Qatar: QNCC is well placed to dominate sector
This week, Fives FCB reported the commissioning of two new cement grinding mills at Qatar National Cement Company’s (QNCC) Umm Bab plant in Qatar, as the country ramps up its c...
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ARM cement plans Kenya capacity boost
Kenya's ARM Cement plans to expand its grinding capacity at its Athi River plant in Kenya to add 0.5Mta of cement to the company's production. "We are completing a grinding ...
Lafarge Algeria to export clinker from 2018
Lafarge Algeria is preparing to export grey clinker from its local plants from 2018. The group already exports white cement from its Oggaz plants in the Mascara wilaya. "It ...
Nepal: slow progress on infrastructure work for cement plants
Government efforts to provide power and transport links to cement plants in Nepal have made disappointingly slow progress in the eight years since the commitment was originally...
Indonesia: Semen Padang starts exports to Australia
Semen Padang, a subsidiary of PT Semen Indonesia, has started exporting cement to Australia as the company looks to broaden its customer base beyond the highly-competitive Indo...
Kenya: East African Portland Cement reports 1H16-17 pretax loss
In the first half of the FY16-17 ended December 2016 East African Portland Cement Co (EAPCC) has reported a pretax loss of KES533.7m (US$5.2m), an improvement when compared wit...
Vietnam: cement exports hit by rising tax costs
Vietnamese cement exporters have warned that the loss of tax exemptions and the existing export tax have pushed up the cost of their products on international markets, harming ...
Mexico: Elementia 4Q16 and 12M16 results
Elementia announced its financial and operating results for the 4Q16 and 12-month period ended 31 December 2016 with net sales increasing by 36 per cent in 4Q16 and 12 per cent...
Pakistan: Kohat Cement earnings up 4% YoY
Kohat Cement reported earnings of PKR2.2bn (US$20.98m) in 1HFY17 compared to PKR2.1bn reported in the same period last year, up four per cent YoY. The result accompanied a s...
Pakistan: Bestway Cement to acquire Dewan Cement
Dewan Cement Ltd and Bestway Cement Ltd have both separately informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that they are signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU), wherein Bestw...
Qatar: Fives commissions two mills for QNCC
On 25 January and 6 February, Fives commissioned two new cement milling units at Qatar National Cement Company’s (QNCC) fifth production line in Umm Bab, Qatar. This achievemen...
Peru: Cementos Yura Q4 profit falls by 20%
Cementos Yura has announced that its profits for4Q16 were down by 20.1 per cent YoY to PEN40.2m (US$12.4m), reports Business News Americas. The firm saw sales revenues fall ...
Lucky Cement: Karachi expansion scheduled for end-2017
Lucky Cement Ltd is currently undergoing a series of investments in capex projects. Its 1.25Mta Karachi plant expansion poject is scheduled to be operational by the end of 2017...
USA: fire at LafargeHolcim Hagerstown plant
According to several local news sources, approximately 100 firefighters worked to extinguish a conveyor belt fire at LafargeHolcim’s cement plant in Hagerstown, USA. It is uncl...
Oman Cement annual profit up 10% as production rises
Oman Cement has announced that its profits rose by 10 per cent in 2016, to OMR12.87m (US$33.4m). In an earnings statement to the Muscat Securities Market, Oman Cement said t...
Nepal: new packaging for Jagdamba Cement
Jagdamba Cement announced new packaging for its Jagdamba Ultra Premium OPC Cement. In a statement the company said that its products can now compete with any international p...
UK: Hanson reopens GGBS grinding plant
Hanson has re-opened its ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) grinding plant at Teesport Docks in Middlesbrough, UK, creating 20 new jobs. The plant was mothballed duri...
India: Ambuja net profit leaps 85% in 4Q16
LafargeHolcim-owned Ambuja Cement reported a 85.2 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit to INR2.057bn (US$30.7m) for the fourth quarter ended 30 December 2016 from INR1....
USA: slag cement shipments up 12%
The Slag Cement Association (SCA) announced that in 2016 slag cement shipments showed a YoY increase of 12 per cent. President of the SCA, Ed Griffith: “I am pleased that th...
Pakistan: Gharibwal Cement's energy-generating conveyor is operational
Gharibwal Cement Ltd informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that its downhill conveyor belt project has now started commercial operations. The 3.15km-long conveyor belt can tr...
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