India: cement prices to hold up thanks to merger deals
India's stock researcher Livemint is forecasting that mergers like that between JP Associates Ltd and UltraTech Cement Ltd and also Birla Corp Ltd and Reliance Infrastructure L...
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Ireland: dawn raid on CRH breached CCPC's warrant
A "dawn raid" last year at CRH's Irish Cement plant in Drogheda, by state investigators investigating alleged breaches of competition law, breached the terms of the warrant...
Afghanistan: Jabal Saraj reopens after 20 years
The Jabal Saraj cement plant in Afghanistan's Parwan province has resumed production two decades after its operations were halted due to the devastating civil war, which damage...
Nigeria: cement standards may need revision
Nigeria's government is expected to revisit the review of cement standards to address restrictions placed on the use of certain classes of the commodity. Nigeria has witnessed ...
Algeria: Beni Saf to install new bag filters "very soon"
Beni Saf cement company is expected to install a new bag filter “very soon”, according to Mokhtar Tanem, director general of the cement plant. The new bag filter contains 39...
Russia: LSR Group appoints members to the board at its AGM
LSR Group has elected its new Board of Directors, consisting of nine members. The new board will now consist of: Aleksandr Vakhmistrov, Olga Sheikina, Evgeny Yatsyshin, Dmitri ...
A TEC Group under new management
Following the retirement of Hans Joachim Grieb, the ATEC Group comes under new management in April. Management tasks are being handed over to Wolfgang Hammer and Dr Stefan Kern...
Deadline nears for LafargeHolcim India assets bids
Advisors to the sale of LafargeHolcim's 11Mta Indian cement production capacity say that they expect to receive seven to eight bids before next week's deadline. The sale - w...
Indian cement prices rise 1% in March
Indian cement prices rose MoM in March to INR290-295 (US$4.37-4.44)/bag as demand led by construction activity in north and central India improved slightly, acording to Cogenci...
PT Indocement factory to go online in 3Q16
PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa's new cement factory in Citeureup, West Java, is expected to be operable by the third quarter of 2016, with investment of IDR6.5trn (US$491m). I...
USA: Montana City cement plant wins energy award
Ash Grove Cement Co's Montana City plant has won top honours in the annual "Ash Grove Energy Management (AGem) Outstanding Plant of the Year" competition. “Our team is honoure...
Israel imposes partial freeze on cement transfers to Gaza
Israel has halted some cement imports to the Gaza Strip after it emerged that parts of the shipments were being retained by Hamas officials. The Times of Israel reports that...
Spain: LafargeHolcim to seek different quarry area for Sagunto
Teresa Garcia, environment councillor for the town of Sagunto, Spain, is advising LafargeHolcim to “consider other options” for a new quarry as the coveted area in Pinyal is “a...
Ethiopia: Derba plans US$300m expansion
Derba Cement, a MIDROC Ethiopia subsidiary, is planning to expand its cement plant at a cost of US$300m. The expansion project is expected to take from 18 to 24 months. Derb...
Italy: strike planned over Heidelberg/Italcementi merger
A strike with national demonstration has been announced for Friday, 29 April 2016 to protest about the possible job cuts for Italcementi workers over the proposed merger with H...
Indonesia: incumbents suffer as new entrants fight for market share
Cement prices in Indonesia are falling as newer firms attempt to win market share from the established players, state-owned Semen Indonesia, HeidelbergCement’s Indocement Tungg...
Sanghi exits corporate debt restructuring
India's Sanghi Industries announced it had exited from the corporate debt restructuring (CDR) mechanism and repaid its INR2.56bn debt as well as raised funding via non-converti...
USA: 150 years up for Essroc's Nazareth Cement plant
Essroc Cement of Upper Nazareth, USA, celebrated 150 years in business last Thursday evening at the Nazareth Center for the Arts. Nazareth Bath Regional Chamber of Commerce boa...
Pakistan: cement exports fall YoY but are up MoM
Pakistan’s cement industry recorded a noticeable fall in exports during the first eight months of the FY15-16 on the back of falling demand, competition and other issues. The...
India: UltraTech confirms US$2.4bn purchase of Jaypee assets
UltraTech Cement has reached a definitive agreement in its deal to buy 21.2Mta of production capacity from Jaiprakash Associates (JAL) at a cost of INR159bn (US$2.4bn). Ind...
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