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Brazil cement sales slip 1.2% in 2018, growth return in 2019

Cement sales in the Brazilian market remained largely stable at 3.964Mt in December 2018 from 3.97Mt in December 201...

BBMG to sell 7 cement companies to Jidong Cement

BBMG Corp has announced that it will sell the entire equity interests in seven cement companies to China’s Jidong Ce...

Indian cement consumption to rise by 7-8 per cent in FY19-20

Rating agency ICRA forecasts that domestic cement demand in India will grow seven per cent YoY in FY19 and by around...

Nassef Sawiris reduces stake in LafargeHolcim

One of LafargeHolcim’s biggest shareholders, Nassef Sawiris, reduced his stake in the company by nearly 1.6m shares ...

JSW Cement turns water provider

JSW Cement will provide piped and solar-powered water to 11 villages near to its planned grinding plant in Jajpur di...

FLSmidth sells bulk material handling business

FLSmidth has reached an agreement to sell its bulk material handling business to Rainbow Heavy Machineries. The tran...

Time to take a chance in Tunisia?

This week Tunisian-based United Cement Investor announced that it will build a new 1.5Mta integrated cement plant ...

Cement sales in Saudi Arabia fall 6% in December

Aggregate cement sales from 17 producers in Saudi Arabia slipped by six per cent in December to 3.82Mt, compared to...

Work to start on 1.5Mta cement plant in Tunisia

United Cement Investor, a Tunisian company, is building a greenfield 1.5Mta cement plant in Tunisia. The plant will ...

Tabuk Cement appoints new general manager

Saudi cement producer Tabuk Cement has appointed a new general manager as of 6 January 2019. Ali Al-Qahtani will suc...