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PPC in talks to sell Zimbabwe business

PPC Ltd is reportedly in talks to sell its Zimbabwe business. According to Bloomberg, discussions are at an early ...

Argentina’s cement market expands 9% in January

Argentine cement demand increased by 9.2 per cent YoY and 2.7 per cent MoM to 957,958t in January 2023, according to...

Holcim acquires Dura-Last roofing company

Holcim has signed an agreement to acquire Duro-Last, a US-based leader in commercial roofing systems. Duro-Last’s ...

The eye of the kiln

Thermographic vision has improved the accuracy of kiln monitoring systems and enabled cement plants to spot potentia...

CEMEX's Lyons plant under pressure to close

CEMEX's Lyons plant  in Colorado, USA, is coming under pressure to close from local protestors seeking that county ...

The India Cements Ltd sees revenue slip MoM

The India Cements Ltd has reported revenue from operations of INR12,194m (US$147.3m) in the quarter ended 31 Decem...

UltraTech commissions 1.5Mta Odisha unit

UltraTech Cement  (part of the Aditya Birla Group ) has commissioned a 1.5Mta brownfield cement grinding unit in ...

Reducing CO2 in US cements

The US cement market is increasingly accepting lower-carbon cements such as Portland limestone and ternary blended c...

Way ahead by blended cements

The increased use of blended cements provides the Indian cement industry with new opportunities to reduce its CO 2 ...

Measuring kiln temperatures

Temperature monitoring plays a vital role in supporting process efficiency and cement product quality. It can help t...