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Cement production rises in Qatar

Qatar’s Industrial Production Index for September 2020 declined 7.7 per cent YoY and 3.9 per cent compared to August...

Community petitions Dangote for payment of land ownership entitlements

Members of the Ijako-Orile community in the Yewa North area of Ogun State, Nigeria, have staged a peaceful protest, ...

Tanzania reports cement shortage

Tanzania’s Ministry of Trade and Industry has attributed the country’s recent high cement prices on non-production b...

CI4C consortium makes progress with carbon capture project

The pilot project "catch4climate", for which four cement manufacturers have joined forces, is set to capture CO 2 a...

CRH pays tribute to former CEO

CRH has paid tribute to Jim Culliton, a former CEO of the company, who passed away on Monday. Mr Culliton was a si...

HeidelbergCement announces EUR400m investment in French sites

HeidelbergCement’s subsidiary, Ciments Calcia has presented the draft terms of a large-scale investment and reorgani...

US August shipments down sharply by 7% YoY

Total shipments of Portland and blended cement, including imports, in the US and Puerto Rico in August 2020 fell by ...

Vecoplan invests millions and enjoys further success despite COVID-19

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Vecoplan AG has continued supplying machines and systems that shred, convey and proc...

Howden’s successful retrofit in South America

Early in 2020, Howden responded to a call from a cement plant in Brazil to retrofit a fan for reduced energy cons...

Lafarge Zimbabwe records improvement in 3Q20

Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe has stated that the gradual easing of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions and a general improveme...