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Tunisia: Ciments de Bizerte sees 1.78% turnover rise in 2015

Tunisia’s Les Ciments de Bizerte posted a turnover of TND57.177bn (US$27.9bn) in 2015, up 1.78 per cent YoY. Dome...

Cemex sets Dominican production record

Cemex has achieved a production of 2.2Mt of cement in its San Pedro de Macorís plant in the Dominican Republic. The ...

Indonesia: exports offset slower domestic sales

Cement industry statistics show that full-year 2015 consumption in Indonesia increased by 0.8 per cent YoY to 60.4Mt...

QNCC full-year profit up 10%

Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC) reported a 10.28 per cent rise in net profit to QAR463.5m (US$127.3m) for the 1...

LafargeHolcim planning potential disposal in South Korea

Glenwood Private Equity is in talks to buy South Korea-based Lafarge Halla Cement in cooperation with Eugene Group, ...

Saudi: Umm Al-Qura Cement Co net loss narrows

Umm Al-Qura Cement Co saw its full-year net loss narrow in 2015 to SAR24.07m compared to a net loss of SAR28m a yea...

Bolivia: Oruro plant online in 2017

Work on the new Oruro cement works in Caracollo, owned by Empresa Pública Productiva Cementos de Bolivia (Ecebol), i...

Bestway Cement recognised for sustainability endeavours

Bestway Cement, together with its newly-acquired Pakcem unit, was honoured for its efforts in contributing to sustai...

Hanson UK appoints new CEO

Daniel Cooper has been appointed chief executive officer of Hanson UK, replacing Patrick O’Shea, who stepped down at...

US November shipments - preliminary data

Preliminary data from the US Geological Survey shows that Portland and blended cement shipments in November 2015 rea...