UK: Hope Cement reward loyal customers
Hope Cement has introduced a new incentive scheme through its smartphone app. The loyalty scheme is a new approach to drive traffic into merchants’ stores and help to grow thei...
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Pakistan: first dry bulk terminal to open in March
Pakistan’s first dry bulk terminal will open next month and is expected to handle 3Mta of coal imports, rising to 20Mt over the next five years, the port’s chief executive said...
Emerging markets to remain unpredictable in 2017
The year 2017 is expected to be a difficult one to negotiate for large cement corporations that have high exposure to emerging markets as major price and volume issues are now ...
Cembureau calls for maintaining free EU ETS allowances for best performers
The European cement industry has made it clear to MEPs in the European Parliament that the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) must maintain free allowances at the level of be...
Philippines: Cemex secures US$280m BDO Unibank loan
Cemex Holdings Philippines Inc has secured a loan facility from BDO Unibank Inc for the peso equivalent of US$280m to refinance an outstanding obligation just seven months afte...
Uganda: Tororo Cement trucks damaging Karamoja roads
Tororo Cement, Uganda’s largest producer, has been warned by the national roads authority that they may be banned from transporting limestone by road due to the damage caused b...
Pakistan: capacity utilisation tops 90% in December 2016
According to figures released by the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), cement sales in December 2016 reached 3.56Mt, with capacity utilisation running at 9...
Cambodia: SCG's Kampot Cement to open third plant
Siam Cement Group (SCG), Thailand’s largest cement conglomerate, is to take advantage of Cambodia’s booming construction sector by opening its third cement plant in Battambang ...
Siam City Cement Bangladesh appoints new CEO
Thailand-based Siam City Cement (Bangladesh) Ltd has appointed PN Iyer as its new CEO. According to the cement firm, Mr Iyer has over 35 years’ experience in sales and marketin...
Venezuela expects to export 0.3Mt of cement in 2017
In 2017 Venezuela’s cement industry forecasts cement exports of 0.3Mt, around five per cent of the country’s total planned production of 6Mt, according to the President of the ...
Hanson UK to release new slag cement at Ecobuild 2017
Hanson UK is showcasing a range of specialist concretes at the Concrete and Masonry Pavilion at Ecobuild 2017, at the Excel in London 7-9 March 2017. Stand D129 will include ...
Saudi Arabia: lacklustre domestic demand creates price war
A drop in domestic demand caused by a downturn in government construction projects has triggered a price war among cement producers in Saudi Arabia, according to local newspape...
Sri Lanka: production and imports spike in 9M16
Sri Lanka's combined cement production and imports were up 28.4 per cent YoY to 6.5Mt by October 2016, indicating a strong recovery in the construction sector. Domestic prod...
Bangladesh: Loesche to supply VRM for Haria 2 upgrade
Loesche has announced that it has been chosen to supply a vertical roller mill and other equipment for the Aman Group’s Haria 2 grinding mill in Narayangonj, Bangladesh. The...
Cemex sells concrete pipe business
Cemex has completed the sale of its reinforced concrete pipe business to Quikcrete Holdings. The transaction was carried out for around US$500m, including a potential additi...
Ethiopia: Dangote to establish production line for cement bags
Aliko Dangote has used his meeting with the Prime Minister of Ethiopia to outline his conglomerate’s plans to increase investment in the country, the Ethiopian Herald reports. ...
France: cement demand up 1.7%, positive outlook for 2017
Cement demand in France has increased 1.7 per cent to 17.4Mt in 2016, according to the French cement association, SFIC. The association expects this trend to continue in 2017...
Australia: Adelaide Brighton raises concerns over new homes
Adelaide Brighton Cement (AdBri) is opposing the state government’s plans to build homes and tourism accommodation at Cruickshank’s Corner and Port Approach, fearing it will en...
India: Birla rebrands Reliance Perfect Cement
Since acquiring Reliance Cement Co, Birla Corporation Ltd has rebranded the Reliance Perfect Cement brand as MP Birla Perfect Cement and launched it in the central Indian marke...
Pangaea Logistic Solutions receives two ice-class dry bulk carriers
Pangaea Logistics Solutions, Ltd (PLS) has taken delivery of two ultramax ice-class 1C dry bulk carriers from Oshima Shipyard in Japan. PLS has purchased its joint venture p...
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