Cemengal announces start up of Zambian grinding installation
Cemengal has completed the installation of a Plug&Grind® unit in Zambia for LafargeHolcim. The inauguration ceremony was undertaken in the presence of Ministry of Labor, accomp...
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Uptick in Indian demand expected from next fiscal
Cement demand in India is likely to see an uptick in the next financial year starting 1 April on expected pick-up in construction and housing activity as well as improvement in...
UNTHA UK appoints new managing director
UK-based industrial shredding specialist UNTHA UK has appointed a new managing director. Marcus Brew takes the reins at the helm of the company, following a promotion from hi...
Kenya: Bamburi railway supply boost
Bamburi Cement says it has earned KES1bn (US$9.8m) from supply of cement to the standard gauge railway (SGR) contractor, China Road and Bridges Corp (CRBC) according to a repor...
Colombia: dispatches up 12.5% in December 2015
Cement deliveries in Colombia rose by 12.5 per cent YoY to 1.107Mt in December 2015, according to the latest data by the country’s statistics office, DANE. Construction comp...
FLSmidth receives third O&M contract from Egyptian producer
FLSmidth has signed a contract with Arabian Cement Company (ACC) for operation and maintenance of the production lines at its cement plant located near the city of Suez in Egyp...
India: Birla Corp reportedly front-runner for Reliance assets
Birla Corp Ltd is set to buy the cement assets of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd with the deal set to be sealed within the next few days, according to local media reports. “It wi...
Lucky Cement not to proceed with court challenge
Lucky Cement has decided to drop its South African court challenge regarding the imposition of anti-dumping duties by the International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) o...
Sinoma signs contract with Egypt's South Valley Cement
Egypt-based South Valley Cement Co has signed an EPC contract for a grinding unit with Chinese firm Sinoma CDI, to enable its plant to use petcoke, with a grinding capacity of ...
China Shanshui unit takeover
China Shanshui Cement Group said it has taken over the headquarters of its main operating unit, Shandong Shanshui Cement Group Ltd, following a management dispute. The Chinese...
CPA: construction fundamentals remain positive
UK construction output was marginally weaker in the final three months of 2015, but the Construction Products Association (CPA) believes the key fundamentals remain positive. ...
Eagle Materials improves cement profit
Including its share of the jointly-owned Texas Lehigh Cement, the turnover of Eagle Materials for the first nine months to 31 December 2015 increased by 3.5 per cent to US$973...
Pakistan: Kohat half-year profit up 54%
Kohat Cement Company Ltd’s profit climbed 54 per cent to PKR2.10bn (US$20m) in the half-year ended 31 December 2015 on increased sales and other income as well as decreased fi...
HeidelbergCement to modernise Schelklingen
HeidelbergCement will invest EUR100-150m in its Schelklingen works, Germany, according to Hans Georg Kraut, director of the works. The new kiln will not alter the 4700tpd clink...
Lafarge Zambia boosts Ndola plant by 100,000tpa
Lafarge Zambia has successfully commissioned a plug-and-grind cement plant in Ndola which will produce 0.1Mta of cement, bringing the plant’s total capacity to 500,000tpa. Sp...
Tunisia: Carthage Cement reduces debt
The overall turnover of Carthage Cement, all activities included, posted a positive growth of +55, reaching TND56.774m (US$27,816m) in the last quarter of 2015 against TND36.63...
Thai SCG approvals proposals to buy out Vietnam tile firm
Siam Cement Group (SCG) plans to wholly acquire Vietnam’s ceramic tile manufacturer. Siam Cement Group (SCG) has approved the proposal of its wholly owned subsidiary SCG Buildi...
Angolan government maintains import ban
The government of Angola has decided to maintain the cement import ban in 2016 in 15 provinces, claiming that the installed capacity in the country far exceeds domestic needs, ...
Spain: Cemex Lloseta sees 13,730t CO2 reduction
Cemex’s Lloseta plant in Spain reduced its CO 2 emissions by 13,730t in 2015, the company announced on the occasion of the UN World Day for Carbon Emissions Reduction, which...
Ghana: Ministry on cement-trade-war alert
Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Ghana's Minister of Trade and Industries, says his Ministry is undertaking a thorough evaluation of various interests in the current trade-war between lo...
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