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Ash Grove announces new Chanute plant manager

Ash Grove Cement Company announced Alan C Finch as the new plant manager of its Chanute works in Kansas, USA, effect...

UltraTech re-evaluating Brazil asset bid

Indian cement major UltraTech Cement is reportedly re-evaluating its decision to bid for the Brazilian assets put on...

South Africa: PPC receives merger offer from AfriSam

South Africa’s leading cement producer, PPC, has received a merger offer from local rival AfriSam that would create ...

Scaling up MSW models

The rise in municipal solid waste volumes has given India's cement sector an opportunity for co-processing.

Canada: new alternative fuels initiative introduced at Joliette cement plant

Holcim Canada and Van Houtte Coffee Services Inc, a subsidiary of Keurig Canada Inc, have introduced a new service t...

ARM secures loan to finance expansion

ARM Cement has secured a KES4.5bn (US$50m) loan from CFC Stanbic Bank to finance its expansion plans. “The credit...

Argos to not bid for Lafarge/Holcim Brazilian assets

Cementos Argos has decided not to not bid for the Brazilian assets that Lafarge and Holcim have put up for sale ahea...

HeidelbergCement honours International Quarry Life Award winners

The winners of HeidelbergCement’s International Quarry Life Award were yesterday honoured at an award ceremony held ...

Saudi: Eastern Province in talks for new production line

Saudi-based Eastern Province Cement Co said in a bourse statement that the board, in a meeting held on 9 December, d...

Vietnam: Vicem monthly sales up 3.5%

State-owned Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem) said it sold 1.92Mt of cement and clinker last month, an inc...