Producers in north China to trial winter peak shifts
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has unveiled a document to ask cement enterprises in northern China to carry out peak-shifting production on a tr...
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Spanish consumption sees October drop
Cement demand in Spain fell by 2.4 per cent in October 2015 to 1.025Mtt, or 23,716 below the October 2014 level. In the first 10 months of 2015, domestic cement consumption inc...
Brazil: Votorantim improves co-processing rates
Votorantim Cimentos’ has invested BRL12m (US$3.14m) in a co-processing project for its Cuiabá cement plant, Mato Grosso. The facility is now able to process waste materials suc...
Costa Rica approves cement quality standards
The Technical Standards Institute of Costa Rica (Inteco) has approved the INTE 06-11-15-15:2015 Hydraulic Cement – Requirements and Specifications standard to help guarantee ce...
Sri Lanka: Tokyo Cement launches skyscraping brand
Tokyo Cement Group has launched its Nippon Cement-Pro brand. This is a new brand of high-performance cement specially formulated for high-rise buildings/skyscrapers and large-s...
Peru: market shows signs of monthly pick-up
The Peruvian cement market continues to show signs of recovery as market contraction is decelerating in October, according to Asocem, Peru’s cement producers’ association. D...
China Shanshui weighs up fundraising options following default
China Shanshui Cement says it is exploring a range of option to raise funds after defaulting on a CNY2bn (US$3.36m) bond last week. The options include issuing new shares to e...
US September shipments - preliminary data
Portland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico during September 2015 totalled 9.011Mt, according to preliminary data from the US Geological Survey. Of the tota...
Fitch Ratings – infrastructure to boost Thai demand
Fitch Ratings says demand for cement and building materials in Thailand will accelerate with the government's planned infrastructure investments over the near term. However, a ...
Kenya: ARM seeks KES10.7bn in private bond
ARM Cement is set to raise up to KES10.7bn (US$105m) in debt funding from private investors, to retire short-term debts, Kenya's Business Daily newspaper reported . The ceme...
KHD Humboldt Wedag nine-month performance
KHD Humboldt Wedag reported a 26.2 per cent decline in consolidated revenue for the first nine months of the year to EUR125.4m, primarily due to the low order backlog at the be...
HeidelbergCement recognised for climate reporting
HeidelbergCement has further improved its climate reporting and has been honoured bythe CDP as "Sector Leader Energy & Materials" in the DACH region. With an overall rating of ...
Infrastructure pick up boosts Indonesia sales
Indonesia's cement sales climbed 10.7 per cent YoY to 6.4Mt in October 2015 as government-related infrastructure development has picked up in the second half of the year, accor...
Loesche to complete grinding series for Angola plant
Sinoma International ordered Loesche's complete grinding series for the cement plant of Nova Cimangola SA in Luanda, Angola. These will be the first Loesche vertical roller mil...
Morocco: Cimar sees 7.6% EBITDA rise in 3Q15
Italcementi-owned Ciments du Maroc (Cimar), Morocco, saw its turnover rise 1.8 per cent to MAD823m (EUR77.4m) in 3Q15, according to analysts at BMCE Capital Bourse. The figur...
MAN Turbo wins contract with United Cement Industrial Co, Saudi Arabia
German-based diesel engine provider MAN Turbo has won a contract with the United Cement Industrial Co (UCIC) to operate and service its new power plant in Saudi Arabia. The c...
CRH sues for return of files seized in competition inquiry
Irish building materials major CRH has gone to the High Court to seek the return of documents seized by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in a "dawn rai...
Fujairah Cement Industries net profits rise 45%
Fujairah Cement Industries (FCI) announced a 45 per cent increase in its net profits for the first nine months of 2015, compared to the same period last year. Profits reached ...
FLSmidth 3Q order intake increases 16%
FLSmidth reported that its overall order intake increased 16 per cent to DKK5151m in the third quarter of 2015. Meanwhile the order backlog decreased 16 per cent to DKK16,666m....
Northern Cement Co nine-month net profit drops, Jordan
Northern Cement Company posted a drop of 22.7 per cent in its nine-month profit, as it slipped to JOD10.9m (US$15.3m) this year, down from JOD14.1m ($19.8) last year. In 1H15,...
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