completion
Dangote Cement Plc is close to completing its new US$300m cement grinding plant at Bouansa in the Republic of Congo and plans to commence production this month. With the pro...
Plans to set up cement facilities near India’s thermal power plants
Fifteen companies in India have expressed an interest to set up cement plants near NTCP power stations to help dispose the power company of the 52Mt fly ash generated by its pr...
SFIC: French cement demand to grow 3-4% in 2017
A boom in the French housing market is fuelling domestic cement demand. While in 2016 cement consumption reached 17.5Mt, the market is expected to continue its expansion this y...
Karen National Union asked to cancel its cement plant plans
Karen National Union received a petition by nearly 1000 residents from Mon State asking to cancel a quarry and a cement factory planned for construction in a mountain pass, nea...
Major shareholder offers to sell stake in China Shanshui Cement
China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd said on Thursday that a major shareholder had offered to divest its 25 per cent stake in the company for around US$600m. China Shanshui Investme...
Khrew Cement is on target to reach 0.9Mta capacity
Production capacity at JK Cement's Khrew cement plant in India is expected to soon surpass 0.9Mta, the company informed Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Parkash ...
Orient Cement to acquire two Jaypee units
Orient Cement has reached an agreement to buy two cement units from Jaypee in the central and eastern regions of India. Orient will buy a 74 per stake in Bhilai which is a j...
Al-Safwa Cement, SEC, sign deal for recycling of carbon ash
Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has signed a cooperation agreement with Al-Safwa Cement Co of Saudi Arabia for the recycling of carbon ash and the use of oils and oil residues ...
Lafarge reports higher sales from Czech operations
Lafarge Cement's sales increased by nearly two per cent YoY to CZK992m (EUR37.6m) in 2016. The company expects a moderate growth or stagnation of the Czech market for this year...
Vietnam output up 8.1%
Vietnam produced 33.6Mt of cement in the first five months of this year, up 8.1 per cent from a year earlier, including 7.7Mt in May, up 12.1 per cent, according to latest data...
Cemex participates in first underwater tunnel in Latin America
Cemex participated in the construction of the Coatzacoalcos Underwater Tunnel in Veracruz, Mexico, an innovative infrastructure project in Latin America. The dimensions of this...
Shanshui Cement shareholder plans to sell shares
Shanshui Cement announced that it received a letter from China Shanshui Investment Co Ltd, which holds a 25.09 per cent of shares, stating that it has invited Asia Cement, CNBM...
Cemex Dominicana appoints Alejandro Ramírez as new local president
Alejandro Ramírez Cantú has been appointed has Cemex Dominicana’s new president for the company’s operations in the Caribbean country. He will also supervise operations in Hait...
Pakistan FY18 budget 'neutral' for cement industry
Announcing its FY18 Budget on Friday, the Pakistan government has increased the allocation for its Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) and reduced corporate tax, but on th...
MPA publishes long-term aggregate demand and supply study for GB
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has set out long-term aggregate demand and supply scenarios for Great Britain (GB) level until 2030. Launched at the joint Royal Town...
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