Pakistan: Fauji Cement and Sinoma sign WHR project
Sinoma Energy Conservation Co will supply and setup a power generation plant for Fauji Cement Co Ltd (FCCL), which will produce 7.6MW electricity by capping waste heat gases o...
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USA: MSHA points to management failings in Midlothian fatality
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) report on the fatal accident in May at Ash Grove Midlothian plant in Texas cites a failure in management policies, procedures, ...
UK: Simon Gibson Transport wins order with Aggregate Industries
Simon Gibson Transport Ltd is increasing its fleet of trucks from 85 to 147 having won a major order with Aggregate Industries (LafargeHolcim Group) to transport cement from UK...
Pakistan: Pioneer Cement starts its WHR plant in Punjab province
Pioneer Cement Ltd has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that its 12MW Waste Heat Recovery power plant (WHRPP) has started operations on from 15 December at Jouharabad, Kh...
USA: Portland and blended cement shipments in September fall 2.8%
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the USA and Puerto Rico in September 2016 were about 8.8Mt, down by 2.8 per cent from sales in September 2015. The leading ...
Moroccan cement demand stable in November
Cement sales in Morocco experienced a 3.5 per cent drop YoY to 1.2Mt in November 2016, according to the country’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Policy. In regional terms, the...
Vietnam: Can Tho Mineral and Cement opens new plant in Phu Huu
Can Tho Mineral and Cement JSC (CCM) has announced that it has opened a new 0.5Mta cement plant on the Phu Huu industrial park near the border with Cambodia. The plant was b...
Peru’s cement market contracts more than 6% in November
Cement consumption in Peru continues to fall with domestic sales noting a 6.6 per cent YoY decline from 914,000t in November 2016 to 854,000t in November 2016, according to Aso...
Myanmar: BASF to open new construction chemicals plant
German industrial chemical firm BASF has announced that it will open its first manufacturing plant in Myanmar in 2017, Newswire Today reports. The plant will produce chemica...
China: Shandong Shanshui returns to profitability
Shandong Shanshui Cement has managed to turn its losses into profit following a year of defaulting on debts after a battle for control of the company. Deputy Chairman, Mi Ji...
Zimbabwe: Mortal Investments plant complete
The construction of Mortal Investments Manufacturing Co’s US$10m plant in Redcliff, Zimbabwe, has been completed. The Chinese investor begun construction of the new plant in Au...
Cemex closes sale of Ventika stake
Cemex announced that the company closed the divestment of its interest in the Ventika wind farm project. The Mexico-based cement producer sold its minority interest for around ...
Medcem adds more grinding capacity to Cameroon
Medcem Cameroon (Eren Holdings Group) announced this week that it will officially open its 0.6Mta Douala grinding plant today, Friday, 16 December 2016. It is just one of a nu...
Cruz Azul to invest US$300m in plants
As part of its plant modernisation programme, Mexico’s Cruz Azul plans to spend US$300m in upgrading its four plants in the next four years. Cooperativa La Cruz Azul Preside...
New EU carbon allowance mechanism proposed
MEPs have proposed that a system should be established for the cement and clinker sectors, among others, whereby importers will be required to surrender allowances to cover...
CBMI awarded two LafargeHolcim contracts
CBMI has signed two contracts with LafargeHolcim for the supply of 1Mta and 0.8Mta grinding facilities in Kenya (Nairobi) and Uganda (Tororo), respectively. The projects wil...
Mexico: Cemex increases cement price 11%
Cemex notified its distributors that from January 2017 it will increase the price of grey cement by around 11 per cent nationwide. Other producers such as Holcim and Cruz Azul ...
Lafarge Surma Cement acquires Holcim Bangladesh
The Board of Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd has approved the acquisition of 100 per cent shares of Holcim Bangladesh from LafargeHolcim Group. The transaction is subject to approval ...
Kenya: Savannah Cement 2500tpm supply deal
Savannah Cement claims to be supplying 2500t of cement each month to the Outer Ring Road expansion project. The KES16bn (US$157m) road project is being financed by the African ...
Beat Werder new Head of Media Relations of LafargeHolcim
LafargeHolcim has appointed Beat Werder as new Head of Media Relations. He will assume his new role from March 2017 onwards and report directly to Caroline Hempstead, Group Hea...
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