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US December deliveries down, but full-year 2016 shipments up

Portland and blended cement shipments in the USA fell 8.4 per cent to 6.039Mt in December 2016 from 6.59Mt in Decemb...

Poland: LafargeHolcim awards A TEC upgrade contract

To reduce the chlorine contents without causing substantial thermal losses in the kiln line, LafargeHolcim awarded A...

Uruguay: government-owned plants losing money

Uruguay's budget deficit reached four per cent of GDP during 2016, equivalent to US$2.043bn, the worst performance s...

Nepal: six-fold increase in clinker imports

Nepal has been heading towards self-sufficiency in cement, but at the same time, imports of clinker have soared, acc...

Philippines: cement ship workers held hostage

Seven Vietnamese sailors are being held hostage after their ship was attacked near the south of the Philippines. The...

Iranians advised to view Iraqi cement as an investment opportunity

The head of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce, Yahya Al-e Es'haq, has advocated that Iranians should invest in the neigh...

February 2017 issue

Eagle Materials reports record 30QF17 earnings while strong Australian, US and Korean markets help drive up 2H16 pro...

Kuwait: Gulf Cement Co to produce oil well cement

Gulf Cement Co was granted a permit for the production of oil well cement from the American Petroleum Institute. ...

Saudi Arabia: Southern Province reports 48% fall in 4Q profits

Southern Province Cement reported a decline of 48 per cent in its profits for the fourth quarter of 2016. Profits in...

UAE: Arkan’s profits fall by 25% in 2016

Arkan Building Materials has seen its annual profits fall by a quarter to AED75.7m (US$20.6m), according to reports ...