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Pakistan: domestic demand up in February

Total cement sales in Pakistan in February 2017 were 3.435Mt, down by 0.41 per cent from 3.449Mt during the correspo...

SCG Cement buys Vietnam Construction Materials

Siam Cement Group’s wholly-owned subsidiary SCG Cement-Building Materials Co has acquired 100 per cent of Vietnam Co...

Trinidad Cement forecasts a competitive 2017

Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) has forecast construction activity to remain sluggish during the coming year, particularly...

Zambia: three companies awarded Nyimba limestone mining rights

Three companies have been awarded prospecting rights for limestone mining in Nyimba District, Eastern province, Zamb...

Places of discovery

Whitehopelman explains how cement producers can benefit from quarries with archaeological finds.

Saudi Arabia: Najran shuts down Line 2

Saudi Arabia’s Najran Cement Co has suspended production at a 3000tpd clinker line. The temporary shutdown of com...

Argentina cement market contracts 0.8 per cent in 2M17

Argentina's cement producers dispatched 801,782t of cement in February, a 0.8 per cent drop MoM and 8.7 per cent YoY...

China: order and growth

DBS Vickers reports on the Chinese cement sector with infrastructure projects pushing cement demand up and strong pri...

Pakistan: export revenue rise MoM but fall YoY

Pakistan cement exporters earned revenues of US$22.26m on exports of 411,257t cement in January 2017, compared to US...

Brunei streamlines cement imports

The process of registering to import cement into Brunei Darussalam will take three working days, according to the co...