Siam City Cement collaborates with NIIT Technologies
Siam City Cement Co (SCCC) of Thailand has partnered with global IT solutions organisation NIIT Technologies Ltd to build its future-ready IT infrastructure. Supporting the dig...
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Holcim Philippines sees 'challenging' 1Q17
Lower public infrastructure spending, tighter industry competition and higher production expenses led to a dip in Holcim Philippines' first-quarter financial performance, the ...
Anhui Conch attributable profit up 86%
Anhui Conch Group’s net profit attributable to equity shareholders increased by 86.41 per cent YoY in the first quarter of this year to CNY2.153bn (US$312m). Operating profit...
Yanbu reports decline in 1Q profit
Saudi-based Yanbu Cement’s profits declined by 27.49 per cent YoY to SAR124m (US$33m) in the first quarter of 2017 from SAR171m. The decline in profits was attributable to wea...
Morocco’s Tekcim project online 2019?
First announced in 2012, Tekcim’s cement plant in El Jadida, Morocco, is expected to open in 2019 with work to begin in a few months’ time, reports La Tribune. To finance th...
LafargeHolcim launches Disensa in Mexico
LafargeHolcim has launched its franchise brand Disensa in Mexico. With the opening of retail stores for construction materials, the company expects to consolidate its presence ...
Yuen steps down as KHD Supervisory Board Member
Eliza Suk Ching Yuen has decided to step down from the position of Supervisory Board Member of KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG (KHD) effective at the end of the next Annual...
SIka establishes Senegal subsidiary
Sika is expanding its presence in west Africa by establishing a new subsidiary in Senegal – following those in Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon. A local production facili...
Moroccan demand slips 0.7% YoY in March
Morocco’s cement demand fell 0.7 per cent YoY in March from 1.334Mt in March 2016 to 1.324Mt one year later. While the Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dehab region saw sales soar by 27.7 pe...
CRH sees 4% advance in 1Q sales
CRH reported a ‘satisfactory’ start to 2017 with first quarter sales up four per cent compared with a strong first quarter of 2016 which benefitted from very mild weather condi...
Aker Solutions wins Norcem carbon capture study contract
Aker Solutions has won a contract for concept studies at Norcem's cement production facility in Brevik, and Yara International's ammonia plant on Herøya, Norway. Norcem and...
GICA sets new production record
Groupe Industriel des Ciments d’Algérie (GICA) has set, for the second year running, a new production record. In 2016 the company produced 12.6Mt of cement, up four per cent Yo...
Lafarge Africa revenue rises
Lafarge Africa Plc announced a profit after tax of NGN5.2bn (US$17m) versus NGN1.9bn in the same period of last year driven by an increase in revenue, comparatively higher gros...
Pacasmayo's volumes impacted by El Niño effect
Peruvian producer Cementos Pacasmayo SAA and its subsidiaries saw revenues decrease by 9.3 per cent and sales volumes of cement, concrete and blocks fell by 12.2 per cent prima...
Orient Cement becomes CSI member
Orient Cement Ltd, part of the CK Birla Group, announced that it has joined the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI). The Indian cement producer expects membership of this ...
CMS to benefit from Pan Borneo Highway construction
Construction of the Pan Borneo Highway in Malaysia is expected to boost demand for construction materials including an additional million tonnes of cement. Cahya Mata Sarawak...
UltraTech Cement FY17 sales edge ahead
UltraTech Cement, an Aditya Birla group company, yesterday reported consolidated sales for FY17 of INR250.92bn (US$3.89bn) against INR248.8bn in the previous year. Profit be...
Côte d’Ivoire imports 150,000t of cement
To address the current shortage of cement and rising prices, Côte d’Ivoire’s government has decided to import 150,000t of cement between April and July 2017, according to Indus...
Carthage Cement reports domestic sales up 8%
Tunisia’s Carthage Cement has seen its domestic sales rise to TND33.97m (US$13.6m) in 1Q17, up eight per cent YoY. However, the import ban by Algeria has seen the company’s exp...
Central American cement trade falls 14% in 9M16
The total value of traded hydraulic cements in Central American countries fell 14 per cent from US$56m to US$48m in the first nine months of 2016, according to CentralAmericaDa...
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