Philippines: Cement firms win environmental and mining safety awards
Apo Cement Corporation has won awards for safety and environmental standards at the Presidential Mine Safety and Environment Conference organised by the Philippine Mine Safety ...
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Pakistan: FCCL calls board meeting to approve waste heat project
Fauji Cement Company Ltd (FCCL) has informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange that a special Board of Directors of the company will be held on 9 December 2016 to discuss and approve...
Hazemag appoints new Vice President
Hazemag have appointed Erik Bach to the position of Vice President of Minerals Processing, effective as of 1 January 2017. Mr Bach has previously held positions at FLSmidth, wh...
Australia: Adelaide Brighton Cement agrees gas deal
Adelaide Brighton Cement Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adelaide Brighton Ltd, has signed a gas purchase agreement with Beach Energy Ltd for the delivery of exMoomba of proc...
Pakistan: 98% capacity utilisation rate achieved
The Pakistan cement industry has achieved its highest-ever capacity utilisation rate at 98.61 per cent, dispatching 3.749Mt of cement in November 2016. This is up on the 3.377M...
Côte d'Ivoire: Anyama grinding unit nears completion
Oumar Tembely, the director and resident head of mission of the West African Development Bank (BOAD) in Côte d'Ivoire, led a delegation on Saturday to see the progress being m...
Togo consumer association asks for cement price structure transparency
The Togolese Association of Consumers (TAC) has asked the government to publish the price structure of cement and called for the establishment of a regulatory authority for the...
Shree Cement awaits environmental clearance for West Bengal grinding unit
Shree Cement is awaiting environmental clearance for its cement grinding unit in West Bengal, India. The company plans to build a 5Mta grinding plant at Prabatpur and Digha ...
Tanzania: Tanga Cement wins finance award
Tanga Cement Co Ltd (TCCL) has won the award for the best presented financial statement for 2015 from the National Board of Accountants and Auditors (NBAA). The NBAA award se...
Protests again Semen Indonesia plant
Approximately 300 people from Rembang, Central Java, have marched 150km in protest of the construction of a cement plant in the area by state-owned Semen Indonesia. The march w...
Caribbean: Cemex launch takeover bid for TCL
Cemex SAB de CV today announced that one of its indirect subsidiaries, Sierra Trading will present an offer and takeover bid for all shareholders of Trinidad Cement Ltd. "This...
India: Dalmia Bharat Group to expand Odisha plant
Dalmia Bharat Group has announced an investment of INR20bn (US$2.9m) to expand the capacity of its cement plant in Odisha. Group company Dalmia Cement Bharat Ltd has 74.6 stake...
Egypt: IDA to allow cement producers to pay licenses in installments
The Industrial Development Authority (IDA) is allowing the three winners of last week's cement production license auction to pay license fees in annual instalments, Al Mal repo...
Egypt: South Valley Cement discusses new Beni Suef line
Ahmed El-Mekati, board member of South Valley Cement Company (SVCC), has said the company is looking into the investment cost of a new 1.5Mta production line, as the cost of im...
Philippnes: DMCI Holdings wants new cement plant on Semirara island
DMCI Holdings Inc is planning to build a cement plant on Semirara Island in the Visayas worth PHP18.3bn in an industry dominated by foreign manufacturers. The company hopes i...
Vietnam: Ha Long Cement dust complaints
Residents of the northern Quang Ninh Province's Hoanh Bo District have complained about dust emissions, noise and smoke from the Ha Long Cement plant. Nguyen Van Ty head of ...
Argos becomes the fourth largest US cement producer
Cementos Argos is now the fourth largest cement plant in the United States after the Federal Trade Commission approved the acquisition of the 2.2Mta Martinsburg cement plant an...
Ghana: Diamond cement fears staff lay offs
Diamond Cement is still considering its decision to lay off 50 per cent of the company’s staff over reports that it cannot sustain its operations, according to Citi Business Ne...
Ghana: CIMAF plant opens for business
Ghanaian president John Dramani Mahama has officially opened his country’s newest cement plant, a 1Mta grinding facility owned by CIMAF, according to a report in Ghana Business...
USA: Elementia acquires 55% stake in Giant Cement
Elementia, SAB de CV has announced that its Board of Directors has given its final approval for the completion of the acquisition of a 55 per cent stake and full control of Gia...
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