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Imported petcoke prices rise to a multi-year high in March

The price of petcoke imported to India has risen to a multi-year high in March. This has been attributed to both inc...

PPC Zimbabwe to resume exports

PPC Zimbabwe says it will leverage on an enhanced export incentive which the cement producer has been granted by the...

PT Semen Indonesia announces 56% fall in net income

PT Semen Indonesia has announced an almost 56 per cent YoY drop in net income for the full-year 2017 period, decreas...

Thatta Cement's profit falls to PKR183.9m in 6MFY17-18

Thatta Cement Co Ltd's profit after tax fell from PKR389.8m (US$3.5m) to PKR183.9m (US$1.6m) during 6MFY17-18. Clin...

Cement exports from Bangladesh on the rise

Bangladesh's cement industry earned export revenues of US$8.8m during the first eight months of FY17-18 (July 2017-F...

Waste to wealth

Lafarge Africa’s Ewekoro plant, some 50km north of Lagos, in Ogun state, Nigeria, pioneered the use of alternative f...

Vessel transporting 1050t of clinker sinks in Bangladesh

A vessel transporting 1050t of clinker to Khulna, Bangladesh, sank on Thursday after a crack appeared in its hull. W...

Vietnam exports 2.6Mta of cement in February

In February 2018 Vietnam exported 2.6Mt of cement, representing a hike of 30 per cent YoY, according to Vietnam’s Mi...

LafargeHolcim Algérie targets 5Mt of exports to west Africa

Following its first export shipment of cement to Gambia in December 2017, LafargeHolcim Algérie plans to export 5Mt ...

JK Cement chairman says consolidation will help correct oversupply issue

Yadupati Singhania, chairman of JK Cement, has stated that consolidation will help correct the supply overhang in th...