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Dominican Republic cement sales up 7.5% in 2016

Sales of cement in the Dominican Republic rose by 7.5 per cent by volume and 5.2 per cent by value in 2016 when comp...

India: Birla sees 8% drop in 3Q income

Birla Corp reported a saw its net profit fall from INR139.9m (US$2.09m) in 3QFY15-16 to INR20.9m in 3QFY16-17. The...

Pakistan: Pioneer Cement inks agreements with Sinoma-Chengdu

Pioneer Cement Ltd (PIOC) informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that it has  signed a contract with Sinoma-Chengdu ...

Kuwait Cement to sell stake in Kuwait Food Company

According to reports in ArabianBusiness.com, Kuwait Cement will sell its stake in Kuwait Food Company (Americana) to...

Ireland: Quinn Cement open Warrenpoint export hub

Quinn Cement has establised a new cement export hub in Warrenpoint Harbour in Co Down, Ireland, in a GBP2.5m (EUR2.9...

ACC appoints Neeraj Akhoury as MD and CEO

Neeraj Akhoury took office on 7 February as new managing director and CEO of ACC. Mr AKhoury joins ACC from Lafar...

India: Ramco Cements reports 28% rise in 3Q net profit

India’s Ramco Cements has reported a 28 per cent YoY increase in net profit to INR1.519bn (US$22.6m) in 3Q16. The co...

European Parliament to vote on removing cement sector ETS exemption

On February 15 the European Parliament will vote on a report from its environment committee on the reform of the EU'...

Australia: GECA cement and concrete standard announced

Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA) operates Australia’s only independent, not-for-profit, multi-sector ecola...

Vulcan's pretax profit grows by 67%

Vulcan Materials' turnover increased by 4.7 per cent in 2016 to US$3592.7m and EBITDA rose by 17.3 per cent to US$96...