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South Africa: PPC's 1H profits fall 66%

PPC Ltd reported a 66 per cent decline in half-year profit, hit by higher finance costs. PPC said headline earning...

USA: preliminary August cement shipments total 9.41Mt

Preliminary data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) for US shipments of cement in August 2016 estimate that Portla...

Angola: Cimangola to cease clinker imports

Nova Cimangola announced that it will stop importing clinker and instead use domestic resources. The company has ...

Indonesia: Semen Baturaja plant due online in 2017

President of PT Semen Baturaja, Pamudji Rahardjo, announced that the state company would bring its second cement pla...

UAE: National Cement Co sees 46% fall in 3Q profits

National Cement reported a 46.2 per cent drop in third-quarter net profits to AED9.85m (US$2.7m) from AED18.31m 3Q15...

Zimbabwe: PPC commissions its Harare grinding unit

PPC Zimbabwe says it expects to increase exports into the region after commissioning a US$85m grinding plant in Hara...

FLSmidth MAAG Gear appoint new CEO

Helmut Holz is the new CEO of FLSmidth MAAG Gear. He follows Simon Jensen, who has accepted a new position as Managi...

Ghana: Union calls on Government to protect local cement industry

Dr Ekwow Spio Garbrah, Ghana's Trade and Industry Minister, is being encouraged by the Industrial and Commercial Wor...

60th International Colloquium on Refractories

The International Colloquium on Refractories will be held in Aachen, Germany from 18-19 October 2017. This event wil...

UAE: Fujairah Cement profits up 59%

Fujairah Cement Industries Co reported an increase of 58.9 per cent in profits in 3Q16 as compared with the same per...