Peru: Cementos Pacasmayo 2Q16 revenues up 9%
Cementos Pacasmayo SAA has announced its consolidated results for the 2Q16, stating that volumes of cement, concrete and blocks rose 4.8 per cent during the period and revenues...
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Brazil: Votorantim Cimentos de Corumbá cuts water consumption by 60%
The development of a sound environmental management system and employee engagement at work have provided significant changes to Votorantim Cimentos de Corumbá, Mato Grosso do S...
Morocco: 5M16 sales up 4%
Cement sales in Morocco advanced four per cent in the first five months of 2016, according to the Department of Financial Forecast and Research of the country’s Ministry of Eco...
Ghana: Dangote Cement takes delivery of 1000 trucks
Dangote Cement Ghana has received delivery of a fleet of 1000 trucks as part of its plan to expand its distribution network in the country, Star FM reports. The firm states ...
LafargeHolcim receives go-ahead for Indian streamlining
India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its blessing to LafargeHolcim’s proposals to simplify the structure of its remaining operations in the country. The comp...
Uzbekistan: Akhangarancement output up 5.3% in 1H2016
Akhangarancement has announced that its cement output rose by 5.3 per cent YoY to 918,800t in the first half of 2016, according to reports from the Trend news agency. Sales ...
Russia: Anhui Conch signs Ulyanovsk plant agreement
Anhui Conch Cement is planning to build a greenfield cement plant with a capacity of 5000tpd and an investment of US$500m in Ulyanovsk, Russia. The project will see the const...
DR Congo: Cimentkat to be relaunched
There are plans to relaunch Cimenterie du Katanga (Cimentkat), according to the governor of Lualaba province, Muyej Mangez. The cement works, which is located in Lubudi, 300...
Mexico: Geocycle brand aims for a future without waste
Geocycle is unifying its brand globally and in Mexico, the company operating under the name Ecoltec will now be known as Geocycle. It will continue to offer sustainable waste m...
India: ACC's Jamul clinker plant starts up
ACC, part of LafargeHolcim group, has started commercial production of its new 2.79Mta clinker plant at Jamul, Chhattisgarh, India. “We are pleased to announce commencement o...
Nigeria: Sinoma wins EPC contracts for two projects
China National Materials Company said its subsidiary Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd, has signed two Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts in Nigeri...
India: Shree Cement to invest INR5bn in 2Mta grinding plant
Shree Cement will invest INR5bn (US$74.4) in a new 2Mta grinding unit in Sarai Kale Karasawa, Jharkhand, India. The company entered a memorandum of understanding with the Jha...
South Korea: Hyundai Cement up for sale
Hyundai Cement Co. is expected to put up for sale this year. Despite only having a small market share in South Korea, the upcoming sale is expected to bring about change in the...
India: UltraTech to complete Jaypee acquisition ‘in next 12 months’
Birla Group chairman, Kumar Mangalam Birla, told his firm's annual general meeting that its UltraTech Cement subsidiary should complete its acquisition of Jaypee Cement within ...
Pakistan: Kohat Cement new milling capacity at year-end
Kohat Cement Ltd (KOHC) says that work is going on its fourth cement mill to lift its current capacity of 105tph to take its total grinding capacity to 480tph at an estimated c...
Taiwan Cement to expand its microalgae farm
Taiwan Cement Corp yesterday announced plans to expand its microalgae farm, which produces astaxanthin, a key ingredient in high-priced skincare products. Not only would the e...
Sri Lanka: Tokyo Cement looks to US for investment backing
The chief financial officer and other members of the Tokyo Cement management team are in the US this week for an investor roadshow, Lanka Business Online reports. Mark Decke...
USA: cement demand stable in April
Total Portland and blended cement shipments in the USA and Puerto Rico remained stable at 7.692Mt in April 2016 when compared with the previous year when 7.678Mt were delivered...
LafargeHolcim increases El Salvador investment
LafargeHolcim will invest US$9m to upgrade its production facilities in El Salvador in view of an expected rise in demand. Around US$3m will be spent on 16 projects in its El...
India: Shree Cement wins bid for 80,000t of coal
Shree Cement has announced that it has won a bid to be supplied with 80,000tpa of coal from state-owned firm South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL), reports the Economic Times. ...
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