LafargeHolcim's Olsen welcomes US infrastructure pledge
Eric Olsen, CEO of LafargeHolcim, has welcomed President-elect Donald Trump’s commitment to increasing infrastructure spending in the United States, CNBC reports. "We've bel...
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Titan America’s Pennsuco Plant receives Zero Waste certification
Titan America’s Pennsuco Complex received its Gold Level Zero Waste Facility, making it the only facility of its kind in the USA to achieve Zero Waste Status. Randy Dunlap, ...
Saudi cement production forecast to fall 5-10% in 2017
A number of Saudi cement companies plan to cut production by 5-10 per cent this year to deal with reduction in demands, Al Sharq Al Awsat newspaper has reported. The decline ...
Colombia: OHL Industrial to build new Ecocementos plant
Spanish construction firm OHL Industrial is to build a new 1.35Mta cement plant in Sonson, Colombia, at a cost of EUR224.6m (US$240m), Construction Index reports. The integr...
CSI launches responsible sourced concrete certification
Initiated by the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI), a project of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), international partners from the concrete s...
Four Buzzi Unicem plants awarded Energy Star certification
Buzzi Unicem USA announced that four of its cement plants (Chattanooga, Tennessee; Festus, Missouri.; Maryneal, Texas; San Antonio, Texas) have been awarded Energy Star certifi...
Jamaica: Caribbean Cement Co fire
Caribbean Cement Company (CCC) reported a fire at its administrative office on Monday, 16 January 2017. “The incident did not affect production and will not affect our abili...
India: Binani Compat appeal dismissed
India’s Competition Appelate Tribunal (Compat) has dismissed the appeal of Binani Cement seeking waiver of the direction to deposit with it 10 per cent of the total penalty amo...
Egypt: South Valley denounces new capacity project
Three private companies are reported to have gained licences for new plants in Egypt after the latest round of bidding, according to local newspapers in Egypt. The new c...
Peru's sees 3.4% market contraction in 2016
Cement consumption in Peru fell 5.2 per cent to 836,000t in December 2016, according to Asocem, the country's cement association. Exports decreased 43.5 per cent to 27,000t fro...
Arabian Cement profits down 84% in 4Q16
Arabian Cement Company have reported an 84.36 per cent YoY fall in net profit in the 4Q16, according to a bourse filing. Profits reached SAR24m (US$6.4m) in 4Q16 compared to SA...
Pakistan: FLSmidth receives plant order from Maple Leaf
FLSmidth has obtained an order from Maple Leaf Cement Factory for the engineering, procurement and supply of equipment for a complete 7300tpd cement production line. The plant ...
USA: TAKRAF acquires bulk handling company
Global mining and bulk material handling equipment supplier, TAKRAF, has acquired the assets of FMC Technologies' Material Handling Systems (FMC MHS) business unit based in Lan...
Canada: McInnis Cement plant nears completion
The new Port Daniel-Gascons cement plant of McInnis Cement, Canada, was completed for nearly 90 per cent in December, according to company reports. "The completion of the co...
Saudi Arabia: Hail Cement Q4 profits decline 21%
Hail Cement Company (HCC) reported a 20.99 per cent decrease in net profit for the 4Q16. HCC achieved SAR23.67m (US$6.31m) net profit in the quarter, falling from SAR29.95m in ...
Colombia's cement consumption down 4.6% YoY in November
Cement demand in Colombia fell by 4.6 per cent in November 2016 to 1.019Mt when compared with November 2015, according to DANE, the country's statistics office. Output decrea...
Brazil: Magnesita installs SAP global management system
Magnesita has adopted SAP ERP to unify business management in 17 countries in which it operates. The Brazilian refractory company has 27 facilities in 17 countries on four co...
Bangladesh: SKS launches Sena cement brand
Yesterday Sena Kalyan Sangstha (SKS) launched its Sena Cement brand at its Mongla Cement Plant in the Port of Mongla, Bagerhat. General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq, Chie...
Oman: Raysut Cement net profits rise in 2016
Raysut Cement has reported a 1.02 per cent growth in net profits of OMR21.17m (US$54.98m) for 2016, against OMR20.95m reached in 2015. Total revenue of the company fell by 2....
Iran's cement industry is 'behind the times', says minister
Ambitious government plans were set out to boost cement production capacity to 120Mta from the current 80Mta by the end of 2025, as part of ambitious targets set in the 20-Ye...
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