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Spain’s cement consumption falls 2% in February

Cement demand in Spain has declined 2.4 per cent YoY to 1,136,748t in February 2021, according to Oficemen, the coun...

Tangshan Jidong Cement reports 3% rise in income

China’s Tangshan Jidong Cement has reported a 2.8 per cent YoY increase in operating income to CNY35.48bn (US$5.46m)...

Senegalese cement output up 9% in December 2020

The production of cement in Senegal has advanced 8.9 per cent MoM in December 2020. However, domestic cement sales...

Titan Cement to install new precalciner at Kamari plant

Titan Cement is investing EUR25m at its Kamari cement plant, Viotia, Greece. The project will see a new precalciner ...

Tarmac introduces a fully-recyclable hybrid bag

Tarmac (CRH Group) has moved to using 50 per cent recycled plastic in its packaging, with the release of new all-wea...

Local man becomes new plant manager at Dunbar cement plant

Tarmac (CRH Group) has promoted a local employee as its new plant manager at Dunbar Cement. Chris Bradbury, who prev...

Alkali-activated materials

While blastfurnace slag and metakaolin are known to produce a binder phase following alkali activation, the range of...

RAK White Cement sees revenue down 7%

UAE-based RAK White Cement has seen a 34.6 per cent YoY decline in attributable net profit to AED12.69m (US$3.46m) i...

Philippines expands import safeguard measures

The Philippines has expanded the list of countries covered in its cement import safeguard measures. The amendment wa...

Chilean cement market expands 4% in January

Chile’s cement demand increased 4.4 per cent to 346,463t in January 2021 when compared with January 2020, when deman...