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A TEC commissions its Rocket Mill at Wiener Neustadt

To optimise the production of highly-caloric residue-derived fuels for the cement industry the Austrian company ASA ...

Chile: Cementos Bío-Bío sees 8.6% profit slip in 9M2016

Chilean cement producer Cementos Bío-Bío reported a 3.3 per cent rise in profits to CLP221.5bn (US$329m) in the Janu...

Nigeria: UNICEM Mfamosing's second line commissioned

United Cement Co of Nigeria (UNICEM) commissioned its new line at Mfamosing, Cross River State, in September 2016. L...

Pakistan: cement producers see profits of 12% 1QFY16/17

Pakistan's cement manufacturers posted 12 per cent growth in their profits during the first quarter of the current f...

EU urged to end carbon credits system

Carbon Market Watch is urging EU lawmakers to abolish the carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS) after it was revea...

ICR December 2016

ICR highlights the commissioning of the modernised Hagerstown plant with a LafargeHolcim USA interview. Central Amer...

Kenya: Dangote seeks limestone on east coast

Dangote Group has expressed interest in prospecting for limestone in Malindi, 120km northeast of Mombasa. The group ...

Colombia's cement market contracts 14.4% YoY in Oct

Cement consumption in Colombia fell 14.4 per cent to 0.994Mt in October 2016 from 1.162Mt in October 2015, according...

Tanzania: Lake Cement plans new plant in Bagamoyo

Lake Cement Ltd announced it will invest US$150m in a new cement plant in Bagamoyo, Pwani Region, Tanzania, with a p...

India Cements receives stay on CCI fine

India Cements received a stay order following its appeal of the decision made by the Competition Commission of India...