India: Dalmia Barat sees 20% volume growth in September
Dalmia Bharat managed 20 per cent volume growth in the July-September quarter compared with the industry's volume growth of two per cent. Due to higher demand, its market share...
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USA: Roanoke Cement OSHA safety recognition
Roanoke Cement Co’s Richmond site in Virginia, has been awarded admission to US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)’s Safety and Health Achievement Recognition...
9M16 results see upturn in the US and Egypt
Several cement companies released their 9M16 results this week. While the US and Egypt provided a healthy boost to business results for companies such as Titan Cement Group, i...
Titan Group 9M16 results boosted by Egypt and US
Titan Group results recorded a significant improvement in the nine months of 2016, reflecting the growth of the US market and the improvement of results in Egypt. Consolidat...
FLSmidth secures US$200m contract with Iraq Cement
FLSmidth has announced that it has won a contract worth more than US$200m to construct a 6000tpd cement plant in Al Muthana province of southern Iraq. The contract, awarded ...
North Korea: cement firms to be assessed
The North Korean authorities have told cement trading companies that the volume of support they provide for flood recovery efforts in North Hamgyong province wil be assessed. ...
Nigeria: cement sector still imports 75% of its gypsum
Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) President, Dr Ebenezer Damisa, has stressed the need for Nigeria to strengthen its mining institutions to curb illegal importation of raw ma...
Azerbaijan: custom duty on cement increases
Imported cement into Azerbaijan is subject to a higher customs duty as of 3 November. The Cabinet of Ministers announced that the new duties will be valid for two years. Acc...
India: Telangana State Housing Corporation signs cement price MoU
The State Housing Corporation of Telangana has signed a memorandum of understanding with local producers to fix the price of supplied cement at INR230/bag (US$3.45), the New In...
Canada: McInnis Cement ready to start Spring deliveries
McInnis Cement, in collaboration with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and the other shareholders, announced that close to 75 per cent of the construction phase of the 2....
USA: Martin Marietta 3Q16 cement sales generate US$60.1m
Martin Marietta's 3Q16 results showed its cement business generated US$60.1m of net sales and US$29.7m of gross profit for the company. EBITDA growth for the company in the 3Q1...
Lafarge Jordan orders 15MW solar plant
Lafarge Cement Jordan's Rashadiya cement works is to reduce production costs by generating some of its electricity by solar power. The cement producer is contracting Adenium En...
Algeria: New integrated plant to produce oil well cement
Algeria's Minister of Industry and Mines, Abdessalem Bouchouareb, has stated that a planned 1.5Mta integrated plant being built by STG Engineering and Real Estate Development w...
Egypt: cement plants to use 15% of waste by 2030
The Ministry of Environment's submitted plan that seeks to encourage the increase in waste used as alternative fuel in cement plants to 15 per cent by 2030 has been approved by...
Philippines: Republic Cement expands affordable housing initiative
Republic Cement has announced plans to partner with three microfinance organisations to provide housing and home-improvement loans, the Manila Times reports. “Republic Cemen...
UAE: Ras Al Khaimah sees 3Q16 profit fall of 85% YoY
Ras Al Khaimah Cement reported a fall of 84.7 per cent YoY in profits during 3Q16, according to a bourse statement. Earnings in the third quarter decreased to AED747,710 (US$20...
Mixed 3Q16 results for Turkey's cement producers
Turkish cement manufacturers Mardin Cimento, Adana Cimento, Unye Cimento, Bolu Cimento and Aslan Cimento have reported their third-quarter results for the July-September 2016 p...
PT Indocement sees 12% drop in 9M16 sales
In the first nine months of 2016, Indonesia’s PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa noted a 12 per cent YoY fall in sales to IDR11.3trn (US$866m). The company’s net profit of the p...
Pakistan: Dewan Cement profits up 61%
Dewan Cement Ltd (DCL) posted a net profit of PKR268m (US$2.55m) for the quarter ended 30 September, a 61.4 per cent increase YoY from the PKR166m registered last year. Comp...
India: JK Cement net profits climbs 182%
On a stand-alone basis, JK Cement’s net profit was reported at INR410m (US$6.14m) for the July-September quarter, a 182 per cent increase from the INR145.4m net profit recorded...
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