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Sika to acquire MBCC Group

Sika has agreed to acquire MBCC Group, formerly BASF Construction Chemicals, from an affiliate of Lone Star Funds fo...

Powering up Pecém

In July 2021 Votorantim Cimentos announced the start of a new line at its grinding plant in Pecém, Brazil. The 0.8Mt...

Reducing methane emissions

As the cement industry prepares to meet its sustainability objectives, this month’s Technical Forum focusses on the ...

Vietnam cement sales slip in 2021 but exports surge

Cement sales in Vietnam edged up by two per cent to 6,135,769t in December 2021, according to the Vietnamese cement ...

Iskitimcement ups output by 20%

Russia-based JSC Iskitimcement (owned by JSC HC Sibcem) produced 1.18Mt of cement in 2021, representing a 20 per cen...

UltraTech Cement announces INR9.65bn capex for Birla White expansion

UltraTech Cement has announced a capital expenditure (capex) plan of INR9.65bn to modernise and almost double the p...

Belarusian cement plants quadruple peat consumption in 2015-21

Belarusian cement plants increased the consumption of peat fuel by 4.36 times to 362,000t between 2015-21, according...

Qatar National Cement Co appoints new CEO

Qatar National Cement Co has announced the appointment of Engr Essa Mohammed Ali Kaldari as its chief executive o...

Dr Sibo 'Steven' Yan appointed as general manager of KHD Beijing

Dr Sibo 'Steven'  Yan has been appointed as general manager of KHD's Chinese unit KHD Humboldt Wedag Machinery Equi...

PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa reports sales volumes of 17Mt in 2021

PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk (INTP) (HeidelbergCement group) recorded sales of 17Mt in 2021, a three per ce...