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Pakistan: Fecto Cement profit jumps 31.8% in FY15-16

Fecto Cement Ltd its financial results for the full-year period ended 30 June 2016. It reported profit after tax of...

United States: St Mary's Cement secures funding to expand North Michigan plant

St Mary's Cement, a subsidiary of Brazil's Votorantim Cimentos, has had its application for funding to expand its Ch...

Germany: professor Siegbert Sprung wins fifth Klaus Dyckerhoff Prize

At the VDZ Annual Cement Conference 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany, the fifth Klaus Dyckerhoff Prize was awarded to Pro...

Semen Indonesia: unsuccessful Holcim (Lanka) bid will not deter from ASEAN expansion

PT Semen Indonesia (Persero) Tbk's director, Rizkan Chandra, has claimed that Siam City's bid for Holcim (Lanka) Ltd...

Mexico: Elementia considers price rise to help fund investment plan

Elementia is considering a potential rise in its cement price following the depreciation of the Mexican peso against...

India: production halts at JK Cement Muddapur plant

JK Cement have announced that its 3Mta plant in Muddapur, Baglakot, India, has temporarily ceased operations. The cl...

Philippines: Eagle Cement to break ground on Davao plant

Eagle Cement has said that it will begin construction work on its new 2Mta cement plant in Davao in the south of the...

Indonesia: cement carrier catches on fire

A cement carrier called Divine Success caught fire last Friday while at dock in Port of Tanjung Priok, north Jakarta...

Loss on ignition

Arthur Harrisson discusses the importance of loss on ignition for raw materials, clinker feed, hotmeal, clinker and c...

China Cement Association urges consolidation

The China Cement Association has petitioned policymakers to speed up consolidation in the cement sector, which curre...