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Pakistan: first dry bulk terminal to open in March

Pakistan’s first dry bulk terminal will open next month and is expected to handle 3Mta of coal imports, rising to 20...

USA: cement shipments in November rose by 8.2%

Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the USA and Puerto Rico in November 2016 were about 7.9Mta, up by ...

UK: Hope Cement reward loyal customers

Hope Cement has introduced a new incentive scheme through its smartphone app. The loyalty scheme is a new approach t...

Uganda: Tororo Cement trucks damaging Karamoja roads

Tororo Cement, Uganda’s largest producer, has been warned by the national roads authority that they may be banned fr...

Venezuela expects to export 0.3Mt of cement in 2017

In 2017 Venezuela’s cement industry forecasts cement exports of 0.3Mt, around five per cent of the country’s total p...

Cambodia: SCG's Kampot Cement to open third plant

Siam Cement Group (SCG), Thailand’s largest cement conglomerate, is to take advantage of Cambodia’s booming construc...

Philippines: Cemex secures US$280m BDO Unibank loan

Cemex Holdings Philippines Inc has secured a loan facility from BDO Unibank Inc for the peso equivalent of US$280m t...

Pakistan: capacity utilisation tops 90% in December 2016

According to figures released by the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), cement sales in December...

Siam City Cement Bangladesh appoints new CEO

Thailand-based Siam City Cement (Bangladesh) Ltd has appointed PN Iyer as its new CEO. According to the cement firm,...

Cembureau calls for maintaining free EU ETS allowances for best performers

The European cement industry has made it clear to MEPs in the European Parliament that the EU Emissions Trading Sche...