Pakistan: Flying Cement to double capacity
Flying Cement Company Ltd (FCCL) has informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that it has signed an agreement with a Chinese company for the procurement of plant and machine...
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Philippines: DTI aproached about two new cement plants
Ramon Lopez, secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of the Philippines said two local groups have approached the agency on plans to add new cement capacity to ...
HeidelbergCement Ukraine reduces loss by 56% in 2017
HeidelbergCement Ukraine reduced its loss by 55.6 per cent to -UAH289.17m (US$ 10.76m) from -UAH361.73m in 2016, according to a company statement. This follows a 62.7 per...
Lebanon: Ain Dara plant project attacked by gunmen
Gunmen opened gunfire at a cement factory in the Mount Lebanon town of Ain Dara after the town's residents refused the establishment of factories in the area over health issues...
Zimbabwe: SZCC request title deeds from Gov
Sino Zimbabwe Cement Company (SZCC) has requested the title deeds for Indiva Farm, where the company is located, be transferred to them by the Government. Located 33km east of ...
US/Puerto Rican shipments down 8.6% YoY in December, up 1.9% in 2016
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the USA and Puerto Rico in December were 6.04Mt, representing a 8.6 per cent YoY fall, according to the US Geological Survey. ...
CRH's regional businesses push group sales up in 2016
CRH recorded sales of EUR27.1bn in 2016, 15 per cent up on 2015. Divestments and disposals generated total profits of EUR55m, boosting group revenues in several regions. T...
Indonesian cement sales rise 0.2% in February 2017
Cement sales in Indonesia rose 0.2 per cent YoY to 4.54Mt in February 2017 from 4.54Mt in the same month one year earlier, said Indonesia Investments. Weak cement sales in t...
Puerto Rico: cement sales dip 2.3% in February
Puerto Rican cement sales in February slipped 2.3 per cent in February following a 0.2 per cent rise the previous month. Cement sales in Puerto Rica have been declining sinc...
Tanzania: state offers Dangote land to mine coal
Following last year’s deal by Tanzania’s government to supply natural gas to Dangote Cement in the southeastern town of Mtwara, the state has offered land to the Nigerian compa...
Sri Lanka: new CEO for Siam City Cement Lanka
Nandana Ekanayake will assume duties as CEO of Siam City Cement Lanka Ltd as of 14 Match. Prior to joining Siam City Cement, Mr Ekanayake has held positions of Finance Director...
Malawi: government comes under pressure on subsidised cement programme
Malawi's government has been criticised for favouritism over the tax payer-funded cement and malata subsidy programme. Firebrand opposition Peoples Party Vice President, Kaml...
EU: cap on emissions windfall set at 2.2% per year
The European Parliament and the Council (Environment Ministers) agreed on 28 February its negotiating position for the revision of the Emission Trading System (EU ETS), says Ce...
Canada: Colacem is still battling to win approval for its 1.16Mta plant
Colacem Canada is uncertain about its prospects to build a cement plant in L'Orginal in eastern Ontario, Canada. The company needs permission from both tiers of local governm...
Kenya: Bamburi Cement profits flat for 2016
LafargeHolcim subsidiary Bamburi Cement earned KES5.89bn (US$57.4m) in after tax profits in 2016, up just 0.3 per cent on the previous year, reports the Star newspaper. The ...
Vietnam exports 3Mt of cement and clinker in 2M17
Vietnam exported 2.95Mt of cement and clinker in the first two months of 2017, representing an increase of 18.7 per cent YoY. The total value of the shipments reached US$103.69...
UK: Hanson to invest GBP20m in new cement mill
Hanson Cement plans to build a new finish mill at Padeswood cement plant in Flintshire, UK, that would secure around 100 jobs, reports Daily Post Wales. The company currently...
Zimbabwe: PPC capacity utilisation “less than ideal”
The managing director of PPC Zimbabwe, Kelibone Masiyane, has admitted that his firm’s capacity utilisation is “less than ideal” due to the downturn in the country’s economy, t...
Taiwan: Hsing Ta Cement sees February revenues up 27%
Taiwan’s Hsing Ta Cement posted revenues of TWD174.57m (US$6.62m) in February, up 27.3 per cent from TWD137.18m YoY. The company reported revenues of TWD507.63m in Jan-Feb 20...
Ethiopia: Ethio-China forum highlights capacity rise
Speaking at the opening on Wednesday of the three-day Ethio-China cement forum in Addis Ababa, Dr Alemu Sime, State Minister of Industry, said Ethiopia has raised its cement pr...
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