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New Zealand: Golden Bay Cement is still going strong after 100 years

Golden Bay Cement's Portland plant clocked over 100 years of buiness last year, when it also celebrated a new 6000t ...

South Korea: carbon emission quota increased

On 24 January the South Korean government increased the carbon emissions quota by 1700t to 539Mt and added 51Mt to e...

Qatar National Cement reports a 14% increase in 4Q profit

Qatar National Cement reported a profit rise of 14.4 per cent YoY to QAR119.62m (US$32.8m) in 4Q16 from QAR104.6m in...

Malaysia: Borneo Oil signs US$18m limestone deposit deal

According to reports in the Star newspaper, Borneo Oil has signed a 30-year deal enabling it to mine marble and lime...

Oficemen: plant closure possibility if power price continues to rise

Oficemen warned of a potential closure of cement plants and stoppages if the price of electricity in Spain continues...

Spanish cement market contracts 3.1% in 2016

Cement demand in Spain closed at 11,140,639t in 2016, representing a 3.1 per cent YoY fall, according to Oficemen, t...

Mombasa Cement to build 36MW wind farm in Kilifi

Mombasa Cement is set to build a 36MW wind farm in Kilifi for its own energy use and sale to Kenya Power. The projec...

Saudi Arabia: Yamama Cement mothballs five clinker lines

In an announcement to the Saudi Arabian stock exchange, Yamama Cement has said that it will temporarily close five c...

Tajikistan exports 0.3Mt of cement in 2016

In 2016 Tajikistan exported 300,000t of cement, mainly to Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, according to Tajik...

Egypt: Misr Beni Suef Cement postpones coal mill

Misr Beni Suef Cement Company has postponed the installation of a coal mill at its Beni Suef plant to the 3Q17. The ...