The Philippines' 'golden construction age'
The Philippine cement market is attracting plenty of discussions at present with the Competition Commission's investigations into alleged violations of competitive practices, ...
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HeidelbergCement sees 13% revenue rise in 2016
HeidelbergCement saw revenues rise by 13 per cent to EUR15.2bn in 2016 and completed a successful acquisition of Italcementi with synergies increased to EUR470m. "2016 was a...
Peru sees 7% drop in domestic sales in February 2017
Peru's cement market contracted 6.9 per cent YoY with sales of 0.737Mt in February, according to Asocem, the country's cement producers' association. Output from Unacem, Cem...
Iraq: Attock Cement Pakistan opts for Chinese grinding equipment
A research report on Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd (ACPL) provides an update on the company's Basra grinding unit project in Iraq. According to the report , Saqr Al Keetan, in whi...
APC: Moroccan cement producers use renewables for 80% of energy requirements
Moroccan cement producers source about 80 per cent of its energy from renewable energy sources, Mohamed Chaibi, president of the Moroccan cement association, APC, said. Lea...
Kenya: Bamburi appoints three women to all-male board
Bamburi Cement has appointed three women as directors to its previously all-male board. Appointees include former Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Commissioner for Domestic Tax...
Cemex retains 9.5% of GCC
Cemex SAB de CV said that some of its underwriters did not exercise their over-allotment option to acquire shares in Mexico’s Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua SAB de CV. As a result...
UK: Hanson to develop Victoria Deep Water Terminal
Hanson (HeidelbergCement group) is planning to invest GBP12m at its Victoria Deep Water Terminal (VDWT) on the Thames at Greenwich, UK, to upgrade and improve the site. A plann...
Fiji: Pacific Cement and Tengy Cement sued over clinker shipments
The Fiji Fish Marketing Group is suing Pacific Cement, Tengy Cement and a third company, citing damage caused by the offloading of clinker in Lami, the Fiji Times reports. T...
Saudi Cement producers see sales fall 25% in February
Saudi cement producers saw sales fall by 24.9 per cent in February 2017. Cement companies sold 4.09Mt of cement in the second month of the year, down from 5.44Mt in February 20...
Iraq: Badoush Cement Factory destroyed in struggle for Mosul
Reports from Iraq indicate that Badoush Cement Factory has been destroyed in the fighting resulting from the Iraqi government’s efforts to retake western Mosul from Islamic Sta...
South Africa's proposed carbon tax could cost PPC ZAR90m
South Africa’s proposed draft carbon tax bill published in November could see PPC liable for an estimated ZAR90m in carbon tax, according to Pretoria News. However, PPC CEO,...
UAE: Arkan testing hazardous waste recycling
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Arkan have agreed a test project which will see hazardous waste material from smelting pots recycled for use as cement kiln fuel. EGA is the...
Vietnam: Thai acquisitions face tough competition
Thai companies have spent around US$600m acquiring assets in Vietnam even as the country’s cement producers face shrinking export markets and tougher domestic competition, Viet...
Myanmar: Mandalay plants ordered to install emissions monitoring equipment
Mandalay's region government has ordered the cement factories in Kyaukse and Thazi townships to install air-testing devices. The Environmental Conservation Department condu...
Zimbabwe: PPC calls for import ban
In 2016 the Zimbabwean government introduced a 25 per cent duty on every 100t of imported cement to discourage cheap imports. However, according to PPC Zimbabwe, imports contin...
Burkina Faso: Intercem races replacement transformer to Cimfaso plant
Intercem performed an express-delivery of a replacement transformer for Cimfaso in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The original main transformer of the Cimfaso plant was purchased ...
South Africa: rain dampens PPC Jan-Feb sales
PPC announced that adverse weather had negatively affected its cement and concrete sales in South Africa during January and February 2017. Rainfall in excess of 200mm was exper...
Pakistan: Lucky Cement inaugurates WHR plant
Lucky Cement has inaugurated its 10MW fifth Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) power plant in Pezu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on 15 February 2017. The fifth power plant, in co...
Irish Cement to receive fossil fuel replacement go-ahead
Limerick City and County Council have informed Irish Cement of their intention to grant the cement producer planning permission for its fossil fuel replacement project at its M...
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