PPC planning for the long term
South Africa's cement market expanded 7.7 per cent in 2015, but a more competitive environment including new entrants and imports has placed pressure on incumbents, not least t...
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Eurocement eyes Denmark and Britain markets
“Contracts in Denmark and Britain are forthcoming,” according to Eurocement’s CEO, Mikhail Skorokhod, as the company expands its global reach. Since the end of 2016, the Rus...
China Shanshui’s Liaocheng unit ‘illegally occupied’
In a fresh twist in the ongoing troubles of China Shanshui Cement Group, the company has announced that a unit of its subsidiary, Liaocheng Shanshui Cement, has been ‘illegally...
Peru cement demand up 1.4% in May
Peru’s cement consumption increased by 1.4 per cent YoY in May, according to the Asociación de Productores de Cemento. Total deliveries, which include exports, increased 1.9 pe...
Philippines: CeMAP claims cement smuggling on rise
The Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (CeMAP) has estimated that 75 per cent of the 161,000t of cement imported into the country in the first quarter of this ...
Spain: Cosmos to go ahead with biomass
Cementos Cosmos is to be allowed to burn biomass at its kiln, according to the Cordoba appeal judge dealing with the case. Cordoba municipality had said the cement producer cou...
Cembureau: European cement output up 0.9% in 2015
According to the latest figures available, European cement production recorded a moderate growth of 0.9 per cent in 2015, compared to the previous year. This translates into 24...
Holcim gets approval for extension Eclépens quarry
Holcim has received approval to extend the quarry at the Eclépens cement works in Switzerland. The company exploits the La Birette quarry in the Mormont hills, Vaud canton. ...
India: KCP plans to double capacity at Muktyala plant
Speaking in an interview on CNBC-TV18, GN Murty, CFO of KCP has set out his company’s plans to expand its Muktyala integrated plant from 1.8Mta to 3.5Mta at a cost of INR4bn (U...
Iran: exporters look to Africa for new markets
Iranian cement producers are looking further afield as the impact of Iraq’s ban on imports shuts them out of their main export market, the Financial Tribune reports. The liftin...
Nigeria: Dangote appoints non-executive director
Dangote Cement PLC, Africa’s largest cement producer, announces the appointment of Dorothy Udeme Ufot, SAN, as an independent non-executive director. Mrs Ufot has more than 2...
India: Parth Jindal appointed MD of JSW Cement
Parth Jindal, son of the chairman of the JSW Group, has been appointed as managing director of its cement business, JSW Cement, the Hindu’s Business Line reports. He will ta...
Germany: Refratechnik appoints new managing director
Mr Wolfgang Tabbert, managing director of Refratechnik Cement GmbH, has handed over his duties to his colleague Dr Stefan Puntke, whose field of activities will now be handled ...
PPC sees six-month revenues and volumes flat
In its trading figures for the six months to 31 March 2016, PPC saw its operating profits fall by three per cent to ZAR733m (US$48m). Revenues were flat at ZAR4501m (US$294m), ...
USA: Survey to find most commonly-produced cement
Type II cement is the most common Portland cement type produced in the US and Type IL is the most common blended cement produced, according to a recent PCA report. The results ...
Holcim Romania launches new products
Holcim Romania has launched a new range of bagged cement products designed to meet the needs of the country’s construction sector. The new range of Holcim products delivered...
USA: PCA warns tropical storms to affect Florida's cement consumption
Heavy rains in Texas and Tropical Storm Colin in Florida may have a detrimental effect on national cement consumption levels in June, according to the PCA Marketing Intelligenc...
Brazil: Sobradinho plant starts tyre collection point
Votorantim Cimentos has set up a collecting point for used tyres from local rubber shops on its Sobradinho cement plant, reports Max Press Net. The company is using shredded ...
Mexico: Moctezuma appoint new general director
Fabrizio Donega will be Corporación Moctezuma's new general director from 3 October 2016. Donega will replace Pedro Carranza Andresen, who is due to retire after 10 years worki...
Vietnam Building Materials opens new plant in Dong Nai province
Vietnam Building Materials (VCM) has officially opened a cement factory for its StarCemt brand in the Bien Hoa Industrial Zone, Dong Nai province. The company's cement produc...
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