India: cement volume growth
Volume growth in the Indian cement market increased by 12-18 per cent in the quarter ending March 2016 compared to the 4.7 per cent drop seen in the corresponding quarter last ...
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Canada: Ontario's Climate Action plan is welcomed by CAC
The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) in a statement congratulates the Ontario government and the leadership being shown by Premier Wynne and Minister Murray on the release of...
Ghana: bulk cargo jetty for Tema port
A newly-built bulk cargo jetty has become operational at the Tema port, Ghana, possessing the capacity to hold hour larger vessels at any given time. The jetty will prevent bul...
Cement sales in Cyprus rise 15% in May
The sale of cement on the domestic market rose 15 per cent in May to 43,887t compared to the respective month of 2015 after rising 40 per cent in April, the statistical service...
Thailand: SCG improves customer convenience
SCG Cement-Building Materials, a unit of Siam Cement Group, has revamped its key online and offline customer contact points as part improving its customer services. "The mai...
Cameroon: Government hopes Mintom quarry will bring down cement prices
The government of Cameroon has called on investors to help develop the Mintom limestone deposit, located in the country’s southeast, in the hope that this would lead to lower c...
Pakistan: cement dispatches rise 10.6% YoY in year to May 2016
Cement dispatches in Pakistan totalled 35.5Mt in the period July 2015 to May 2016, up 10.55 per cent on the corresponding period of last fiscal year, the All Pakistan Cement Ma...
Iran: cement exports exceed 15Mt
In the year March 2015-2016 Iran produced more than 60Mt of cement, resulting in 15.9Mt of exports to Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait and Qatar. Iranian cement production accounted f...
Saudi Arabia: new power plant for ACC
Arabian Cement Company (ACC), Saudi Arabia, has awarded MAN Diesel & Turbo a contract to build a 40MW power plant. The plant will be equipped with two 18V48/60 TS engines an...
South Africa: AfriSam to encourage enterprise development in Bafokeng
At a ceremony held at Phokeng, North West Province, AfriSam and New Business Consulting, a 100 per cent Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Bafokeng-owned company, ...
India: Jaypee vice chairman and director resigns
Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) said its vice chairman, Sarat Kumar Jain, has resigned from the Group. Jain had been associated with the Jaypee Group for over 50 years. "He i...
Australia: competition body seeks higher Cement Australia fine
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has appealed against a court ruling imposing fines of AUD18.6m (US$14m) on Cement Australia, one fifth of the level th...
Romania: sales and profits increase
For the year 2015 three major cement producers in Romania saw an increase in both sales and profits. Holcim Romania increased its sales by 15 per cent in 2015, achieving a t...
Holcim Westport land for sale
Following the closure of Holcim's Cape Foulwind cement plant in Westport, New Zealand, the plant site and its 400ha of land are for sale. The 60-year old Holcim plant is due to...
USA: new plant manager for Ash Grove Midlothian
Michael A Gonzales is the new Ash Grove Cement Company Midlothian plant manager, according to Stuart Tomlinson, vice president of manufacturing – Midwest, with Ash Grove Cement...
Morocco: Ciments du Maroc cancels Safi wind farm project
Ciments du Maroc, an Italcementi subsidiary, has abandoned plans to construct a wind farm at its Safi site on Morocco’s Atlantic coast, SeeNews Renewables reports. The company ...
India: Prism Cement acquires stake in BLA Power
Prism Cement has agreed to acquire 15.23 per cent equity stake for approximately INR210m (US$3.14m) in BLA Power, which is in the sole business of generating thermal power. T...
India: Kanodia Cement plans Bihar grinding unit
Kanodia Cement plans to set up a cement grinding unit with a capacity of 1.2Mta in Kuradi village, Durgawati, in Bhabhua district of Bihar. The estimated cost of the proj...
Border closure costs Cementos Molins EUR25m
The closure of the border between Tunisia and Libya and the regional political tension has seen Cementos Molins’ assets depreciate by EUR25m as exports have fallen, according t...
India: UltraTech commissions Pataliputra plant
UltraTech Cement has commissioned its 15th cement grinding unit at Pataliputra cement works, Maksudpur Pargana, dist. Patna, Bihar in 1Q16. The unit will cater to the markets o...
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