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Argentine cement price up 5%

The price of a 50kg bag of cement in Argentina saw a five per cent increase to ARS820 (US$8.90) on 3 April 2021, acc...

Vietnam’s cement and clinker exports up 22%

Cement and clinker exports increased by 22.5 per cent YoY to over 8Mt in the year up to 15 March 2021, according to ...

California Nevada Cement Association describes pathways to net zero carbon operation

The California Nevada Cement Association (CNCA) envisions three major pathways for the industry to attain net zero c...

Four Kenyan producers opposed to review on clinker imports

Four Kenyan cement manufacturers have requested for an urgent meeting with the national treasury over a proposal to ...

Cuban cement exports fall 40% in 2020

Despite domestic shortages, Cuba exported 21,235t of cement at a value of US$1.04m in 2020, representing a 39.7 per ...

BUA Cement sees 19% rise in profit

Nigeria’s BUA Cement has reported a 19.4 per cent rise in profit after tax to NGN72.3bn (US$189.5m) for 2020, compar...

LafargeHolcim closes Firestone Building Products acquisition

Holcim Participations (US) Inc (LafargeHolcim) has successfully completed the acquisition of Firestone Building Pro...

PPC postpones its ZAR750m rights issue

PPC Ltd, South Africa's biggest cement maker, held off on a planned rights issue of about ZAR750m (US$640m) followi...

Geminor database for waste material recycling is launched

GemiLAB  is a new database that will help analyse the quality of waste for material recycling and energy recovery. ...

ICR April 2021

GS Expert reviews the prospects for an upturn in Russian cement, Cem’In’EU reports on its new Rhône Ciments grinding...