Cementir expands into Belgium
Cementir's turnover improved by 1.1 per cent to EUR481m in first half of the year, as the improvements in Denmark, Norway and Sweden as well as Malaysia made up for lower resul...
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Pakistan cement exports down 27.6% in FY15-16
Pakistan's cement industry exported 5.97Mt of cement in FY15-16, which represents a fall of 22.3 per cent YoY, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The bureau attrib...
Pakistan: FECTC to add 0.95Mta capacity
One of Pakistan's smaller cement companies, Fecto Cement Ltd (FECTC) is reported to plan a new cement plant in Kalar Kahar, Chakwal district, Punjab. The works is expected t...
Philippines: Human rights body begins investigation into GHG-emitting firms
The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR) has begun an investigation into the possibility that major carbon-emitting multinationals have breached human rights law...
Lucky Cement announces Karachi plant expansion
Pakistani cement producer Lucky Cement Ltd informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that it will be expanding the capacity of its Karachi cement works by 1.25Mta in a US$30m proj...
Cemex Latin American Holdings sees improved cement volumes in Colombia
Cemex Latin American Holdings' first-half turnover fell by 10.1 per cent to US$672.1m, while EBITDA came off by 4.4 per cent to US$226.1m. At the trading level there was a 4.3 ...
Siam City Cement acquires Cemex Bangladesh
Siam City Cement, one of Thailand’s largest cement producers, acquired Cemex Cement Bangladesh Ltd on Tuesday. The Cemex operations are now known as Siam City Cement (Bangaldes...
Morocco: June sales down 11%, but market remains stable in 1H16
Moroccan cement sales in June declined by 10.8 per cent from 1,164,837t in June 2015 to 1,039,383t, according to the Ministry of Housing and City Policy. Sales in the first ...
Fiji: Pacific Cement sales rise 19%
Fijian manufacturer Pacific Cement has announced that over the past 12 months it has sold 150,561t of cement, of which 104,000 was consumed domestically, according to the Fiji ...
India: Zuari Cement gets new MD as part of Italcementi acquisition
Jamshed Naval Cooper, formerly CEO and managing director of HeidelbergCement India Ltd (HCIL), is to become managing director of Zuari Cement and managing director of HCIL, Ind...
USA: Cemex settles with EPA
Cemex and its affiliate, Kosmos Cement Company, have reached a settlement deal with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resolve alleged historical violations of the Cl...
Saudi Arabia: Eastern Province Cement Q2 profits fall 46%
Eastern Province Cement Company’s net profits dropped 46.2 per cent YoY to SAR50m (US$13.3m) in 2Q16, compared to SAR93m (US$24m) in the same period in 2015.This decrease is at...
Philippines: consumers complain over quality and prices
The National Consumer Affairs Council (NCAC) has called on the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) to take action on complaints about substandard cement entering the market...
Cemex reports 6% rise in net consolidated sales and EBITDA
Cemex reported a six per cent YoY rise – on a like-for-like basis for the ongoing operations and adjusting for currency fluctuations – in net consolidated sales for the secon...
India: Ambuja and ACC report profit rises for 2Q16
LafargeHolcim’s Indian subsidiaries ACC and Ambuja Cements have both reported an increase in profits for the second quarter of 2016. In the three months to June, Ambuja Ceme...
Spain: Cementos Portland improves loss
Cementos Portland reported a loss of nearly EUR36.8m (US$40.5m) in the first half of 2016, a 7.9 per cent YoY improvement when compared with the EUR39.9m loss in 1H15. EBITDA i...
Zambia: solar farm Zambezi Portland Cement
Zambezi Portland Cement has plans to establish a 5MW solar farm in Ndola, at a cost of US$7m. The company will be the first in Zambia's Copperbelt Province to produce electrici...
India: UltraTech purchases more coal linkages
UltraTech Cement has won an auction for 95,000t of coal from Junadhi Mines in Chhattisgarh. The rights to use the coal are being sold off as part of a wider exercise within th...
UK CMA gives final clearance in Breedon’s Hope acquisition
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared Breedon to acquire Hope Construction Materials following its acceptance of Breedon’s undertakings in lieu of a reference ...
Saudi Arabia: Umm AlQura signs deal with Aramco
Umm AlQura Cement has signed an agreement with Aramco to purchase fuel for its new Portland cement production line close to Taif city. According to a statement to the Saudi St...
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