UltraTech Cement second-quarter sales ahead
Aditya Birla group company UltraTech Cement reported higher revenue and volume growth for the second quarter of FY16 as well as a better operational performance during the peri...
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Cementos Fortaleza signs new line contract with Fives
Cementos Fortaleza SA de CV has awarded Fives with an EPC (turnkey) contract for the supply of a new complete 3300tpd production line to be installed in its existing Tula cemen...
Polish competition watchdog approves proposed Gorazdze acquisitions on condition
The Polish Competition and Consumer Protection Office (UOKiK) has approved the acquisition of Duda Kruszywa and Duda Beton by Gorazdze Cement on condition that Gorazdze sells...
Taiheiyo Cement concludes contract for research into Fukushima agricultural land reclamation
Taiheiyo Cement Corp of Japan has concluded a contract for collaborative research with the Fukushima Future Center for Regional Revitalisation of Fukushima University and comm...
CHRYSO Hydipco starts production of admixtures, Algeria
CHRYSO announced yesterday that its Algerian subsidiary has started production of CHRYSO® admixtures from its new industrial facility in Algiers. In 2014, CHRYSO set up...
Cemex fails to annul sale of 14% shares in Akmenes
Cemex has failed to obtain a court order invalidating deals on the sale of a stake in Lithuania’s sole cement producer, Akmenes Cementas, through which Lithuanian three familie...
Brookfield cement plant celebrates 50 year milestone
Lafarge Canada Inc's Brookfield, Nova Scotia cement works in Canada has celebrated its 50th anniversary, with employees, customers and the community gathering at a special even...
Two China Shanshui Cement shareholders make deposit for proposed acquisition
Two shareholders of China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd have made a deposit for their proposed acquisition, Bloomberg reports. China National Building Material Co. and Taiwan’s As...
USA: Lehigh Hanson announces new president & CEO
Lehigh Hanson Inc, part of HeidelbergCement, announced Friday that Jon Morrish will succeed Daniel M Harrington as the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr Har...
JK Lakshmi Cement receives environmental clearance for Bihar project, India
JK Lakshmi Cement has been granted environmental clearance to set up a 1.5Mta grinding plant in the east Indian state of Bihar. The project, to be located in Kishanganj distric...
Umm Al Qura Cement Q3 losses widen 75%, Saudi Arabia
Umm Al Qura Cement posted SAR1.7m (US$0.45m) in net loss for the third quarter of 2015, a rise of 75 per cent from SAR6.9m (US$1.8m) logged in the same period a year earlier. ...
Four Cemex USA cement plants awarded Energy Star certification
Cemex USA announced Thursday that four of its cement manufacturing plants have earned the US Environmental Protection Agency ENERGY STAR® certification in 2015. Cemex noted tha...
India: Dalmia eyes larger slice of the Goan market
Dalmia Cement Bharat Ltd is looking to expand its market presence in the western Indian state of Goa having recently commissioned its Belgavi cement works in neighbouring Karna...
HeidelbergCement: new Managing Board members – new Group areas
HeidelbergCement yesterday announced changes to its Managing Board and the reorganisation of the divisions in line with the long-term oriented succession planning and the propo...
Peru’s demand falls 1.9% in September
Cement dispatches in Peru slipped 1.9 per cent in September to 0.887Mt from 0.905Mt in September 2014, according to Asocem, the country’s cement association. Exports declined b...
State-owned Indonesia producers plan Kupang plant
State-owned Indonesian cement producers PT Semen Indonesia and PT Semen Kupang are planning to build a new cement factory in Kupang, in the eastern province of East Nusa Tengg...
US eight-month shipment update
Portland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico in the first eight months of this year reached 59.12Mt, preliminary data from the US Geological Survey shows. O...
Saudi Cement third-quarter earnings down 10%
Saudi Cement Co posted net earnings of SAR208m (US$55.5m) for the third quarter of 2015, down 10.34 per cent compared with SAR232m a year earlier. Net earnings for the nine-mo...
Italcementi, trade unions study solution for new lay-off scheme for 2016
Italcementi and the trade unions are looking for a solution for the temporary lay-off scheme that will expire in January 2016, according to reports by local media. At a recen...
Indonesia September sales ahead
Indonesia cement sales rose by 2.8 per cent in September, latest data from the Indonesia Cement Association (ASI) shows. Sales rose to 5.79Mt last month, from 5.63Mt a year e...
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