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Bagged cement price sees 22% rise in Côte d’Ivoire

The price of bagged cement in Niakara, Côte d’Ivoire, has increased by 22% to XOF110,000/t (US$177.53/t) from XOF90,...

Cement production in Tajikistan drops 9% in Jan-May

In the January-May 2022 period cement production in Tajikistan has declined 8.6 per cent YoY to 1.6Mt from 1.8Mt. In...

Indian event highlights role of calcined clay cement

The best way forward is to adopt transformative technologies that help decarbonise the cement industry, according to...

Schwenk Latvija reports 5% increase in turnover in 2021

Schwenk Latvija has reported a 4.9 per cent YoY increase in turnover in 2021. The company's turnover reached EUR96.4...

South Africa requests no cement price increases

The South African government has asked the country's cement producers to commit to no price increases in return for ...

Holcim Maroc inaugurates Agadir plant

Holcim has opened its 1.6Mta Agadir-Souss plant in southern Morocco. Built in 2021, the company invested MAD3bn ...

US-Puerto Rican Portland and blended cement market contracts 5% in April

Shipments of Portland and blended cement (including imports) in the USA and Puerto Rico declined by 5.3 per cent YoY...

Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe to increase exports

Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe made its first exports to Malawi and is expecting to build on the shipment to increase exp...

Société de Ciments de Gabès begins kiln shutdown

Work on the kiln shutdown at Société de Ciments de Gabès cement plant in Tunisia began on 23 June 2022. The wor...

Loesche performs VRM performance test

Loesche has successfully carried out a performance test of a new vertical roller mill for Bangladesh cement produce...