Myanmar: June Cement project to continue despite local opposition
The management of June Cement has said that the firm has no plans to return land to local communities and will instead press on with its project to construct a new plant in Kya...
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Canada: Research shows burning tyres at LafargeHolcim plant promotes sustainability
Research by Dr Mark Gibson of Dalhousie University has demonstrated that LafargeHolcim’s burning of used tyres at its Brookfield plant is more environmentally sustainable than ...
Cementos Argos sees Honduras potential
This week it was announced that Cementos Argos was looking to expand its overseas cement capacity by upgrading its 0.3Mta Cementos del Sur (Cesur) facility in San Lorenzo Vall...
Vietnam cement exports fall 17.2% YoY in 9M16
In September Vietnam’s clinker and cement exports fell 0.3 per cent to 1.15Mt when compared with August but climbed 3.5 per cent to US$48.16m, according the Vietnamese Ministry...
Argos Honduras to add capacity at San Lorenzo
Colombia’s Cementos Argos has announced plans to construct a new cement plant in San Lorenzo, Valle, southern Honduras. The project represents an investment of US$25m. “Argo...
India: JSW Cement to go public by FY19
Parth Jindal, managing director of JSW Cement, has told the Deccan Herald newspaper that his company will issue its first public shares when it reaches 20Mta capacity. “We w...
CIMAF to open third plant in Cote D’Ivoire
Ciments de L’Afrique (CIMAF) has announced it will establish a third cement plant in Côte d’Ivoire, raising its capacity in the West African country to 2.3Mta by 2017. Th...
Pakistan: Fecto Cement appeals mining ban
Fecto Cement has requested the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to allow it to carry out stone crushing activities in the Margalla Hills, which has been listed as a national park sin...
Venezuela: Peña mini-plant expected online in 1Q17
The new cement plant currently under construction in Barranco Amarillo, Peña, Yaracuy state, has been completed 70 per cent and is expected to enter service in the first quarte...
DR Congo: Matadi cement price falls
For the first time in a month, the price of a 50kg bag of cement has fallen in Matadi from CDF12,500 (US$12.16) to CDF8500, according to domestic news reports. The drop in pr...
Saudi Arabia: Northern Cement sees 43% profit fall in 3Q16
Northern Region Cement Co reported a 42.83 per cent decline in net profits to SAR30.09m (US$8m) in 3Q16 from SAR52.64m a year earlier. Profits also decreased 38.16 per cent Qo...
Cameroon: new Cimencam plant by 2018
Société les Cimenteries du Cameroun (Cimencam) announced that the commissioning of its new Nomayos cement plant is scheduled for mid-2018. The new grinding unit will boast an i...
Zimbabwe: clinker loading to be upgraded at PPC's Colleen Bawn plant
ELB Engineering Services Africa (ELB) has been entered into a contract with PPC Zimbabwe to upgrade its Colleen Bawn plant's clinker loading in Zimbabwe by reducing airborne du...
Saudi Arabia: Yanbu, All Jouf and Saudi Cement see fall in 3Q16 profits
More Saudi cement producers have reported a fall in profits for the third quarter of 2016. The decline in profits were attributed to lower sales and a drop in average selling p...
Tunisia: Carthage Cement increases domestic market share
Carthage Cement's turnover for the first nine months ended 30 September 2016 grew 17 per cent, compared to the same period in 2015. It sold cement to the value of TND149m (US$6...
New KHD Humboldt Wedag CEO appointed
The Supervisory Board of KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG (KHD), Cologne, has appointed Mr Gerold Keune as chief executive officer (CEO). Mr Keune previously served on the b...
Belgium: LEILAC project reaches FEED phase
The Low Emissions Intensity Lime & Cement (LEILAC) consortium has completed the Preliminary Front End Engineering Design (pre-FEED) study for the carbon capture pilot plant. ...
Uganda: Kampala Cement’s investors revealed
Kampala Cement, Uganda’s newest cement company and the country’s third, is jointly-owned by two local investors, Charles Mbire and Rajinder Singh Baryan, according to an articl...
Barbados: Arawak Cement redundancies
Arawak Cement Co, St Lucy, Barbados, have formally offered its staff voluntary separation packages as part of a financial and operational restructuring programme that was first...
India: UltraTech cement profits up 25%
UltraTech Cement reported that for the quarter ending 30 September its profits rose 25.27 per cent YoY. A consolidated net profit of INR6.14bn (US$92.1m) was announced for the ...
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