March 19, 2014
Indocement Tunggal Prakasa (Indocement) of Indonesia posted a revenue of €1.19 billion (IDR 18.69 trillion), up 8.1% year-on-year in 2013 as net…
March 19, 2014
Mexican cement manufacturer Cemex is burning around 30tonnes of used tyres/day as an alternative fuel to fossil fuels. According to the company's…
March 18, 2014
Semen Indonesia has opened a new cement packing plant in Banjarmasin, capital of South Kalimantan province, to help satisfy demand for local…
March 18, 2014
India's Ambuja Cements was the first runner-up at the Assocham CSR Excellence Awards for 2013-14, held at the 6th Global Corporate Social…
March 18, 2014
In 2013, Cimentos de Portugal's (Cimpor) Mozambican subset, Cimentos de Mocambique, managed to record a turnover of €141.9 million, up by 5.4% on a…
March 18, 2014
It is reported that Italian cement manufacturer Italcementi may be working on a plan to merge with French peer Ciments Francais. Italcementi…
March 18, 2014
Quoting official figures, state-run Semen Indonesia said 4.4 million tonnes of cement were sold in Indonesia in February 2014, up 2.9% year-on-year.…
March 18, 2014
Chettinad Cement Corporation (CCC) of India says it will acquire Anjani Portland Cement (APC) for around €11.79 million (INR 1 billion). APC has debt…
March 18, 2014
The Zimbabwean subsidiary of South Africa-based cement producer PPC is looking to build a factory worth €179.81 million in Zimbabwe. The unit is…
March 18, 2014
Vietnamese authorities have told project owners not to start new cement projects because of the country’s current oversupply of the building material…
March 17, 2014
Fourteen cement companies in Saudi Arabia recorded a 4% growth in sales from 53.5 million tonnes in 2012 to 55.6 million tonnes in 2013, according to…
March 17, 2014
Siam Cement Group (SCG) of Thailand is developing a new €288.51 million cement plant in Myanmar. The plant is expected to be ready in 2016 and will…
March 14, 2014
Metso has appointed Juha Silvennoinen as the Finnish company’s new president, services business line in mining and construction with responsibility…
March 13, 2014
Hexagon, a leading global provider of design, measurement and visualisation technologies, has signed an agreement to acquire SAFEmine, a leader in…
March 10, 2014
Cementos Portland has announced a €72 million loss in 2013. The FCC subsidiary managed to cut in half its loss from the previous year. Turnover in…