Russia: demand set to fall by up to 12% in 2016
Demand for cement in Russia may drop 10-12 per cent in 2016, according to a representative of Moscow-based Eurocement Group. "As concerns the cement demand forecast in Russia...
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HeidelbergCement Georgia reports record sales
For the year 2015 HeidelbergCement Georgia experienced record sales, with 1.63Mt of cement and clinker sold. These sales figures were up 19 per cent on the previous year’s resu...
Pakistani exports record YoY fall but MoM rise
Pakistan's cement exports have recorded a marked fall in the first 11 months of FY15-16 as overseas demand has dropped and competition has intensified, according to data of the...
India: ICRA forecasts cement demand to rise 6% in FY17
Indian-based ratings agency ICRA has forecast that domestic cement demand will rise by six per cent in the 2016-17 financial year, the Economic Times reports. It’s assessment f...
UK: Hillhead 2016
The busy three-day Hillhead quarry exhibition (28-30 June) has attracted large numbers of visitors to its newly expanded showground near Derbyshire. The newest plant equipment ...
Sagar Cements acquires grinding unit from Toshali Cements
Sagar Cements announced the acquisition of a grinding unit owned by M/s Toshali Cements Pvt Ltd for INR600m (USD8.88m). The assets consist of one grinding unit located at Bay...
China: BBMG sells stakes to Jidong Cement
Chinese building materials supplier, BBMG Corp has plans to sell its stakes in 31 cement-related companies to Jidong Cement. The stakes on offer are valued at CNY15.5bn (US$2.3...
India: Prism Cement secures fuel supplies
After a successful bid, Prism Cement Ltd is set to receive 120,000tpa of coal from South Eastern Coalfields (SEC), a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd (CIL). In a filing to the B...
India: Dalmia in Bengal
Dalmia Bharat is planning to further increase its presence in Bengal, India. The company has been present in the region for the last two years through its cement unit near Salb...
Pakistan: DG Khan Cement about to power up
The 30MW coal-fired captive power plant of DG Khan Cement Co (DGKCC) at its Dera Ghazi Khan is scheduled to start up in the next week, according to market sources. The powe...
Russia: Verkhnebakanskiy Cement BoD appointments
The Board of Directors of Verkhnebakanskiy Cement Works held a meeting on 27 June 2016 to appoint new member to the board. Lev Kvetnoy has been appointed as Chairperson and Igo...
Pakistan: cement bag price rises
Following the government’s decision to change the Federal Excise Duty (FED) mechanism from variable five per cent of Marginal Retail Price (MRP) to a fixed rate of PKR1/kg, PKR...
West China Cement shares drop by one third in single day’s trading
Hong Kong-listed West China Cement (WCC) has seen its shares fall by 32.7 per cent in a single day, wiping US$350m off the value of the company, Bloomberg reports. At one po...
Saudi Arabia: Wärtsilä power plant for Yamana Cement
Yamana Cement Company have awarded Wärtsilä an EPC contract for the supply of a 161MW Flexicycle power plant. In addition to the EPC contract, the companies have also signed a ...
Indonesia: new plant for PT Semen Indonesia
PT Semen Indonesia has plans to invest between IDR4trn (US$303m) and IDR5trn (US$380m)in a new plant in Aceh, according to Corporate Secretary, Agung Wiharto. The company estab...
LafargeHolcim and CDC bring low-carbon building material to market
LafargeHolcim and CDC Group, the UK's development finance institution, have announced the creation of 14Trees, a joint venture that aims to accelerate the productdion and comme...
New Zealand: Cape Foulwind closure
Holcim has ceased operations at its Cape Foulwind cement plant in New Zealand following a three-year closure process. The company chose to start importing cement rather than ma...
Georgia: construction on 1.5Mta Senaki works started
Construction on a 1.5Mta cement plant in Senaki, Shmegrelo region in western Georgia, has started. The project is an investment of US$120m by Black Sea Cement LLC, a partnershi...
Colombian cement market contracts 5% in May
Colombian cement deliveries in May slipped 5.3 per cent YoY in May, totalling 1.129Mt, according to the country’s statistics office, Dane. Output from Colombian cement factorie...
Indonesia cement demand rises 3% in May
Indonesia’s cement market continues to expand, according to official Indonesian cement industry statistics. In addition, the country is shipping increasing volumes of clinker a...
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