Irish Cement granted permission for Limerick plans
Limerick City and County Council has granted Irish Cement planning permission for an extension to its facility in Mungret. A spokesperson for the local authority stated perm...
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Cementir looks to mature markets
Cementir Holding released its 2016 results this week and relied on its Malaysian and Scandinavian operations to offset poor results in its Italian market. "Strong performance...
Myanmar: Singapore investment fund to part-finance new 1.6Mta plant
Singapore-based Credera has announced that it will invest US$20m in a stake in a new 5000tpd cement plant in Myanmar, Deal Street Asia reports. Credera's Myanmar Frontier Op...
Pakistan: capacity expansion projects reach 27.3Mta
Pakistani cement producers have been announcing capacity expansions at a breakneck pace of late, reports the Business Recorder, which calculates that if all of these are comple...
Nigeria: 1.68Mta integrated cement plant has been proposed for Ogun state
A new 1.6Mta integrated cement plant has been proposed near Ewekoro, Ogun state, Nigeria, and an environmental and social impact assessment is being carried out. Southport ...
Denmark: A Tec upgrades calciners at Aalborg Portland Cement
Two new calciners have been designed and delivered by A TEC to Cementir's Aalborg Portland cement plant at Rørdal during the annual kiln stop in February/March 2017. The projec...
Lafarge Jordan tells staff to have three-month paid vacation
Lafarge Jordan (LafaregHolcim group) announced on Saturday that it was giving its workers at the Fuheis cement factory a three-month paid vacation to reduce costs. The paid...
India: Birla selects Lodestar for new branding exercise
The MP Birla Group has chosen Lodestar UM to handle the media duties of its cement business. As a first step in its new branding exercise, MP Birla has launched “Perfect”, a pr...
Myanmar: Mawlamyine Cement ordered to redo environmental study
The government of Mon State, Myanmar, has ordered another environmental impact assessment on Mawlamyine Cement Ltd (MCL), according to Soe Naing, head of the Mon State's enviro...
UK: Breedon Group's revenues up by 42.8% in 2016
Bredon Group Plc's revenues for 2016 grew by 42.8 per cent to GBP454.7m and underlying earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) increased by 57.8 per cent to GBP59.6m, including...
Ciments du Maroc posts net loss of MAD-155m
Ciments du Maroc announced a MAD1.2bn (US$118.7m) improvement in its net loss to MAD-155m in 2016. Operating income reached MAD1.292bn in 2016, a 9.8 per cent increase when com...
Saudi producers unlikely to benefit from export ban
Cement makers in Saudi Arabia are unlikely to benefit from the government's decision to lift a ban on exports due to higher tariffs, according to Saudi Cement Chairman, Khaled ...
Egypt: FLSmidth wins El Sewedy Cement contract
FLSmidth has been awarded an order from El Sewedy Cement Company for the engineering, procurement and supply of equipment for the expansion of a cement production line. The pla...
United States: Vallejo blocks plans for new Ecocem plant
An application for planning permission to build a new EUR45m (US$47.5m) grinding mill in Vallejo, California, has been refused by the local government, the Irish Times reports....
SINTEF partnership brings commercial carbon capture close
Hawaii-based Westec Environmental Solutions (WES) is partnering with SINTEF in Norway to push forward the development of carbon capture with more advanced technology. WES's i...
Egypt: Alexandria Cement reports EGP34.1m in 4Q16
Alexandria Cement posted a profit of EGP34.1m (US$1.93m) in 4Q16, a significant improvement of its business result when compared with the EGP98.5m loss posted in 4Q15. In 20...
United States: St Marys Cement Detroit plant releases dust
Residents living near St Marys Cement’s Detroit plant have complained of releases of dust by the plant, according to reports in the local press. News website Local 4 details...
Pakistan: domestic demand up in February
Total cement sales in Pakistan in February 2017 were 3.435Mt, down by 0.41 per cent from 3.449Mt during the corresponding month of last year, according to the All Pakistan Ceme...
Saudi Arabia: Najran shuts down Line 2
Saudi Arabia’s Najran Cement Co has suspended production at a 3000tpd clinker line. The temporary shutdown of company’s Line 2 is due to the current conditions in the market...
Argentina cement market contracts 0.8 per cent in 2M17
Argentina's cement producers dispatched 801,782t of cement in February, a 0.8 per cent drop MoM and 8.7 per cent YoY, according to the Argentine cement producers' association, ...
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