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Two Vietnam plant licences revoked

Cement plant licences for two projects being set up in the central Vietnam province of Nghe An have been revoked due...

Bamburi confident on second-half turnaround

Kenya's Bamburi Cement reported a 12 per cent decline in pretax profit for the first six months of 2013 but is confi...

New Tajikistan-China joint venture set for commissioning

A joint Tajikistan and Chinese enterprise is to start commissioning of its 1Mta cement plant at the end of this mont...

Vicat advances in Turkey and Kazakhstan

Vicat's first-half turnover increased by 1.7 per cent to EUR1147.7m, which amounts to a 3.2 per cent improvement on ...

US shipments ahead in first five months

Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in May 2013 were about 7.77Mt, u...

ARM Cement denies pollution claims

ARM Cement has denied claims of causing environmental pollution in the Kenyan coastal town of Kilifi, saying that it...

HeidelbergCement mulls sale of non-core assets

HeidelbergCement is considering the sale of non-core assets, its CEO Bernd Scheifele told local press in a recent in...

Poland's monthly output edges ahead

Poland's cement production totalled 1.733 Mt in July 2013, up by 2.2 per cent YoY, according to the latest data from...

PPC buys controlling stake in Safika Cement

PPC has entered into an agreement to purchase a controlling equity stake in Safika Cement Holdings, a blended-cement...

GICA price rise causes concern, Algeria

The recent decision of Algeria’s state-owned GICA to raise cement prices by 20 per cent from ALD320 to ALD380 (US$4-...