Medcem Cameroon starts production
Medcem Cameroon, part of Turkey-based Eren Holdings, has commissioned its new plant in Yaoundé, Cameroon, after delays that saw the unit postpone the start of operations from M...
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Holcim Philippines reports double-digit rise in net profit
Holcim Philippines’ profits for the nine months of 2015 grew by 12.67 per cent to PHP4.55bn (US$97.2m) from PHP4.04bn last year. Sales reached PHP27.99bn, up 9.44 per cent fro...
Colombia sees 5.2% market expansion in September
Colombia’s cement demand expanded by 5.2 per cent YoY in September 2015 to reach 1.143Mt on the back of a strong performance in the contractor and ready-mix sectors, which note...
Cementos Pacasmayo EBITDA up 14.4 %
Peru-based Cementos Pacasmayo's consolidated EBITDA in the 3Q15 increased 14.4 per cent to PEN99.6m (US$30.3m) in 3Q15 from PEN87.1m in 3Q14, giving an EBITDA margin of 31.8 pe...
US shipments eight-month shipments up 3.5%
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in the eight months through August 2015 totalled 59.1Mt, up by 3.5 per cent compared to the ...
Anhui Conch Cement reports decline in operating profit
Operating profit at Anhui Conch Cement fell 31 per cent YoY to CNY7.05bn (US$1.1bn) in the nine months through September on the back of weaker demand and pricing competition. R...
CIMAF inaugurates Cameroon plant
Ciment de l’Afrique (CIMAF), a subsidiary of the Addoha Group of Morocco, has opened its new factory in Cameroon. The new plant, located in the industrial area of Bonaberi in D...
Competition ramps up in Uganda
Hima Cement (LafargeHolcim Group) has announced that it is seeking to invest US$40m to establish a greenfield grinding station in Tororo, eastern Uganda. However, this is only...
SCCC third-quarter net profit down on weaker demand and pricing
Siam City Cement Co (SCCC) of Thailand posted a 3Q15 net profit of THB823m (US$23.1m), falling 22 per cent YoY. Lower domestic cement demand and selling price led the company's...
ICCI asks cement manufacturers to reduce prices to help quake-hit areas
The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has called on Pakistan's cement manufacturers to reduce the price of cement to benefit the millions of people whose homes ...
HAZEMAG supplies Lehigh Cement (USA)
Lehigh Cement Company (Heidelbergcement Group) ordered a semi-mobile limestone crushing plant at HAZEMAG for its Union Bridge works, USA. The plant will process up to 2500tph ...
Oman: OCC net profit impacted by gas price hike
Oman Cement Co (OCC) reported a 38.7 per cent fall in net profit for the nine-month period ended 30 September 2015, mainly due to the increase in gas prices from the beginning ...
Huaxin plans Kazakhstan plant investment
Chinese cement producer Huaxin Cement plans to invest US$150m in the construction of a cement plant in Aktobe region of Kazakhstan. Construction of the dry-process cement work...
LafargeHolcim reportedly plans to launch downsizing plan in Spain
LafargeHolcim plans to launch a downsizing plan for 15 per cent of its workforce in Spain, according to local press reports. The launch of the downsizing plan was attributed ...
Penta Machinery is the new Distributor for Terex MPS Products in Uganda and Kenya
Terex® Minerals Processing Systems, a leader material processing technology for modular, portable and static crushing and screening equipment, announced the appointment of Pent...
CTLGroup announces new hire appointment
Amy Trygestad, PE, FACI, has joined CTLGroup as a Principal Engineer. She is a licensed Professional Engineer with over 20 years of experience in the structural design and cons...
Peru: Unacem nine-month net income up 16.2%
Peru's largest cement producer Unacem boosted net income by 16.2 per cent over the nine months to the end of September 2015 due to higher prices and lower costs. Unacem poste...
SCG reports third-quarter results, names new chief
Siam Cement Group (SCG), Thailand's largest industrial conglomerate, said on Wednesday its quarterly net profit rose 15 per cent YoY as improved margins from petrochemical prod...
South Korea: Loesche wins new order from Sun Cement
South Korea-based Sun Cement Co Ltd has placed an order for a Loesche vertical roller grinding mill for granulated blast furnace slag. Plans have been made to replace the curr...
Cementos Chihuahua 3Q15 sales rise 23% YoY
Mexico’s Cementos Chihuahua posted sales of MXN3.983bn (US$241.4m), up 23 per cent YoY, in the third quarter of 2015. The rise in turnover has been attributed to higher volu...
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