Dem Rep Congo: cement price jumps 50%
Despite assurances to the contrary by the country’s economics minister, Modest Bahai, following the suspension of cement imports in the Democratic Republic of Congo less than a...
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Ghana: Pozzolana Cement to make redundancies?
Management at Pozzolana Ghana Ltd is considering redundancies or the temporary shutting down of the company following power outages. According to Collins Opoku Gyan, production...
Poland: Cemex Chelm benefits from new RDF shredders at EkoPaliwa
EkoPaliwa, a waste recycling company in Chelm, Poland, commissioned Weima to install two Powerline 3000 single-shaft shredders with hydraulic drive used in secondary shredding ...
United Kingdom: fire at Cemex’s South Ferriby plant
Cemex’s South Ferriby works in Lincolnshire was hit by fire on Sunday, according to reports in the local press. The fire, which began due to a fuel leak, spread to cables, p...
Israel: Ashdod Port workers refuse to unload cement
A petition has been filed by the management at Ashdod Port, Israel, against its workers, who refused to unload shipments of cement due to claims that they are understaffed. Por...
Peru cement market contracts 3.5% YoY in June
In June, Peruvian cement demand fell by 3.5 per cent YoY to 0.756Mt from 0.781Mt, according to Asocem, the country's cement association. Domestic sales were supplemented wit...
Canada: CAC joins CPLC
The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) has become a member of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) as a strategic partner and to join other leading Canadian companies...
Panama cement production falls 6.1% 12M ending May 2016
Cement production in Panama fell 6.1 per cent in the last 12 months ending May 2016, when the country’s cement plants produced 812,616t, according to the General Controller of ...
CCPC seeks Supreme Court decision on Irish Cement
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) will directly appeal to the Supreme Court a High Court decision r estraining it from using certain material seized dur...
Pakistan: Lucky Cement highlights its social impact
The largest Pakistani cement manufacturer, Lucky Cement, has highlighted the contribution its operations have made to their locality and the country’s economy reports the Daily...
India: four critically injured at plant in Sindri
Following a blast in the hot air generator on Saturday, four contract workers at a cement plant in Sindri, India, were severely injured. The injured were taken to Bokaro Genera...
Indonesia: Consumption rises 3.1% in year to June 2016
Cement consumption in Indonesia reached 29.48Mt for the first six months of 2016, according to Indonesia Investments, but sales in Java – the largest market – recorded a declin...
Nigeria: Lafarge Africa launches logistics academy for truck drivers
Lafarge Africa Plc has established a logistics academy for truck drivers in an attempt to lower the level of reckless driving in Nigeria. According to the company the academy w...
Cemex amortises US$353m debt
Mexican cement maker Cemex has amortised a US$352.95m debt that was due to expire in 2022, as part of its refinancing strategy to lower costs, reports Reuters. Cemex, which ...
Algeria: new cement plant in Sigus
Algerian Prime Minister, Abdelmalek Sellal, laid the first stone of a cement plant operated by the Industrial Group of Cements of Algeria (GICA) on Thursday in Sigus (Oum El Bo...
Ghana: government blamed for Diamond Cement downsizing
The Afloa Youth Association in the Volta region have accused the Ghanaian government of being insensitive towards the downsizing of local cement manufacturer Diamond Cement as ...
Sri Lanka: Tokyo Cement Company calls for end to price controls
Tokyo Cement, the largest cement producer in Sri Lanka, has called on the government to end controls and allow the market to set prices, Colombo’s Daily Mirror reports. In 2...
India: Kerala businesses protest high cement prices
The Government Contractors Association (GCA) in Kerala has hit out at the state government’s failure to control cement prices, which have reached INR430 (US$6.40) for a 50kg ba...
Morocco halts further imports of RDF
Morocco has suspended imports of European waste to be incinerated for energy after a spate of protests by environmental activists. The controversy broke out last month when ...
Gabon moves towards self-sufficiency
In line with the aim of many west African countries, Gabon is quickly establishing itself as a self-sufficient producer rather than a prominent importer. This week, Moroccan c...
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