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Italcementi hit by restructuring and impairment charges

Italcementi's first-half turnover declined by 2.1 per cent to EUR2122.6m and running EBITDA was 7.6 per cent lower a...

Tanzania: Tanga to inaugurate second clinker line

Tanga Cement plans to commission its second clinker line this month, more than doubling output to 1.25Mta. The Minis...

New communication manager at Holcim Romania

Veronica Dobre has been appointed the new Communication Manager of Holcim Romania. She takes the position over from ...

Qatar Cement signs US$100m deal with Saudi investors

The Qatar National Cement Company has agreed a US$100m financing deal with Samba Financial Group of Saudi Arabia, th...

Cemtech Asia and the Philippine growth trail

ICR looks back at the recent successful Cemtech Asia conference and exhibition in Manila, the Philippines.

Paraguay: new cement mill to provide US$50m sales boost

Industria Nacional de Cemento (INC) expects a US$50m boost to its sales following the commissioning of its new mill ...

Semen Indonesia exports to East Timor

PT Semen Indonesia has said that it exports 15,000t of cement to Dili, East Timor, every month. Through subsidiary S...

Malaysia: cement production down 4.2% in six months to June

Demand for cement in Malaysia looks set to grow but slowly in 2016 as production numbers for the first half of the y...

Japan: Taiheiyo Cement to set up subsidiary for biomass plant

Taiheiyo Cement will spend JPY23.5bn (US$224m) to set up a biomass power plant at a cement production site in Ofunat...

Union Cement reports 5.1% rise in profits for 2Q16

Union Cement in the UAE  saw a 5.1 per cent YoY rise in 2Q16 profits to AED29.72m from AED28.27m in 2Q15.  The co...