India: Ramco increases sales by 15% in 1Q16-17
Ramco Cements Ltd has stated that it sold 2.076Mt of cement in domestic and export markets during the first quarter ending on 30 June 2016 compared to 1.813Mt in corresponding ...
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Kenyan cement firms feel the squeeze
This week the Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics announced that KES2.2bn (US$21.7m) of cement was imported from China in the 1H16 - a 10-fold YoY increase. While full-year do...
Positive outlook for Mexican producers
This week Banco Santander reported that it has given a positive outlook for two cement producers in Mexico, following the rise in cement prices in the country as production vol...
Spain's cement demand resumes growth
Spanish cement consumption increased 3.2 per cent to 930,593t in August when compared with August 2015, according to the country’s cement association, Oficemen. The development...
Myanmar: Mon State Government cautious on new projects
Since the National League for Democracy-led government in Myanmar took office over five months ago, the government has not permitted any new business investment projects in Mon...
Egypt: FLSmidth awarded WNCC upgrade and operation contract
The Wadi El Nile Cement Company (WNCC) has signed a new five-year contract with FLSmidth that will see the Danish firm continue to maintain and operate a 2Mta plant located 120...
Zimbabwe: PPC's Harare plant to create growth opportunities
Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) Zimbabwe says its new US$75m Harare plant wil be commissioned at year-end. PPC Zimbabwe Managing Director, Kelibone Masiyane, told NewsDay all wa...
Fiji: clinker shipment from China
A cargo vessel has docked at the Kings Wharf, Suva, bringing in clinker for Tengy Cement from China. The vessel is expected to remain in the port for 7-8 days. According to ...
Nigeria: producers encouraged to use tyres as raw material
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has approached local cement producers, encouraging them to use tyres as a raw material for firing kilns. Acting Director General ...
USA: Lafarge to part-close Joppa plant
Lafarge North America has announced it is to close one of the two kiln lines at its Joppa plant in southern Illinois and lay off about 40 workers. The move, reported by loca...
Ghana: recovery anticipated after cement sales fall 3.1% in 2015
The Business & Financial Times reports that domestic cement sales in Ghana fell to 4.13Mt in 2015, down by 3.1 per cent on the previous year. Cement imports reached 2.62Mt, up ...
Paraguay set for increased competition
Competition in the Paraguayan cement market is expected to intensify following the announcement by Italy’s Colacem that it will invest US$220m in new production facilities in C...
Nigeria: Sokoto Cement will have 60MW power by mid-2017
Sokoto Cement (Cement Company of Northern Nigeria Plc) will build two additional power plants by mid-2017 that will enable the company to generate at total of 60MW of electrici...
Paraguay: INC takes delivery of new mill
On Tuesday Paraguayan cement producer Industria Nacional de Cemento (INC) took delivery of the new mill for its Villeta works. It is expected that the new mill will help the ce...
Ghana: Dangote sets up tarpaulin distribution centres
Dangote Cement Ghana Ltd has embarked on an exercise to distribute 1000 tarpaulins to its cement distributors across Ghana, said Dangote marketing manager, Evans Oloquaye Marte...
Kazakhstan: Steppe Cement 1H loss falls in dollar terms
Steppe Cement has published its financial results for the first six months of 2016. Losses in dollar terms fell to US$1.5m from US$2.2m in the same period in 2015. However, due...
Nepal: Sarbottam Cement released on to the market
Sarbottam Cement Pvt Ltd (Saurabh Group) has launched its OPC and PSC cement in the Nepalese market. Sarbottam Cement, which is an ISO 9001 and 14001 certified company, has pro...
Pakistan: Maple Leaf expansion plans
Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd announced that its board of directors has approved an additional dry-process clinker production line (No. 3) at its existing plant site in Iskande...
USA: Eagles Materials to buy Cemex Fairborn plant
Cemex US has signed a definitive agreement for the sale of its Fairborn (OH) cement plant and cement terminal in Columbus (OH), including a bagging operation to Eagle Materials...
Kenya: ARM will look to improve margins
ARM Cement posted a pretax loss of KES473.5m (US$4.5 m) in the first six months, which the firm attributed to unrealised foreign exchange losses associated with borrowing for i...
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