Cemex's subsidiary announces successful takeover bid for TCL
Cemex SAB de CV has announced that its indirect subsidiary, Sierra Trading (Sierra), having received the Foreign Investment License from the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Fin...
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Pakistan: APCMA calls for reduced taxes on domestic cement
All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has asked the government to support the industry by placing anti-dumping duty on the Iranian cement and reducing taxes to ...
Rising cement prices signal economic growth in China
Rising cement prices were providing a clear signal that China's economic growth will remain stable for the year ahead, said Mo Ji, chief economist for Asia ex-Japan at Amundi i...
Russia: Sibirsky Cement reports 17% drop in output
Production at the Russian cement company Sibirsky Cement fell 17 per cent YoY to 3.169Mt in 2016, said the company in a statement. The company attributed to declining sales to ...
Pakistan: Cherat plans third production line
Pakistan cement producer Cherat Cement Company has disclosed that it will undertake another expansion of some 2.34Mta (7100tpd) at its existing site of Nowshera, Khyber-Pakhtu...
Lithuania: Akmenes largely offsets decline in Russia exports
Preliminary data show that Lithuania’s Akmenes Cementas posted EUR51m in total revenue, down by EUR4.4m on 2015. Around 60 per cent of this revenue was generated in the domes...
Jordan: AUCBM opens regional office in Amman
The Arab Union for Cement and Building Materials (AUCBM) is opening a regional office in Amman. The office is headed by Eng Khaled Tarawneh, gneral manager of Arab Company for ...
Nigeria: Aliko Dangote rewards domestic cement distributors
Dangote Cement Plc has rewarded its distributors with NGN2.4bn (US$7.8m) as sales bonus and for their continuous loyalty. Another NGN5bn has been set aside to assist the distri...
Black market cement traders caught in western India
Thane police on Tuesday claimed to closed down an illegal trade in cement, wherein waste cement from railway yard warehsoue is collected and sold under the name of renowned bra...
New Zealand: eco-friendly cement developed
New Zealand cement company, HR Cement, is to launch a ground-breaking low-carbon footprint cement that helps reduce global CO 2 emissions. HR Cement, based in Mt Maunganui,...
Asocem: “Cement consumption will recover in 2017”
Peruvian cement association Asocem expects cement consumption in Peru to grow between 3-5 per cent in 2017 as private investment recovers and public works are carried out. “F...
Bolivia’s government expects to sign Potosi contract in March
The Bolivian government anticipates to sign the contract for the construction of a new cement plant in Potosi in March. "I want to tell the department of Potosí, its factory...
Taiwan Cement President passes away
Leslie Cheng-yun Koo, chairman and president of the Taiwan Cement Corporation, died Monday, 23 January after sustaining critical injuries in a fall on Saturday. Mr Koo (62) ...
UK: Ribblesdale plant begins GBP25m upgrade project
Hanson is implementing a seven-year project at Ribblesdale cement works in Clitheroe, Lancashire, to improve production efficiency and emissions. In the first six months of the...
Sri Lanka: INSEE Cement links with universities
Cement manufacturer INSEE Cement (formerly known as Holcim (Lanka) Ltd) has signed a partnership with three of Sri Lanka’s universities – Peradeniya, Moratuwa and Ruhuna – to b...
UltraTech Q3FY17 reports post-tax profit up 5%
UltraTech Cement reported a 4.7 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at INR59.39bn (US$871.6m) for the quarter ended 31 December 2016 due to lower expenses. In 3Q15 company...
Caribbean: Trinidad Cement competes with Rock Hard Cement
Rock Hard Cement of Barbados has begun to penetrate the local market in Trinidad and Tobago, offering its product at TTD46/bag (US$6.81/bag). State-owned Trinidad Cement Ltd (T...
Poured cement is an excellent absorber of CO2
According to newly-published University-led research, cement has been found to absorb carbon after it’s been poured, reports Copybook. "It sounds counterintuitive, but it's t...
Thai cement producer orders MSW recycling lines
Italiab-based recycling equipment supplier Forrec has recently delivered two crusher recycling lines for the treatment of municipal solid waste to a cement plant customer in ...
Spain: Port of Seville quadruples cement shipments in 2016
The Port of Seville, Spain, increased its throughput of cement by 481 per cent to 74,200t in 2016. In addition, the port has expanded its business lines and diversified good...
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