EU reaches agreement on stricter air pollution limits
The European Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on a directive to reduce emissions of air pollutants on 30 June 2016. The new National Emiss...
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Egypt: Wadi El Nile Cement to upgrade clinker output
Wadi El Nile Cement Company (WNCC) has given FLSmidth an order to upgrade its plant from 6000 to 7200tpd of clinker. The order is contained within a new five-year maintenance ...
Malawi: Minister applauds CPL investment
The Minister of Natural Resources and Mining, Bright Msaka, has spoken on Cement Products Ltd’s (CPL) multi-million investment in its Njereza Plant in Mangochi. Mr Msaka sai...
Uganda: Hima Cement US$40m expansion
Hima Cement has said that the ongoing capacity expansion project at its new plant under construction in the Eastern district of Tororo will see an additional 1.9Mta of cement e...
India: Mangalam Cement production increase
Following a trial run at the plant in August 2016, Mangalam Cement’s new 0.75Mta grinding unit in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, has commenced operations. The expansion project that i...
New 1.5Mta cement plant for Mali
Mali's government and Gaia Equity Ltd have signed on 16 September a memorandum of understanding and an establishment agreement for the construction of a 1.5Mta cement plant in ...
LafargeHolcim to consider pulling out of more markets
LafargeHolcim is muling over the option to withdraw from several markets to make last year's merger a success, chairman Beat Hess told weekly Sonntagszeitung. "We will be pr...
Italcementi sells its own shares to HeidelbergCement for EUR40.9m
Italcementi tendered on 19 September 3,861,604 company shares, corresponding to all of its own shares held, for a total of EUR40.9m during the mandatory takeover bid launched ...
CSI: trend of continuous decline in CO2 emissions by cement industry
The Cement Sustainability Initiative’s (CSI) recently-published “Getting The Numbers Right” (GNR) report for 2014 has identified a trend of continuous reduction in CO2 emission...
Rwanda: dealers and developers call for Cimerwa price drop
Cement dealers and property developers in Rwanda's capital, Kigali, have called on Cimerwa to cut its prices, Rwanda Focus reports. Current prices for a 50kg bag of Cimerwa ...
Kenya: East African Portland Cement MD refused to reinstate sacked staff
Simon Peter ole Nkeri, managing director of East Portland Cement Co, is being sued for contempt of court by five former employees of the company, report the Star (Kenya). The ...
Uganda: Hima Cement signs supply deal with Guangzhou Dongsong
Uganda's Hima Cement and Guangzhou Dongsong Energy Group have signed a memorandum of understanding for the supply of over 40,000t of cement for the construction of the latter f...
UK: Westbury cement works chimney demolished
The Westbury cement works, owned by Tarmac, constructed its site in the early 1960s. This weekend a 122m-high chimney at the site was demolished, after being taken out of actio...
Indonesia: August surge puts consumption growth back on course
The Indonesian Cement Association (ASI) reported that cement sales rose by 8.7 per cent from 5.49Mt in August 2015 to 5.97Mt in August 2016. The surge in domestic sales was dri...
Pakistan: Dewan Cement denies Anhui Conch interest
China's Anhui Cement Co Ltd is reported by Pakistan's local media to have set its eyes on Dewan Cement Ltd (DCL) as it seeks business opportunities in Pakistan. While DCL share...
Malaysia: Lafarge to pay for dust cleaning
Lafarge Cement Sdn Bhd has agreed to bear the cost of cleaning up the homes of residents in three villages affected by dust accidentally released from one of its plants last Mo...
Azerbaijan: EBRD increase stake in Holcim plant
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has raised its stake in the equity capital of Holcim (Azerbaijan) OJSC in Azerbaijan (formerly Garadagh Cement Plant...
India: Nirma raises US$598m to finance Lafarge acquisition
Nirma Group, which in July won the race to buy Lafarge India for a reported US$1.4bn, has raised INR40bn (US$598m) from a bond sale to finance the purchase, the Economic Times ...
US environmentalists to set out case against Orcem plant
Environmental activists will today take their case against a proposed Orcem cement plant and marine terminal to the public, according to local media reports. The proposed pr...
USA: PCA's Gleason Jr Leadership Award goes to Nielson at Ash Grove
Scott Nielson, corporate environmental manager for Ash Grove Cement Company, has won the Portland Cement Association’s (PCA) 2016 John P Gleason Jr Leadership Award. Sc...
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