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Summit Materials announces 2Q results and new CEO

US-based Summit Materials saw a 24.5 per cent rise in operating income for the second quarter of 2020 to US$100.1m f...

Taiwan Cement and Oyak fined for JV notification failure

China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has fined Taiwan Cement and Ordu Yardimlasma Kurumo (Oyak)...

Twiga sees 33% rise in net profit for 1H20

Tanzania Portland Cement (Twiga) has reported a 33 per cent YoY increase in net profit to TZS34.94bn (US$15.05m) in ...

SCAEK completes first stage API certification

Algeria-based Société des Ciments de Ain El Kebira (SCAEK) has succesfully completed the first phase of the American...

Azerbaijan records 2% decline in cement production

Cement production in Azerbaijan declined 2.4 per cent YoY to 1.57Mt in the first half of 2020, according to the Stat...

Dominican Republic market contracts 13% in 4M20

Cement sales in the Dominican Republic declined 13 per cent to US$120m in the January-April 2020 period when compare...

Taiheiyo’s bottom ash washing and desalination system

Taiheiyo Cement has installed a full-scale incineration bottom ash washing facility at its  Kumagaya cement plant, J...

Qatar's cement production falls in May

Qatar’s Industrial Production Index for May 2020 declined two per cent YoY to 104.2 points, but this was a six per c...

ACC reports 40% fall in net profit

India’s ACC (LafargeHolcim) has reported a 40 per cent YoY decline in consolidated net profit to INR2.71bn (US$36.2m...

Spain's cement demand falls 17% in 1H19

Cement consumption in Spain declined 16.5 per cent to 6.1Mt in the first half of 2020 when compared with the 1H19, a...