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Higher fuel and power costs affect Mexican cement producers

EBITDA margins of Cemex, Moctezuma, Cementos Chihuahua and Elementia have contracted by 0.5-2 percentage points in t...

Kazakh-Singaporean MoU on new plant in Almaty region

A Kazakh-Singaporean business forum held on 21 November provided the venue for a bilateral investment treaty between...

Cemex Philippines shuts down kiln and Davao terminal

APO Cement (Cemex group) in the Philippines has closed its Davao cement terminal and suspended one kiln line at its ...

Hoffmann Green Cement opens Bournezeau plant

Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies (HGCT) inaugurates its new cement plant – dubbed the first green cement plant in ...

Ecocem pretax profit declines 38%

Slag cement producer Ecocem Materials Ltd reported a rise in turnover of 9.4 per cent in 2017 to EUR79.4m (US$90.5m)...

Is US cement market about to slow?

The US cement market received a note of caution this week with the PCA's latest forecast, which predicted a falling ...

Jordan: seeking opportunities

In an interview with Khaled Huraibat, chairman of the Jordan Cement Producers’ Association, ICR finds out more about...

Austria's Leube acquires stake in Asamer

Austria-based Leube cement plant has acquired a stake in Asamer, a building materials company based in the same coun...

Fletcher building hit by Golden Bay shutdown and Australian residential market

Fletcher Building Ltd's performance has been impacted by trading conditions and a four-week shutdown of subsidiary G...

EAPCC receives backing to sell land assets

Kenya’s East African Portland Cement Co (EAPCC) has received Trade Ministry backing to sell off idle land, which wil...