Mexico: Cruz Azul opens second Palmar de Bravo line
Mexico's Cooperative la Cruz Azul recently opened a second production line at its Palmar de Bravo cement works, operated by its subsidiary CYCNA de Oriente. "CYCNA Orient tod...
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US October shipment update – preliminary data
Portland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico amounted to 9.32Mt in October, according to preliminary data by the US Geological Survey (USGS). Of the total, i...
Cementir Board announces forecasts for 2016, new organisational structure
Cementir Holding SpA's Board of Directors has approved the forecasts for the year 2016 and a new organisational structure for the group. The Group is expecting to achieve EB...
IKN wins contract for pyroline in Germany
In August 2015, IKN was awarded the contract for the engineering, supply and installation of a complete 4000tpd pyroline – from raw meal feeding to clinker discharge – at Heide...
Indonesia cement sales up 4.7% in November
Indonesian cement sales rose by 4.7 per cent YoY to 6.1Mt in November 2015, due to improved government spending on infrastructure projects. Widodo Santoso, chairman of the ...
PCA: FAST Act set to increase cement usage throughout the five-year program
With the passage of a five-year federal transportation bill, cement manufacturers will see a rise in consumption, according to the Portland Cement Association (PCA). The Fixi...
Ambuja Cements appoints new CFO, India
Ambuja Cements said it has appointed Suresh Joshi as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with effect from February next year. In addition, Christof Haessig was appointed as an A...
Kenyan output and demand growth slows
During the first 10 month of the year, Kenyan cement manufacturers increased output by 10.58 per cent YoY, The Star (Kenya) reported citing latest provisional data by the Kenya...
Shanshui Cement says change of Shandong subsidiary's board was legal
Shanshui Cement on Thursday night issued a statement saying that its change of the board and management of its subsidiary, Shandong Shanshui Cement Group, was "legally valid an...
Unlocking emission reduction potential
As the world waits for the outcome of the COP21 talks in Paris, the cement industry has called for long-term policy certainty to unlock the industry's emissions reduction poten...
Qalaa Holdings 9M15 revenue driven by energy and cement divisions
Qalaa Holdlings reported consolidated revenues of EGP2051.2m in the third quarter of this year, up 19 per cent compared to the same period of 2014. On a nine-month basis, rev...
Recent orders for Gebr Pfeiffer in Germany
HeidelbergCement has placed orders for two new Gebr Pfeiffer MBS mills to subsitute older mills at the Burglengenfeld works, in Germany. As part of the modernisation of the kil...
Argentina dispatches down 12.1% MoM
In November 2015, cement producers in Argentina dispatched 996,925t of Portland cement, including exports, down 12.1 per cent from the previous month, according to the latest d...
Fitch Ratings: Latin America cement sector outlook stable, ratings negative
In its new report on the 2016 outlook for the Latin American cement sector, Fitch Ratings said the outlook for the regional cement sector is stable in 2016, however, the outloo...
SCG sets sights on Vietnam expansion
Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG) is seeking to enlarge the production of building materials in Vietnam as part of its plan to expand operation to overseas markets. SCG aims ...
Cemex presents new conservation book
Cemex has released a new conservation book entitled “Earth’s Legacy: Natural World Heritage,” the third edition of its Nature Series. "This new book combines photography with e...
Hail Cement Co to halt kiln line for annual maintenance, Saudi Arabia
Hail Cement Co said it will shut down its production line for the annual maintenance of the kiln and raw mill for the period 8-19 December. The relevant impact will appear in ...
Cemex planning another price rise in Mexico
Cemex plans to increase prices for bulk cement in Mexico starting January 2016, according to local media. Reforma reported that a letter was sent by Cemex to its customers in ...
USA: Essroc’s Energy Star cement plants
Essroc’s Martinsburg and Nazareth cement operations, have for the second year in a row, earned the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR certification. Thi...
Malaysia: CMS Cement to raise prices
CMS Cement Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd, announced that it will raise its cement price by an average of 4.6 per cent, effective 1 January 2016, due to the d...
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