LafargeHolcim to target emerging markets
LafargeHolcim Ltd is confident that a rally will continue in emerging markets this year. Higher cement buying in countries such as India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam...
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Vietnam's cement output rises 11% YoY in 1Q16
Vietnam is estimated to have produced 11Mt of cement in the first quarter of this year, rising one per cent from a year earlier, the government-run General Statistics Office sa...
India: trucker workers’ dispute leads to plant stoppages
A dispute between two trucker workers’ unions in Kashmir, India, has led to the four cement plants in the region cutting output, resulting in a loss of production of around 250...
Council cancels permit for Massachusetts cement plant
Officials in Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA, have rescinded a permit given to Attleboro Sand & Gravel to allow it to develop a cement plant. Local newspaper the Sun Chronicle r...
Chad builds second cement factory
Chad Prime Minister, Pahimi Padacké Albert, has laid the first stone for the country's second cement plant. The new works will be located in the southwest, at Ngara. Production...
India: Dalmia Bharat wins go ahead for amalgamation
Dalmia Bharat has received approval from its Board of Directors for amalgamation of OCL India and Dalmia Cement East 'Bokaro' with Odisha Cement (OCL). The board has approved...
Egypt: Arabian Cement's revenue falls in 4Q15
Arabian Cement Company (ACC) has described its 4Q15 financial results as "mixed". According to Egypt Daily News, the company added that nothing is alarming with regards to ...
India: Shree Cement set for more expansion
Shree Cement, the fourth largest domestic cement company, is looking to ramp up capacity by another 10Mta in the coming three years. The cement producer has lined up a capit...
India: Emami Group to build Panagarh grinding plant
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, on Saturday, in Panagarh, laid the foundation stone for Emami Group's new INR5000m (US$74.8m) grinding plant project that will be located in P...
Buzzi Unicem releases FY15 results
Buzzi Unicem reported recurring EBITDA of EUR121m for 4Q15 and EUR473m for the full-year 2015. This is above earlier guidance of EUR470m as well as consensus estimate of EUR468...
China: Anhui Conch suffers 32% profit fall in 2015
China's largest cement maker, Anhui Conch, reported a 32 per cent fall in 2015 net profit on Wednesday, marking its first profit fall in three years as a slowing Chinese econom...
Tanzania: Tanga Cement seal rail distribution deal
Tanga Cement Plc and Tanzania Railways Ltd (TRL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) yesterday to secure cement delivery by rail to Tanga customers in Kigoma and Mwanza ...
PPC’s Harare plant on course for 2016 commissioning
Zimbabwe’s deputy minister for industry and commerce, Chiratidzo Mabuwa, has welcomed PPC’s commitment to investing in the country as the company confirms that it expects its s...
Cement Association of Canada registers CSA Group's first EPD
CSA Group, a leading global provider of standards development and testing and certification services, has had its first environmental product declaration (EPD) registered by th...
Bosnia: TCK sees net profit rise to EUR7.1m in 2015
Bosnian cement producer Tvornica Cementa Kakanj (TCK), owned by HeidelbergCement, saw its net profit jump to BAM13.8m (US$7.88m), up 22 per cent from BAM11.3m in 2014. The co...
Second LNG-fuelled cement carrier launched
Less than six months after the first LNG-fuelled cement carrier was launched, JT Cement has launched the MV Ireland, a dedicated cement carrier powered by LNG. JT Cement is a j...
BBMG sees net profit slip 16.7%
BBMG Corp reported a fall in net profit for 2015. Its net income fell 16.7 per cent to CNY2.02bn (US$310m), declining for a second straight year. The cement and building mater...
UK: Hanson appoint new technical development manager
Robert Keough has been appointed the new technical development manager of Hanson Cement. Robert, He will be based at the company’s Ketton plant, Rutland. In his new role, he w...
Huaxin Gayur-Sughdcement 1Mta works commissioned
The commissioning of the new 1Mta Huaxin Gayur-Sughd Cement plant took place on 23 March 2016 in northern Tajikistan. The inauguration ceremony was attended by the country’s Pr...
Holcim Madagascar successfully tests HFO
Holcim Madagascar has successfully concluded a first test of Tsimiroro heavy fuel oil (HFO). The oil will be used for drying of raw materials before grinding. “The first HFO te...
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