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USA: preliminary September cement shipments total 8.78Mt

Preliminary data published by the US Geological Survey (USGS) concerning US shipments of cement in September 2016 es...

Achieving the target

Arthur Harrisson looks at meeting compliance targets for cement quality and the key parameters that determine high-qu...

HeidelbergCement merges HC Trading and Interbulk Trading

Following the acquisition of Italcementi by HeidelbergCement Group, HC Trading and Interbulk Trading have merged the...

Cementos Argos hit by Colombia’s infrastructure slowdown

In a trading update for the third quarter of 2016, Cementos Argos announced that its profits were down by 22.7 per c...

India: COMPAT stays UltraTech’s CCI penalty

The Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) has granted a stay on an order passed by the Competition Commmission of ...

Ghana: authorities accuse Chinese ship of smuggling cement

Ghanaian customs officials have prevented a Chinese-registered vessel – the Guo Tou 106 – from offloading bagged cem...

LafargeHolcim invests in new Colombia plant

Holcim Colombia has announced it will begin the construction of a new cement plant in Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombi...

Fiji: Chinese clinker offloaded at Suva Port

Pacific Cement Ltd of Fiji is receiving a 22,000t shipment of imported Chinese clinker, according to Tomu Raturaga, ...

Russia sees 9% fall in 3Q cement demand and output

Russia’s cement consumption and output noted a nine per cent fall in the third quarter of 2016 when compared with th...

Gaza residents oppose new cement plant

In October 2016 Sanad Construction Industries (SCI) announced the launch of the first phase of a project to build a ...