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US Portland and blended cement shipments slip 1% in December

Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the USA reached 6.176Mt in December 2018, according to the latest ...

CRH completes fourth phase of share buyback

CRH plc has completed the fourth phase of its share buyback programme, returning a further EUR200m of cash to shareh...

SCG Cement signs deal for more solar power

Thailand’s SCG Cement has signed a memorandum of understanding with Constant Energy for the deployment of 50MW of so...

Cement companies purchased 0.3Mt of fly ash from Endesa power station

UK and North American cement companies as well as the nearby LafargeHolcim plant have bought some 0.3Mt of fly ash f...

Ambuja Cement launches 'Ambuja Plus Cool Walls'

Ambuja Cements Ltd (LafargeHolcim group) has launched 'Ambuja Plus Cool Walls' for Individual Home Builders (IHB) in...

Bangladesh cement industry growing with good pace

Cement production in Bangladesh has increased at a healthy rate in the last few years, according to a report by a lo...

A review of 9MFY19 performance of Pakistan’s cement industry

IGI Securities has reviewed the performance of Pakistan's cement industry for the first nine months of FY18-19 (July...

Cementos Argos

In 2018 Cementos Argos shipped 16Mt of cement and 10.3Mm 3 of concrete. This generated net income of COP291bn (US$9...

PPC

S&P Global Ratings has downgraded PPC to one notch above non-investment grade due to the poor performance of its Sou...

UltraTech

UltraTech Cement met with the Indian state government earlier this month to discuss spiralling cement prices in the ...