Pakistan: Bestway Cement shelves plans to acquire Dewan Cement
Bestway Cement has announced it has shelved plans to acquire the North plant of Dewan Cement in Pakistan. “As a result of delay and uncertainty resulting from recent legal pr...
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Saudi cement sales down 20% in March
Cement sales in Saudi Arabia declined by 19.5 per cent in March, according to the monthly report issued by Yamama Cement Company (YCC) and published in local press. Cement s...
IFC considering equity injection in Myanmar cement plant expansion project
The International Finance Corp (IFC) is considering an equity injection into the brownfield expansion of Shwe Taung Cement Co's cement plant at Pyi Nyaung village, Myanmar . S...
Gebr Pfeiffer receives follow-up order from Sagar Cement, India
India-based Sagar Cement Ltd has contracted Gebr Pfeiffer SE with another order for a mill to grind granulated blast furnace slag and granulated blast furnace slag cement. A n...
China Shanshui Cement says some properties of unit "illegally occupied" by Jingtian
China Shanshui Cement today informed its shareholders that some properties of its Shandong Shanshui Cement Group unit were "illegally occupied" by Mi Jingtian, the former deput...
Nepal Cement Manufacturers Association to review price hike
The Nepal Cement Manufacturers Association has agreed to review the recent hike in domestic cement prices, The Kathmandu Post reports. Earlier last week Industry Minister Na...
Croatia: EC prevents Cemex Croatian sale
Cemex SAB de CV has announced that the European Commission has refused Cemex permission to sell its Croation operations to Duna-Drava Cement Kft, a joint venture owned by Heide...
Who will gain from French construction boom?
Analysts have been optimistic about the prospects of the French construction market during 2017. The Federation Francaise de Batiment reports that the recovery is underway, ...
Poland: Beumer wins elevator order for LafargeHolcim plant
Beumer Group will deliver four high-capacity belt bucket elevators to a LafargeHolcim cement plant in Poland. As a general contractor, the steelworks company Mostostal Kraków S...
Pakistan: capacity utilisation exceeds 100 per cent in March
According to figures released by the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), cement dispatches for March 2017 reached 3.9Mt, up 23 per cent YoY with the industry...
Brazil: Votorantim set to complete key investments abroad in 2017
Votorantim SA will complete key investment projects this year to return return to profit amid a challenging outlook, said Votorantim's CEO, João Miranda. Capital spending nee...
Vietnamese PM invites SCG to widen its investment in the country
The Prime Minister of Vietnam, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, has used a meeting with the head of Siam Cement Group to urge the company to expand its activities within the country. The P...
Uruguay: Ancap to reduce staff by a third
Ancap will reduce its number of employees by a third, according to the Uruguayan cement producer’s President, Marta Jara. While the step is part of a cost-reduction programm...
UK: small fire at Cemex Rugby plant
A small fire broke out in the dust filtration system at Cemex's plant in Rugby, according to reports in the local press. Firefighters successfully extinguished the blaze, wh...
Positive outlook for 2017 despite rising energy costs
LafargeHolcim, HeidelbergCement and CRH are optimistic about their global outlook in 2017, despite the challenge presented by rising energy costs. Positive output forecasts ...
Philippines: Eagle Cement Corp eyes third Bulacan line
Eagle Cement Corp plans to open the third line of its Bulacan cement plant by 2018. The new line will add 2Mta of production capacity to the 5.1Mta integrated works in San Il...
Dominican Republic: Cemex inaugurates San Pedro de Macorís packaging line
Cemex has inaugurated a new packaging and palletising line at its San Pedro de Macorís plant in the Dominican Republic. The new Italian-built facility represents an investme...
Mauricio Doehner new president of Mexico’s cement association
Mauricio Doehner has been appointed as new president of Mexico’s cement association, Cámara Nacional del Cemento (Canacem). He replaces Billy Álvarez of Cruz Azul. The appointm...
China: new economic zone to boost cement companies' shares
When the Shanghai stock market opens on Wednesday next week it is expected to see cement company shares rocket on the back of the announcement of a new Chinese economic zone ou...
Sri Lanka: INSEE Cement launches INSEE Academy
Siam City Cement (Lanka) Ltd (SCCL) launched the INSEE Academy on 23 March in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The INSEE Academy as an initiative by SCCL to accelerate the growth of 'hom...
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