New 1Mta plant planned for Cameroon
The Switzerland-based Mira company has announced plans to build a 1Mta cement plant in the city of Douala under an agreement signed with the government of Cameroon. For an est...
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Ramco to establish new Odisha grinding unit
Chennai-based Ramco Group is planning to establish a 0.9Mta cement grinding plant at Choudwar, district Cuttack, Odisha in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal. The estimated co...
Argentina: cement price nearly doubles in 2015
Cement prices have jumped between 70-90 per cent in 2015. At the start of the year, a 50kg bag would retail at ARP75-80 (US$5.8-6) while by the end of 2015, the price had risen...
Rembang construction on course for 3Q16 completion
Construction of Semen Indonesia's Rembang cement plant in Central Java, Indonesia, is set to be completed by August 2016, local news agency ANTARA has reported. "We are optimi...
Egyptian cement prices 'stable' through the year
Egyptian cement prices were considered stable through fiscal 2015 as cement companies provided their final report of monthly disclosures on cement prices to the Ministry of Sup...
UltraTech Chhattisgarh mine plan hits hurdle
The government of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh has cancelled a no objection certificate (NoC) to UltraTech Cement for a limestone mine in Raipur district. The st...
Spain: Matteo Rozzanigo appointed new president of AFCA
Matteo Rozzanigo, CEO of the Spanish arm of FYM-Italcementi, has been appointed as new president of the Andalusian cement producers’ association (AFCA). Mr Rozzanigo graduated ...
CRH meets with Sinoma Group
John Watkins, country director China of CRH met with Peng Jianxin, president of Sinoma Ltd, on 18 November 2015. During the meeting both sides exchanged views on the current si...
2015: year in review
As the final week of 2015 approaches, we take a look back at some of the most talked-about topics of the year across the global cement arena. In terms of worldwide cement con...
Spanish demand to November increases 5%
Spain’s cement market has expanded by 5.2 per cent YoY to 10,573,572t between January-November 2015, according to Oficemen, the country's cement association. In November alone,...
ITAC announces final anti-dumping duties
South Africa has imposed final anti-dumping duties on Portland cement originating in or imported from Pakistan, ranging between 14.29 and 77.15 per cent, effective 18 December ...
Anti-trust authority approves Buzzi deal
Italy's Antitrust Authority has approved Buzzi Unicem's offer to purchase the SACCI business unit and informed the Italian cement producer that it will not to open an investiga...
USA: Lehigh Hanson EPA hat-trick
Lehigh Hanson Inc announced that three of its cement plants have earned the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) prestigious ENERGY STAR certification for 2015. The ...
Supremo Cimento opens Adrianópolis plant, Brazil
Supremo Cimento, part of the Secil group, on Thursday opened its 1.8Mta Adrianópolis plant in Paraná state, Brazil, local press have reported. Chief executive of Secil, Go...
LH and CDC: low-carbon construction solution
LafargeHolcim and CDC Group plc (CDC), the UK’s development finance institution, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to set up a company to produce and promote an afforda...
Canada: climate agenda presents economic opportunity
Canada has seen a real softening in its cement market with major cement companies seeing an annual fall of 15-16 per cent, according to Michael McSweeney, president and CEO of ...
Vietnam cement exporters fail to hit target
Vietnamese cement producers are struggling to maintain high volumes of cement exports due to falling overseas demand. According to the Vietnam National Cement Association (VNC...
St Marys Cement modernises kiln
Votorantim-owned St Marys Cement is proposing a US$130m kiln modernisation project at its Charlevoix, Michigan, USA, plant. The project will lead to lower emissions, improved e...
Ethiopia: Habesha’s new plant project shows steady progress
PPC recently announced that construction at the 1.4Mta works of Habesha Cement, Ethiopia, is well underway with overall project progress estimated at around 52 per cent. Civ...
Cementos Cosmos celebrates three accident-free years
Spain’s Cementos Cosmos is celebrating three years without accidents among its workers. The Córdoba works has implemented several preventative measures over this period and its...
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