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PPC chief executive quits, South Africa

Ketso Gordhan, the chief executive officer of PPC Ltd (PPC), resigned from his post at South Africa’s largest cement...

Elementia plans IPO, Mexico

Mexico's Elementia is exploring the possibility of soon launching an initial public offering (IPO) to expand its cem...

JSW seeks to expand southern Indian presence

JSW Cement, a subsidiary of the JSW Group, is mulling the  construction of a 4.3Mta cement plant in the Gulbarga dis...

Senior appointments at Star Ferro and Cement Ltd

Star Ferro and Cement Ltd has appointed Sanjay Kumar Gupta as chief executive officer, effective 20 September 2014. ...

Ethiopian producer looks to secure electricity supplies

Ethiopia-based producer East Cement SC is seeking to increase its electricity supply as shortages have led it to ope...

PCA: new capacity projections unchanged

Previously announced plans of more than 6Mta of new capacity during 2016-18 remain unchanged, according to the Portl...

Elementia: Fortaleza brand to register 20% growth in 2014-15

Despite a slow market, Mexico’s Cementos Fortaleza expects to close 2014 and 2015 with growth. Antonio Taracena, dir...

Guatemala: protests over new plant

The construction of Guatemala’s newest cement plant for Cementos Progreso has led to disturbances and protests that ...

Mexico: Lafarge sells its minority stake in Elementia

Lafarge announces the sale of its 47 per cent minority stake in its cement operations in Mexico to Elementia for a c...

Saudi Arabia: Southern Cement's third line is 70% completed

Southern Province Cement Co has completed 70 per cent of the third line of its Tihama plant, according to the Tadawu...