Jaime Ruiz de Haro appointed as new Oficemen president
Jaime Ruiz de Haro, president and CEO of Cemex Spain SLU Operations, has been elected president of Oficemen, the Spanish cement producers’ association, to replace Isidoro Miran...
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Tunisia: Ciments de Bizerte 3Q15 sales up 2.3%
Turnover of Les Ciments de Bizerte advanced 2.3 per cent YoY in 3Q15. Although sales volumes in the domestic market fell by 3.7 per cent YoY, revenues rose by 21.4 per cent YoY...
Vietnam: Thanh Thang Cement Corp signs credit agreement for new second line
Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) on Wednesday signed a credit contract with Thanh Thang Cement Corp to develop a second line at the Vietnamese cement produ...
Ciments du Maroc demolishes Anza plant
Ciments du Maroc, part of Italcementi, is currently demolishing the old Anza cement works near Agadir. The plant was taken out of service more than five years ago, after the co...
CNBM issues 9M15 profit warning
China National Building Materials (CNBM) warned investors that its nine-month profit will likely plunge 80 per cent from a year earlier, implying that 3Q15 slipped into losses....
ThyssenKrupp wins order from Cementos Argos
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions has received an order to build a 4300tpd clinker production line for Cementos Argos in Sogamoso, Boyacá province, Colombia. The contract is wo...
Hanson UK CEO to step down
Hanson UK chief executive officer, Patrick O’Shea, is stepping down in December after eight years at the head of the construction materials business. His successor will be Dan...
Sinoma International Engineering's new Nigerian contract
Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd has recently entered into an engineering, procurement and construction contract for a 6000tpd clinker cement production line and a power...
Malaysia: C&CA marks 50th anniversary milestone
The Cement and Concrete Association of Malaysia (C&CA) has celebrated its 50th anniversary with an event officiated by International Trade and Industry Minister, Mustapa Mohame...
Saudi Cement Co unveils new brand identity
Saudi Cement Co has launched a new brand identity an event which also marked company's diamond jubilee. Present at the ceremony were senior government officials, businessmen, s...
Paraguay to import 200,000 bags of cement
Paraguay’s Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) estimate it will import around 200,000 bags of cement per month to cover domestic demand this year, according to its CEO, Jorge ...
McInnis Cement signs workforce recruitment partnership
McInnis Cement and Emplois Compétences have announced the signing of a partnership agreement for the recruitment and development of the local workforce for the cement plant at ...
ACC sees subdued July-Sept volumes and pricing
LafargeHolcim Indian subsidiary ACC reported flat volumes and subdued selling prices for the July-September 2015 quarter as construction activity and cement demand remained wea...
PCA: US cement industry records its most energy efficient year yet
The amount of energy required to produce 1t of cement decreased 1.1 per cent in 2014 from the previous year’s levels, according to PCA’s latest US Labor-Energy Input Survey. Pl...
Vicem nine-month sales reach 16.32Mt
Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem), the country’s leading cement producer, sold 16.32Mt of cement and clinker in the first nine months of this year, up 1.5 per cent fr...
India: Orient Cement reports on 'challenging' second quarter
Orient Cement reported a 35.4 per cent YoY decline in 2QFY16 net profit to US$4.32m due to lower income and higher expenses and finance costs. Net sales for the three months...
Cemex Panama recognised for environmental management
Cemex announced that its Panamanian operations were awarded the highest recognition in sustainable development and environmental management by the Panamanian Chamber of Constru...
Wärtsilä signs power plant maintenance contract with Umm AlQura Cement
Wärtsilä has signed a three-year maintenance agreement with Umm AlQura Cement Company for its power plant near Taif city in Saudi Arabia. With this asset management agreement, ...
Maple Leaf Cement 1QFY15-16 profit rises by 55%
Pakistan-based Maple Leaf Cement net profit surged 55 per cent to PKR846.729m (US$8.1m) in the quarter ended 30 September 2015 versus PKR545.319m a year earlier, the company sa...
Namibia: Ohorongo Cement wins three NSI quality awards
Ohorongo Cement recevied a hat-trick of awards at the Namibian Standards Institution (NSI) Quality Awards on 15 October 2015. The Namibian cement producer was recognised for i...
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