Pakistan cement sector hopes for relief measures under Budget FY18
Pakistan cement producers are hoping that Budget FY17-18, due to be presented by the country’s Minister of Finance on Friday, will include relief measures to protect the loca...
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ACC considers Telangana plant construction
ACC Ltd is considering setting up a cement plant in the southern Indian state of Telangana, a senior official from the LafargeHolcim company told local press. Speaking to re...
LH Côte d'Ivoire initiates new health and safety measure
As part of its Health & Safety policy, LafargeHolcim Côte d'Ivoire will carry out alcohol breathalyser tests to protect plant personnel and visitors from associated risk factor...
LafargeHolcim names new CEO
LafargeHolcim announces the appointment of Jan Jenisch as CEO from 16 October 2017. Jan Jenisch joins from Swiss company Sika AG. Jan Jenisch (50) has been the CEO of Sika AG...
UltraTech's purchase of Jaiprakash assets reportedly nears completion
UltraTech Cement cquisition of the cement business of Jaiprakash Associates is expected to be completed in the next few months, a top group executive said in an interview with ...
Pakistan's positive nine-month performance
The Pakistan cement industry has demonstrated a good performance in the first nine months of the current fiscal due in part to an acceleration of private sector construction ac...
Arabian Cement launches round 2 of social start-up
Egypt-based Arabian Cement Company (ACC) has launched the second round of its social start-up programme, continuing in partnership with Nahdet El Mahrousa (NM), TradeArabia rep...
CEFC finance helps ResourceCo turn waste into fuel
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), Australia, is lending AUD30m to ResourceCo to build two new plants that will transform selected non-recyclable waste streams into P...
Shree Cement's eastern promise
Shree Cement is looking to expand its presence in eastern India with the construction of two grinding facilities, according to local press. As part of its expansion plan in t...
Indonesia: sustaining profitability
Weaker-than-expected growth in Indonesian cement consumption and fierce competitive pressures have led to a tough pricing environment, resulting in local producers looking to ...
Eagle Materials produces record results
Including its share of the jointly-owned Texas Lehigh Cement, the turnover of Eagle Materials for the financial year to the end of March 2017 improved by 11.7 per cent to US$13...
Peru sees fall in April cement dispatches
Peru’s cement dispatches fell 10 per cent to 0.73Mt in April when compared with April 2016, when 0.811Mt were delivered, according to the country's cement producers' associatio...
Nuh Cimento awards KHD large upgrade project
KHD has been awarded the contract to upgrade Nuh Cimento’s existing ball mill grinding unit in Hereke-Kocaeli located in Marmara region of Turkey. With this upgrade, the plant ...
Fitch affirms Elementia's IDR, Outlook Stable
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Mexico-based Elementia, Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at 'BB+', as well as its long-term national scale rating a...
Société Saoura Ciment selects Gebr Pfeiffer mill
Société Saoura Ciment has opted for a MVR 5000 R-4 raw grinding mill for its second production line in Zahana, Algeria. The mill will have a capacity of 425tph and grind raw m...
Vietnam April exports up 6.7%
Vietnam exported more than 1.9Mt of cement and clinker, reflecting an export value of US$67.4m, according to the country’s Customs Department. This represents a YoY increase of...
Hansen resigns as FLSmidth Group Executive VP
After 15 years as Group Executive Vice President at FLSmidth, Bjarne Moltke Hansen has decided to leave FLSmidth. Bjarne has been with FLSmidth since 1984 where he started hi...
Holcim Argentina appoints Carlos Espina as new CEO
Mr Espina has been the LafargeHolcim’s senior vice president of research and development since 2012 and based in the group’s Research Centre in Lyon, France. Holder of a deg...
Wonder Cement looks to lift capacity to 11Mta
Wonder Cement plans to set up three units in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana to increase its total cement capacity to 11Mta over the next three yea...
FLSmidth wins North African plant project
FLSmidth has won a EUR100m contract to build a 12,000tpd greenfield cement plant in North Africa. The contract includes engineering, equipment supply, construction supervision,...
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