Azerbaijan: domestic cement production to be protected against imports
Azerbaijan's government has decided to change the import procedures of cement and clinker among other goods to protect domestic production from imports. This decision ...
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USA: Summit Materials Inc appoints new VP of investor relations
Summit Materials Inc has appointed Noel R Ryan III as its new vice president of investor relations. With over 15 years’ experience in investor relations and capital markets, R...
Kenya: CDC completes purchase of 40% stake in ARM Cement
ARM Cement has completed the sale of 40 per cent of its shares to CDC Group, a UK-owned development corporation, for KES14.1bn (US$139m), Capital Business reports. The inves...
Vietnam: 9M16 cement sales reach 55.25Mt
According to the Ministry of Construction, Vietnam's cement sales reached 55.25Mt for the period January-September 2016. No YoY comparative figures were given. Of the total, 43...
India: Shree Cement begins work on Gulbarga plant
Shree Cement has begun construction work on a new integrated cement plant sited in the Gulbarga district of Karnataka. The project, first announced in 2012, will see the cre...
Ethiopia: protesters start fires at Dangote plant
A Dangote cement plant in the Ada Berga, Oromia region, was set alight by angry protesters on Tuesday. The protesters were angered by the death of at least 55 people in a stamp...
India: land acquisition underway for 3Mta Jaykaycem plant
Jaykaycem (Central), an associate company of JK Organisation, is planning a 3Mta integrated cement plant near the villages of Devra, Puraina and Sotipura, Madhya Pradesh distri...
India: Alstom grinding plant erection to start by the end of 2016
Alstom Industries, a part of JDB Group, is planning a cement grinding unit at Village Baghjap, Morigaon district, Assam, India. The unit will produce 1000tpd of PPC & OPC ceme...
Refratory giants RHI and Magnesita to merge
RHI and Magnesita are to merge creating one of the leading global refractory companies that will operate under the new name of RHI Magnesita. RHI AG and the controlling sha...
DR Congo: CIMKO plant nears commerical production
This October the US$270m CIMKO plant owned jointly by Lucky Cement and Groupe Rawji located 240km (150 miles) west of the capital, Kinshasa, will start producing cement and w...
Georgia: new cement plant in partnership with LafargeHolcim
Georgian Cement Company (GCC) opened its new cement plant on the 4 October 2016 in Poti, with an initial annual capacity of 0.25Mta. GCC decided on the location of the plant af...
Philippines: government urged to curb smuggling
The United Filipino Consumers and Commuters (UFCC) is urging government officials to stop smuggling at Iloilo pots and across the rest of the region. UFCC President, Rodolfo Ja...
Pakistan: FY16 earnings up 16% YoY
Pakistan cement industry performed well in FY16 and concluded on a positive note for the cement sector with earnings clocking in at PKR36.4bn (US$348.3m), up 16 per cent YoY. ...
USA: Cemex New Braunfels cuts water usage
Cemex has announced the completion of a new water recycling system atits Balcones quarry near New Braunfels, Texas, USA, will result in 90 per cent less water used annually tha...
India: calls to assist cement plants in energy conservation
Executive director of Dalmia Cement, R A Krishnakumar, has called for a special package of concessions, particularly in taxes, for cement factories in an attempt to encourage t...
Kenya: MD hands out customer service at Savannah Cement
Truck drivers, building, and construction customers visiting the Savannah Cement manufacturing plant in Athi River, along Namanga road, has a surprise on Monday after finding t...
Mexico: Cemex announces intention to sell its stake in GCC
Cemex SAB de CV said on Friday that it is looking to sell the 23 per cent stake it directly owns in Mexican cement producer Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua SAB de CV through a seco...
HeidelbergCement achieves high acceptance rate for Italcementi share offer
HeidelbergCement achieved a high acceptance rate in the mandatory tender offer to the remaining shareholders of Italcementi. According to provisional results, 165,371,229 Italc...
Lafarge Zimbabwe finds cash shortages restrictive
Lafarge Zimbabwe's cement sales for the interim period "were subdued due to increased competitive activity in the total market following the influx of cement imports into the...
West China Cement's merger with Anhui Conch collapses
Shares in struggling West China Cement plunged by as much as 34 per cent after a much-needed merger deal with the country''s largest cement maker collapses. Hong Kong-listed s...
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