Côte d'Ivoire: LafargeHolcim plans to double output potential from May
As of May, LafargeHolcim intends to double its production capacity in Côte d’Ivoire to 2Mta. The expansion will primarily be the result of a new crusher with a capacity of 1M...
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CIMAF Cameroon to triple production capacity
CIMAF Cameroon has announced that it will triple its current 0.5Mta production capacity to 1.5Mta by 2018 on the back of domestic market growth. "At the end of this extensio...
Holcim (Argentina) approves clinker imports
Holcim (Argentina) has approved the import of up to six vessels of clinker for the period up to April 2018 via LH Trading, according to a company statement. The shipments repre...
Yamama Saudi Cement quarterly profit down 66%
Yamama Saudi Cement reported a net profit of SAR50.8m (US$13.5m) in the first quarter of 2017, translating into a YoY drop of 66 per cent due to a decline in operating profit. ...
Ecocem appeal likely to be heard next month
Ecocem’s appeal agains a US authority’s decision to refuse it planning permission for a EUR45m mill could be heard next month, the Irish Times reports. The planning commissio...
Algeria to see cement surplus in 2017
Algeria expects a surplus of cement output in 2017, according to Abdeslem Bouchouareb, the country’s minister of Industry and Mines. Domestic production is expected to reach ...
Votorantim sees cement revenues fall 10% YoY in 2016
Votorantim, formerly Votorantim Industrial, generated a turnover 8.7 per cent lower at BRL26,738m (EUR8046m) and EBITDA declined by some 38 per cent to around BRL4300m (EUR1,29...
Semen Indonesia Rembang plant ready for 1H17 start
Semen Indonesia has said it will commence production from its cement plant in Rembang, Central Java, in the first half of 2017. Company president director, Rizkan Chandra, sa...
Steppe Cement 1Q17 volumes down as Kazakh market contracts
Steppe Cement reported a 35 per cent YoY decline in cement sales volumes to 124,669t in the first quarter of 2017 as cement consumption in Kazakhstan fell five per cent YoY. ...
Indonesian cement consumption sees 4% rise in March
Cement consumption in Indonesia increased by four per cent YoY in March 2017 to 5.02Mt following flat sales volumes in the first two months of the year. The increase is attribu...
Brazil 1Q cement sales down 8% YoY
Cement sales in Brazil during the first quarter of 2017 declined by eight per cent YoY to 12.9Mt, according to the latest data from Sindicato Nacional da Indústria do Cimento (...
CPA: UK construction industry beats post-Brexit expectations
Activity in the UK construction industry is rising at a faster pace following the EU referendum than initially expected, according to the latest forecasts by the Construction P...
Fauji Cement 9M net profit down 54%
Pakistan producer Fauji Cement Company Ltd (FCCL) reported a 54 per cent drop in net profit for the first nine months of the current fiscal to PKR1.972bn (US$18.8m). Nabeel K...
The Netherlands: first Concrete Sustainability Council certificates awarded
The first certificates for Concrete Sustainability Council (CSC) responsible sourcing were awarded during Building Holland, one of the major trade fairs for building, renovatio...
Peru: cement demand and exports fall but output stable
Cement consumption in Peru saw a six per cent YoY fall but recorded a 1.4 per cent MoM rise, according to Asocem, the country’s cement association. Demand reached 0.747Mt, down...
India: Shree Cement granted ToR for Karnataka plant expansion
Shree Cement has been granted terms of reference (ToR) by the Environment Ministry to expand its plant in Kalaburagi district of Karnataka. The project involves increasing cl...
Mitsubishi Materials withdraws from China market
Mitsubishi Cement plans to pull out of the Chinese cement market as tighter environmental regulations take their toll and the supply glut hurts the company’s profitability, acc...
Oman: Raysut Cement gross profit falls 39% in 1Q17
Raysut Cement posted a 38.7 per cent decline in gross profits in 1Q17 as profits reached OMR6.29m (US$16.3m), down from OMR10.26m in 1Q16, according to the company’s statement ...
Nigeria: Ashaka Cement sees 27% profit drop in 2016
In its audited results Ashaka Cement reported revenues slipping to NGN17.351bn (US$56.8m) in 2016 from NGN17.145bn the previous year. Profit before tax fell from NGN3.209bn ...
Vietnam 1Q exports rise 11% YoY
Vietnam exported 4.82Mt of cement and clinker worth US$168.65m in the first quarter of this year, representing 11 per cent increase YoY in volume and 6.4 per cent in value, acc...
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