Indonesia: Kupang Cement to start work on new Kupang plant
Kupang Cement Indonesia's third factory in Kupang will soon be realised, according to the Governor of East Nusa Tenggara, Frans Lebu Raya. "The preparation phase has been co...
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India: Burnpur Cement to launch new PPC product
Burnpur Cement Ltd has informed BSE that the management has decided to launch new Pozzolan Portland Cement (PPC) from its Patratu plant by the third week of April 2017. Afte...
DR Congo: producers demand six-month import suspension
Cement producers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have urged the country’s Prime Minister, Samy Badibanga, to be tough on cement imports, demanding a suspension of cement im...
Paraguay: INC's Vallemi dryer online in March
Paraguay’s Industria Nacional de Cemento (INC) expects to commission the new pozzolana dryer at its Vallemi plant next month. In addition, work on the plant’s fuel convers...
Cemtech MEA 2017 provides GCC focus for an international audience
Delegates from over 30 countries, including all of the Gulf Cooperation Council's member states, gathered at the Grand Hyatt Dubai, in UAE, for this year's Cemtech Middle East...
US December deliveries down, but full-year 2016 shipments up
Portland and blended cement shipments in the USA fell 8.4 per cent to 6.039Mt in December 2016 from 6.59Mt in December 2015, according to preliminary data from the US Geologica...
Nepal: six-fold increase in clinker imports
Nepal has been heading towards self-sufficiency in cement, but at the same time, imports of clinker have soared, according to the Trade and Export Promotion Centre (TEPC). Th...
Iranians advised to view Iraqi cement as an investment opportunity
The head of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce, Yahya Al-e Es'haq, has advocated that Iranians should invest in the neighbouring cement market of Iran. "During a meeting with Iraq...
Philippines: cement ship workers held hostage
Seven Vietnamese sailors are being held hostage after their ship was attacked near the south of the Philippines. The ship was transporting cement from Indonesia to the Philippi...
Poland: LafargeHolcim awards A TEC upgrade contract
To reduce the chlorine contents without causing substantial thermal losses in the kiln line, LafargeHolcim awarded A TEC a contract for upgrading its existing REDUCHLOR ® Bypa...
Kuwait: Gulf Cement Co to produce oil well cement
Gulf Cement Co was granted a permit for the production of oil well cement from the American Petroleum Institute. Gulf Cement reported a 27.1 per cent fall in profits to KWD4...
Uruguay: government-owned plants losing money
Uruguay's budget deficit reached four per cent of GDP during 2016, equivalent to US$2.043bn, the worst performance since 1989, according to the latest figures released by the g...
South Korea: preferred bidders named in US$567m Hyundai deal
Hanil Cement Company and LK Investment Partners have been named as the preferred bidders to acquire Hyundai Cement, reports South Korea's Pulse. The two firms submitted a bi...
UAE: Arkan’s profits fall by 25% in 2016
Arkan Building Materials has seen its annual profits fall by a quarter to AED75.7m (US$20.6m), according to reports in Construction Week Online. The company, which is the UA...
AfriSam CEO: AfriSam's new Lesotho plant to help country's growth
AfriSam cement manufacturing plant in Lesotho will add to the growth prospects of the country, AfriSam CEO, Stephan Olivier, says of the newly-commissioned 0.2Mta cement plant....
Saudi Arabia: Southern Province reports 48% fall in 4Q profits
Southern Province Cement reported a decline of 48 per cent in its profits for the fourth quarter of 2016. Profits in 4Q16 fell to SAR156m (US$41.6m) from SAR300m in 4Q15. So...
Kazakhstan: Rudny cement plant online in 2017
Rudny Cement Factory LLP is scheduled for commissioning in Rudny, Kostanai region, later this year, according to the town’s mayor, Bakytzhan Gayazov. The 0.5Mta plant repres...
Lithuania’s waste targets under scrutiny as government ponders CHP decision
The Lithuanian Parliament Committee on Environment Protection has suggested that the Government should adopt a final decision on the construction of waste-fuelled combined heat...
Saudi Arabia: Najran Cement receives export licence
Najran Cement obtained an export licence from the Saudi Ministry of Commerce and Investment. The licence was received on 15 February 2017 and is valid for one year, according...
Turkey: Akcansa Çimento sees 1.8% rise in FY16 net profit
Akcansa Çimento reported largely-stable revenues of TRY1.46m (U$398.1m) for 2016, when compared with TRY1.46bn in 2015. FY16 net profit increased to TRY286.4m in 2016, up 1.8...
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