Pakistan: Maple Leaf and Lucky Cement plan power plants
Pakistan's two leading cement manufacturers, Maple Leaf Cement Factory (MLCF) and Lucky Cement, have approached the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to obt...
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India: ACC commissions Sindri grinding unit
ACC Ltd's 1.35Mta Sindri cement grinding unit in Jharkhand, which is a part of the Jamul Integrated project, has also been commissioned and commercial production has commenced ...
Indonesia: 8% growth predicted for 2017 consumption
According to the Chairman of the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI), Widodo Santoso, national cement consumption is expected to grow by 8.04 per cent in 2017, reaching 68Mt. T...
Brazil: Fives completes Horomill grinding tests
Following the start-up of kiln No 2 in the Barroso plant and the inauguration of the new line installed for Holcim Brasil SA, Fives has satisfactorily carried out performance t...
BCIC and Al Rajhi Co to build 1.5Mta cement plant in Bangladesh
Bangladesh state-owned Corporation, Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) and Saudi enterprise Al Rajhi Company for Industry and Trade have signed a memorandum of ...
Vietnam: 2016 sales goal looks unlikely
Concerns have arisen that the Vietnamese cement industry will struggle to meet its sales target of 75-77Mt this year as a result of ‘market difficulties’, as reported by Viet N...
Van Aalst and Heila Cranes sign cooperation and distribution aggreement
Agreement signing between Van Aalst Bulk Handling and Heila Cranes Van Aalst Bulk Handling and Heila Cranes have signed an exclusive cooperation and distribution agre...
Qalaa Holdings to sell stake in ASEC Algeria Cement
Egypt-based Qalaa Holdings has signed a preliminary agreement to sell its entire 100 per cent stake in ASEC Algeria Cement for some US$60m, according to Reuters.
Egypt: mixed 9M16 results for Suez and Tourah
Suez Cement reported a net profit of EGP49.6m (US$5.59m) for the first nine months of 2016. For the third quarter the company saw losses of EGP-66.9m, an increase from EGP-63.3...
China: Gansu Qilianshan Cement 9M16 net profit up 223%
Gansu Qilianshan Cement Group Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Sinoma, reported a net profit hike of 223.3 per cent YoY to CNY204m for the first nine months of 2016.
Moroccan cement market contracts 19% in September 2016
Morocco’s cement demand fell by 19.1 per cent to 832,930t in September, according to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Policy. Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra showed the largest mon...
China Resources Jan-Sep net profit declines 35%
China Resources Cement reported a 35 per cent fall in net profit for the first nine months of 2016 as weaker revenues impacted profits of the Hong Kong-listed cement producer. ...
Indonesia: new Indocement plant commissioned
Indonesia’s Minister of Industry, Erlangga Hartarto has commissioned a new cement plant of PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk in Cileungsi, Bogor District, West Java. "The g...
Pakistan: Attock Cement profits up 44%
Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd (ACPL) reported that it has earned profit after tax of PKR691m (US$6.6m) in 1QFY16-17 compared to PKR481m in 1QFY16, up 44 per cent YoY. According to...
HeidelbergCement appoints new Board of Directors for Italcementi
The HeidelbergCement 19 October shareholder meeting establisheda new Board of Directors for Italcementi. The new members are Luca Sabelli (chairman), Dominik von Achten (execut...
China: FLSmidth install HOTDISC® at China Resources' Hongshuihe plant
FLSmidth partners with China Resources Cement (CRC) and Sino Environment Engineering Development Co Ltd (SEPETC) to process uraban and industrial waste and burn alternative fue...
Indonesia: commission will back Rembang plant
The state-owned PT Semen Indonesia Rembang cement plant, Central Java, will received the backing from the House of Representatives Commission VI, says its head Teguh Juwarno, f...
Swiss cement sales up 2% in 3Q16
Swiss cement deliveries increased two per cent YoY in 3Q16, according to the Swiss cement association, Cemsuisse. In the first nine months of this year, domestic deliveries adv...
Saudi Arabia: Eastern Province and Tabuk Cement see fall in 3Q16 profits
Eastern Province Cement Co and Tabuk Cement are the latest Saudi cement producers to post a fall in third-quarter profits amid lower sales and higher production costs. Easte...
Canada: LafargeHolcim to shut Kamloops plant
Lafarge Canada announced that it will shut its plant in east Kamloops for the foreseeable future. A downturn in demand in Alberta and western Canada and a result of plunging oi...
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