Canada: Lafarge improving environmental impact
Lafarge has completed a CAD20m (US$15.3m) modernisation project at its Exshaw plant in Alberta. The works focussed on improving the plant’s environmental impact but also nearly...
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Zimbabwe: SZCC demands deeds to land
Sino-Zimbabwe Cement Company (SZCC) has requested that government grant it the title deeds for Indiva Farm, where the company is located. The state-owned Industrial Developm...
Mexico: Ventika wind park officially opened
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto inaugurated the Ventika wind park in General Bravo, Nuevo León. The facility has a capacity of 252MW and is expected to generate 1mkWh annu...
LafargeHolcim launches new cement in northern Morocco
LafargeHolcim Morocco launched its new cement ‘Perfecto’ in the northern Moroccan market. The product, produced in the company’s Tangier plant, is specifically geared to all ma...
USA: Cemex Lyons wins PCA Energy and Environment award
The US Portland Cement Association (PCA) has awarded Cemex USA Lyons cement plant with its 2016 Energy and Environment Award for Land Stewardship. The Lyons plant’s award-win...
Chinese imports into Kenya show 10-fold rise
New figures from the Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics reveal that the country imported KES2.2bn (US$21.7m) of cement from China in the first six months of 2016, up more tha...
USA: Martinsburg plant sale to reduce HeidelbergCement's debt funding
The gap to repay a EUR2.7bn bridge facility that supports HeidelbergCement's purchase of Italcementi is set to close, once the HeidelbergCement cashes in the sale of its Martin...
Nigeria: Bricklayers threaten protest over cement prices
The Lagos State Bricklayers Association have called on the Nigerian government to take action to lower cement prices, the Nation reports. According to the newspaper, if the ...
India: cement industry demand raises coal imports
The demand for coal with a high calorific value, primarily from the cement sector, combined with the doubling of clean environment cess has resulted in a shift in coal imports ...
Cementos Argos is Dow Jones' Sustainability winner in construction materials
For the fourth consecutive year, Cementos Argos was included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) this time as an industry leader for construction materials, with resul...
Pakistan: good news for coal industry
The Pakistan International Bulk Terminal, which is currently under construction at Port Qasim, is expected to commence operation by the end of the year. The terminal will have ...
Lehigh Cement lays off 39 workers
According to the union that represents more than 75 per cent of the workers at Lehigh Southwest Cement’s plant north of Redding, California, USA, Lehigh Cement made the decisio...
South Africa: PPC sets terms for its US$280m rights issue
PPC has set terms for its ZAR4bn (US$280m) rights issue after the deal was almost unanimously approved by shareholders at the start of August. The rights issue has been talk...
Holcim Indonesia sees sales volume grow by 21.1% in 1H16
PT Holcim Indonesia Tbk, part of the LafargeHolcim Group, noted that domestic sale prices of cement dipped 17 per cent in 1H16, but the company still achieved 11.5 per cent inc...
Tough operating climate for Lafarge Malaysia Bhd
Kenanga Research, the research arm of Kenanga Investment Bank, has rated the outlook for Lafarge Malaysia Bhd as neutral, because of the country's weak property market coupl...
Zimbabwe: SZCC considers cutting shifts as downturn hits sales
The Sino Zimbabwe Cement Company (SZCC), which operates an integrated plant in Gweru in central Zimbabwe, has said that it is considering reducing the number of shifts at the f...
Pakistan: August cement dispatches rise
Pakistan's cement dispatches in August 2016 stood at 3.585Mt, 16.75 per cent higher than dispatches of 3.071Mt recorded during the same month of previous fiscal year, accordin...
India: Shree Cement orders three kiln lines from KHD
Shree Cement has awarded KHD three more kiln lines to install, each with a capacity of 6000tpd, the first being a second line at Shree’s Raipur plant. This new line will be b...
Sai Son Cement VND50bn renovation project
Sai Son Cement (SCJ) announced that it will spend nearly VND450bn (US$20.17m) on renovation projects of clinker production lines at its Nam Son Cement plant, an decision reache...
DRC cement consumption around 40kg/capita
Cement consumption in the Democratic Republic of Congo is currently around 40kg per capita, according to Jean Bamanisa Saidi, president of the RDC Concrete Expo 2016, which is ...
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