K-Electric signs additional supply agreement with Attock Cement
Karachi-based electric supplier K-Electric has signed an accord to provide an additional 16MW of electricity to Pakistan producer Attock Cement Ltd. Present at the signing ...
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Paraguay: INC kiln out for fuel conversion
Paraguay’s Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) will switch off its kiln in July to carry out a three-month fuel conversion at its Vallemi plant, according to Jorge Méndez, INC...
Illumiti completes first two phases of Monarch Cement's deployment of SAP
Illumiti has completed the first two phases of the deployment of SAP® Business Suite 4 SAP HANA ® (SAP S/4HANA) for Monarch Cement, USA. "Monarch chose SAP S/4HANA for its c...
Peru: Pacasmayo 4Q15 boosted by public sector demand, new Piura facility
Peru-based Cementos Pacasmayo saw a nine per cent in fourth-quarter volumes which benefitted from the anticipated increase in demand from the public sector, the company said in...
Votorantim selects Loesche VRM for Turkish project
Tianjin Cement Industry Design & Research Institute (TCIDRI) has placed an order for a Loesche LM 48.4 vertical roller mill (VRM) for the 'Sivas 2 RM' project by Votorantim Cim...
Summit Materials sees volumes and prices increase across most lines
Summit Materials saw volume and prices increase across most lines of business in 2015, with revenue rising by 20.5 per cent led by its West and Cement segments, the company sai...
HeidelbergCement India commissions Madhya Pradesh WHR facility
HeidelbergCement India has successfully commissioned a 12MW waste heat recovery (WHR) facility at its Narsingarh Plant in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, on 15 February 2016. The WHR pl...
Lafarge halts EUR20m investment in Sagunto plant, Spain
The management of Lafarge yesterday made public its decision to halt the expansion of its quarry and its plant at Sagunto, Spain, due to “the uncertainty created by the new loc...
KHD informed of arbitration award
KHD Humboldt Wedag International said it has been informed of an award from a Portuguese arbitration court, whereby KHD and its subsidiary Humboldt Wedag Inc (USA) are jointly ...
HeidelbergCement full-year revenue up 7%
HeidelbergCement's preliminary 2015 results show a marked increase in operating income with stable volumes and a seven per cent rise in revenue to EUR13.5bn (US$15.1bn). “ 20...
Peru’s cement demand edges down in January
Cement consumption in Peru slipped by 0.4 per cent YoY from 816,000t in January 2015 to 813,000t in January 2016, according to the country’s cement association, Asocem. In add...
Egypt receives 37 applications for new coal-fired cement plants
A total of 37 companies have applied for licences to construct new coal-fired cement plants in nine governorates, Daily News Egypt reported on Saturday citing Egypt’s Industri...
Pakistan: Fauji Cement sees 66% rise in 1HFY16 net profit
Fauji Cement Co (FCCL) has a reported a profit after tax of PKR2.77bn (US$264m) during 1HFY16 versus PKR1.668bn during the same period last year, up 66 per cent YoY. During t...
Shanshui Cement unit defaults on third onshore bond, China
Shanshui Cement's key operating subsidiary Shandong Shanshui Cement Group defaulted on its third onshore bond. According to a statement posted on Shanghai clearing house on ...
Fujairah Cement Industries 4Q net profit up 26%
UAE-based Fujairah Cement Industries (FCI) posted a 26 per cent jump in fourth-quarter net profit of AED26m (US$7.07m) compared to AED8.71m (US$2.37m) in the same period of 201...
Buzzi Unicem preliminary figures show revenues rise 6.2 per cent in 2015
Buzzi Unicem’s preliminary results for 2015 show a 6.2 per cent rise in revenues to EUR2662m from a year earlier. Thanks to the strengthening of the dollar, which was partly of...
Operational efficiencies and cost savings boost Siam City Cement 4Q15
Siam City Cement Co (SCCC), Thailand's second-largest cement producer, achieved a 45 per cent increase in 4Q15 net profit due to a reduction in costs and non-recurring items. ...
ACC full-year volumes impacted by mine closure, slow economic start to year
ACC Ltd, part of the LafargeHolcim group, reported a 2.4 per cent decline in 2015 sales volumes to 23.62Mt due to the temporary closure of mines serving its Chaibasa and Bargar...
Glenwood PE & Baring Private Equity Asia reportedly make bid for Lafarge Halla Cement
South Korea’s private equity fund Glenwood Private Equity and Hong Kong-based private equity fund Baring Private Equity Asia are to buy Lafarge Halla Cement Corp (South Korea) ...
Oman: Raysut Cement reports 24% drop in 2015 net profit
Raysut Cement reported a 23.6 per cent drop in 2015 net profit to OMR20.95m (US$54.4m) from OMR27.43m a year earlier. Total revenues edged 0.4 per cent higher last year to OMR9...
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