Kenya: Bamburi Cement and Geocycle form partnership
Bamburi Cement (LafargeHolcim Group) and a global waste management firm have signed an agreement for alternative fuels. Geocycle will help Bamburi Cement that will see the fir...
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South Africa: PPC's 1H profits fall 66%
PPC Ltd reported a 66 per cent decline in half-year profit, hit by higher finance costs. PPC said headline earnings per share (EPS) totalled 14 cents in the six months to end...
Algeria: building material imports fall in 9M16
Building material imports (cement, iron and steel, wood and ceramic products) stood at US$1.61bn over the first nine months of 2016, against US$1.95bn in the same period in 201...
USA: preliminary August cement shipments total 9.41Mt
Preliminary data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) for US shipments of cement in August 2016 estimate that Portland and blended cement totalled 9.41Mt in the month. This is ...
Zimbabwe: PPC commissions its Harare grinding unit
PPC Zimbabwe says it expects to increase exports into the region after commissioning a US$85m grinding plant in Harare which will double the firm’s cement production capacity t...
Angola: Cimangola to cease clinker imports
Nova Cimangola announced that it will stop importing clinker and instead use domestic resources. The company has identified a raw material deposit near Luanda, where its pla...
Indonesia: Semen Baturaja plant due online in 2017
President of PT Semen Baturaja, Pamudji Rahardjo, announced that the state company would bring its second cement plant online next year. The Baturaja II plant is currently unde...
UAE: National Cement Co sees 46% fall in 3Q profits
National Cement reported a 46.2 per cent drop in third-quarter net profits to AED9.85m (US$2.7m) from AED18.31m 3Q15. For the first nine months of 2016, the company posted ne...
FLSmidth MAAG Gear appoint new CEO
Helmut Holz is the new CEO of FLSmidth MAAG Gear. He follows Simon Jensen, who has accepted a new position as Managing Director, Head of FLSmidth Middle East, Group, with base ...
Ghana: Union calls on Government to protect local cement industry
Dr Ekwow Spio Garbrah, Ghana's Trade and Industry Minister, is being encouraged by the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) Ghana to take immediate action to defend t...
UAE: Fujairah Cement profits up 59%
Fujairah Cement Industries Co reported an increase of 58.9 per cent in profits in 3Q16 as compared with the same period a year ago. Earnings rose to AED12.39m (US$3.37m) in ...
Kenya: EAPCC profits down 42%
East African Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) reported a 42 per cent drop in full-year net profit as a result of increased operating costs. Financial statements recently publ...
Guatemala: Cemento Regional enters the market
Cemento Regional has started operating a plant in Escuintla, Guatemala, which has capacity to produce 8000 bags of cement per day with its new Cemengal Plug&Grind ® Classic g...
Lafarge Surma Cement and Holcim Bangladesh in merger talks
Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd (LSC) has reportedly started talks with Lafarge Holcim Group to merge with Holcim Bangladesh Ltd (HBL). Lafarge Surma Cement, in a notice to Dhaka St...
Saudi Arabia: cement sales down 7%
A recent report from Al Rajhi Capital Research stated that total cement sales in Saudi Arabia fell 6.8 per cent YoY to 47Mt in the first 10 months of 2016, from 50.2Mt in the s...
India: Dalmia Cement commits to 100% renewable power
Dalmia Cement Ltd is the first cement company in India to join RE100, a global collaborative initiative of the world’s most influential companies committed to running their ope...
UK: Holcim Belgium supports Brighton Marina project
Holcim Belgium has been working with Subcon Europe NV on the Brighton Marina Caisson Remediation Project by providing assistance with logistics and product deliveries. In the ...
Buzzi Unicem releases 9M16 results
Buzz Unicem reports that from January to September 2016 cement and clinker sales of the group totalled 19.5Mt, up 1.2 per cent from the previous year. Consolidated net sales...
Laos: 5000tpd plant to be completed by 2018
Vientiane Hongshi Saythirath Cement Co is due to begin construction on its new 5000tpd dry-process plant in Vientiane’s Hinhuep district, with completion estimated for 2018. Th...
Kenya: East Africa Portland Cement sees 2015 profits fall 42%
East Africa Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) has announced that its profits for the financial year ending in June 2016 were KES4.2bn (US$41m), having fallen by 42.1 per cent in ...
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