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The future of cement

In the first of two reports from the recent international symposium, “The Future of Cement” that took place in Paris...

Cambodia will cap cement plants at five

Cambodia is in the middle of a cement capacity expansion programme, but a state official has announced that the coun...

Pakistan cement sales up 11% in August

Cement sales in Pakistan rose 10.9 per cent YoY in August 2017 to 3.766Mt from 3.585Mt in August 2016. In the nor...

Lafarge helps boost rail freight for Zambia Railways

Zambia Railways Ltd (ZRL) has recorded an increase in freight in the first half of the year by 70,379t due to signin...

Federated Investors sell shares in Summit Materials Inc

Federated Investors Inc PA lowered its position in Summit Materials, Inc by 65.5 per cent in the second quarter, acc...

Wonder Cement signs MSW MoU

India-based Wonder Cement has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the municipal council of Pratapgarh, U...

Hetauda cement completes kiln and cooler maintenance work

The state-owned Hetauda Cement Factory in Nepal resumed operations from Friday after being closed for 36 days for ma...

Saudi producers sees sales drop 16% in August 2017

The sales of Saudi cement producers fell 15.5 per cent to 3.72Mt in August 2017 when compared to 4.4Mt reported in A...

Portugal's cement exporters face fresh challenges

Portugal’s cement sector has had little choice but to export cement since the euro crisis, but now it faces a new th...

Floods and sand shortages force cement price cut in northern India

Cement producers in northern India are forced to cut cement prices by INR2-3 (US$0.01-0.03)/50kg bag every week due ...