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Tanzania: Lake Cement hopes to start construction of Bagamoyo plant soon

A senior official at Lake Cement Ltd has confirmed that the company still plans to establish a US$150m cement plant ...

Egypt: Sinai Cement reports FY16 EGP14.6m net profit

Sinai Cement reported a consolidated net profit of EGP14.6m (US$901,243) for FY16, a significant improvement when co...

National Railways of Zimbabwe benefits from PPC business

PPC’s new Msasa plant in Harare, Zimbabwe, has enabled National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to move 1Mt of freight be...

Cemtech Asia 2017 Conference & Exhibition

Cemtech Asia 2017 was successfully held at the Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore on 9-12 July 2017. A full report wi...

FICEM Technical Congress 2017

The Inter-American Cement Federation announces that its XXXIV FICEM Technical Congress 2017 will be held on 4-6 Sept...

South Korea: Sungshin Cement back in the black in 2016

South Korean cement producer Sungshin Cement Co Ltd improved its revenues by 1.2 per cent to KRW686.6bn in 2016 from...

Pakistan: FWO seeks approval for new plant in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

According to reports in the Daily Times, the Frontier Works Organization (FWO) is seeking approval from the Pakistan...

Lithuania’s limestone reserves sufficient for decades to come

In 2016 cement companies mined around 680,000m 3 of limestone suitable for cement production in Lithuania, accordin...

Brazil: Votorantim/ArcelorMittal to combine steel businesses

ArcelorMittal Brasil SA and Votorantim SA announced the signing of a definitive agreement, which will see Votorantim...

USA: Summit cement profits rise 45% on back of higher volumes and prices

In a trading statement for 2016, Summit Materials has announced that profits at its cement business rose by 45.1 per...