Dangote Ghana’s biggest taxpayer of 2016
The Ghana Revenue Authority has recognised Dangote Cement as being the single largest taxpaying entity in the country, Business Ghana reports. The firm paid taxes and duties...
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Najran 4Q16 profit falls 73%
Najran Cement reported a fall in profits of 72.55 per cent to SAR14.76m (US$3.93m) in 4Q16 from SAR53.73m in 4Q15. The company attributed the lower profit to reduced sales v...
Uganda: two new plants in Tororo by 2018
After previously only being home to one cement plant (Tororo Cement), 2018 will see Tororo District welcome at least two new plants. By the end of 2017, Simba Cement of Keny...
Semen Indonesia halts Rembang construction
Semen Indonesia has halted the construction of its plant in Rembang, Central Java, following the provincial government's revocation of the plant's environmental licence on 16 J...
Pakistan: Arif Habib Group to invest PKR25bn in new plant
Arif Habib Group has said that it is going to invest PKR25bn (US$238.5m) in a new cement plant to be completed in the next two years, to be operated by its subsidiary Power Cem...
Swaziland: cement industry threatened by imports
Cement imports are undercutting cement produced by AfriSam Swaziland in price and present a risk to the viability of the domestic cement producer, according the Times of Swazil...
UAE: Arkan Cement AED117.7m waste-power deal
Arkan Cement is set to sign a AED117.7m (US$32m) deal to set up a waste-to-power operation for its Al Ain plant. The technology, which will convert about 1000tpd of municipa...
India: Seven cement firms fined for bid-rigging
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed fines totalling more than INR2bn (US$30m) on seven cement firms it found guilty of colluding in their responses to a 2012 ...
Pakistan: Pioneer Cement inaugurates WHR unit at Chenki plant
Pioneer Cement has marked the formal coming into operation of the new waste heat recovery plant at its Chenki plant by celebrating the firm’s environmental credentials. Writ...
Zimbabwe: Redcliff plant complete
Chinese firm Mortal Investments Manufacturing has completed the construction of a US$20m cement plant in Redcliff, Zimbabwe. Initial production is slated to commence at the beg...
USA: CalPortland receives rebate for cooler efficiency upgrade
CalPortland reports that its Rillito cement plant has received an energy efficiency rebate check for US$71,212.70 from Tucson Electric Power (TEP), through TEP’s Arizona Corpor...
Maple Leaf Cement to raise cement capacity
Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd (MLCF) was in the news this week when FLSmidth announced it had secured an EPC contract for a new 7300tpd third line at Daud Khel in Iskanderabad,...
Uganda: Hima Cement to launch US$40m grinding unit
LafargeHolcim-owned Hima Cement is set to launch its grinding unit in Tororo this week, according to a company sources. The new 1Mta grinding plant is located at Nyakesia, R...
USA: preliminary November shipments reach 7.82Mt
Preliminary data from US Geological Survey for the month of November reports that total deliveries of Portland and blended cements reached 7.82Mt to give a total of 87.26Mt for...
South Africa: PPC to fund Slurry Kiln 9 project from B-BBEE deal
JSE-listed cement maker PPC says it has started structuring its new broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) agreement, after it had concluded subscription agreements of...
Fiji: Japanese clinker arrives at Suva Port
Pacific Basin's bulk carrier Port Botany from Japan arrived in Suva Port in Fiji yesteday ahead of its job of unloading 26,000t of clinker. The vessel will discharge its clink...
Saudi Arabia: Northern Cement profits down 57% in 4Q16
Northern Region Cement Co reported a 57.3% YoY decline in profits in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to the company's filing to the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul). Pro...
UK: Hanson to upgrade Ribblesdale plant at cost of US$31m
Hanson is to spend GBP25m (US$31m) on upgrading its Ribblesdale cement plant to improve production efficiency and reduce emissions, AggNet reports. The work, which includes ...
Cementos Argos becomes a member sustainability index
Cementos Argos has joined the FTSE Good Emerging Index which measures the performance of companies demonstrating strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. ...
Georgia: HeidelbergCaucasus and Georgian Building Group set up GCA
HeidelbergCement Caucasus (GCC) and the Georgian Building Group (GBG), owned by Kavkaz Cement, have decided to form the Georgian Cement Association to help safeguard the qualit...
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