UK: new Ecocem cement terminal opened
Ecocem, a Dublin-based cement producer, has opened its first UK bulk import terminal along the Manchester Ship Canal, built in partnership with Peel Ports at Runcorn. The new ...
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USA: Essroc Martinsbrug to tighten up dust emissions control
Essroc officials said in a statement that it will implement strict dust-control improvements over the next 60 days as part of ongoing environmental efforts, and has already mad...
Malawi government open to legal cement imports
Malawi's government is issuing licences for the importation of cement. The legally imported cement is said to be bringing competition and stabilising the prices of cement in t...
USA: Ravena plant investigated for slurry spillage
Officials from the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration investigated a spill Tuesday at the Lafarge cement plant...
Turkey – Adana Cement to expand white cement milling
Adana Cement, part of Turkey’s OYAK Group, has placed an order with Loesche for a vertical roller mill to expand its white cement milling capacity by 200tph. The LM 46.4 mill h...
Al Jouf Cement 4% decline in 1Q profit
Saudi Arabian cement producer, Al Jouf Cement Co posted on Tuesday a net profit of SAR 24.72m (US$6.59m) in the first quarter of 2016, four per cent down from SAR 25.76m (US$6...
South Africa: Cement sales up 7.7% in 2015
Consumption of cement in South Africa rose by 7.7 per cent YoY in 2015 following a drop in sales the previous year. According to figures released by PPC, volumes reached 13M...
Tangshan Jidong Cement begins work on 7200tpd plant
Tangshan Jidong Cement, a state enterprise with domestically listed shares, has begun work on a large 7200tpd (2.4Mt) cement plant. Construction of the Jidong plant in Heilong...
Georgia: new US$100m Senaki cement plant ordered
A new cement plant will be built in Senaki, Georgia. This project was discussed in detail at a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister and local businessman Cezar Chocheli ...
Saudi Cement 1Q16 12.5% net profit fall
Saudi Cement reported a 12.54 per cent drop in 1Q16 net profit on Monday, hurt by a decrease in sales and an increase in energy costs. One of the kingdom’s largest cement fir...
Tanzania: Tanga Cement Co looks to cut costs with rail deal
The Tanga Cement Company has signed a deal with Tanzania Railway Ltd to transport 35,000t of cement a month to Mwanza and Kigoma. The deal would see the state rail company s...
Pakistan: Fauji Cement Co 64% growth for 9MFY15-16
Fauji Cement Co Ltd (FCCL), one of Pakistan's largest cement manufacturers and exporters, on April 18 reported earnings of PKR4.33bn (US$41.34m) for 9MFY16 compared to PKR2.65b...
Pakistan: Builders hit out against high cement prices
The Chairman of Pakistan’s Association of Builders and Developers (ABAD), Hanif Gonar, has accused the country’s cement manufacturers of keeping prices artificially high. In...
Ireland: cement firms make windfall profits from ETS permits
CRH, Lagan Cement and Quinn Cement have together made EUR128m (US$145m) through the sale of permits under the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS). On Sunday, the Irish Indepe...
Ghana to limit cement imports
The Ministry of Trade and Industry in Ghana has moved to ban imports of cement into the country. The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has backed the initiative, arguing t...
Pakistan: Producers to invest up to US$1bn in CAPEX
Cement producers in Pakistan will invest between US$700m and US$1bn in expanding capacity over the next few years, according to Mohammad Ali Tabba, chair of the All Pakistan Ce...
CRH boss Ireland’s best-paid CEO
Albert Manifold, chief executive of CRH, is Ireland's best-paid CEO, earning EUR5.53m a year (US$6.25m) according to a survey by the Sunday Independent. Mr Manifold earns ov...
Republic Cement to be delisted from Philippine stock exchange
The Philippine Stock Exchange has approved the delisting of cement-maker Republic Cement & Building Materials Inc., formerly Lafarge Republic Inc. (LRI), effective April 25 thi...
TPCC profits rise, dividend announced
Tanzania Portland Cement Company (TPCC) profit increased by three per cent to TZS56.2bn (US$25.72m) in 2015, despite depreciation of the shilling that had a negative impact on ...
Najran Cement profits suffer steep fall
Najran Cement (Saudi Arabia) posted a net profit of SAR61.08m (US$16.29m) in the first quarter of 2016, registering a decline of 33.6 per cent from SAR92m (US$24.53m) in the sa...
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