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Coal price rises will impact cement costs

Although there has been a big move away from fossil fuels in many parts of the world, the cement sector still relies...

Maple Leaf Cement to raise cement capacity

Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd (MLCF) was in the news this week when FLSmidth announced it had secured an EPC contrac...

Senegal turns to exports

This week it was announced that the Senegalese government would impose a new tax on the price of cement in the count...

Tajikistan cement to flourish with Chinese investment

This week it was reported that Tajikistan’s cement production had rocketed up by 41 per cent to 1.8Mt in the first 1...

The Addoha Group's expansion continues

Ciments de l’Atlas (CIMAT) announced the recent opening of the new 0.5Mta Diago grinding plant in Mali, which will i...

Medcem adds more grinding capacity to Cameroon

Medcem Cameroon (Eren Holdings Group) announced this week that it will officially open its 0.6Mta Douala grinding pl...

Cemex targets TCL acquisition

This week Cemex launched a bid to acquire Trinidad Cement Co Ltd (TCL) via its subsidiary Sierra Trading, which wou...

Chile's changing market

This week Cementos Bio Bio announced its 9M16 profits had been hard hit by foreign exchange rates and a similar stor...

Colombia's road ahead

In a week that has seen LafargeHolcim announcing the start of construction of a new 0.5Mta cement plant in Buga and ...

Saudi Arabia shifts focus as spending curtailed

With the publication of the 2016 budget, Saudi Arabia has put an end to the high rates of spending prevalent before ...