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Cementos Fortaleza begins construction of cement mill

Mexico’s Cementos Fortaleza, part of Elementia, has begun the construction of a new 0.25Mta cement mill in Merida, Y...

FLSmdith's Central America contracts are now effective

FLSmidth has announced that the greenfield and brownfield contracts for plants in Central America are now effective,...

Pakistan cement producers record falling sales

Pakistan’s Fecto Cement Ltd has announced a 42 per cent YoY fall in profit for the FY18 ended 30 June, declining to ...

Bangladesh exports fall 11% YoY in July-Aug 2018

Bangladesh's cement industry recorded an export revenue of US$1.85m during July-Aug 2018 compared to US$2.07m of the...

Pakistan records a 6% demand increase in September

Pakistan recorded a six per cent YoY growth in cement demand for September 2018, based on preliminary sales data. Th...

Increase in seaborne coal and petcoke prices impact producers

Seaborne thermal coal and petcoke prices rose by 16-24 per cent YoY during the 1H18 period, eroding almost four per ...

8th International VDZ Congress inaugurated in Germany

The 8th International VDZ Congress 2018 held its inauguration ceremony on Wednesday in Düsseldorf, Germany. The thre...

Philippines notifies WTO of import investigation

The Philippines’ Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has notified the World Trade Organisation of its preliminary...

Lafarge Africa receives shareholder approval for NGN90bn rights issue

Lafarge Africa has received shareholder approval to raise NGN90bn (US$246.93m) of capital through a rights issue and...

Vietnamese exports expected to rise 43% in September

The Vietnamese Ministry of Construction (MoC) has estimated that the country’s cement exports will rise 43 per cent ...