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Vietnam: increasing demand for sustainable technologies

In terms of cement production, Vietnam is one of the fastest-growing countries in the world, thanks to robust domest...

PT Semen Indonesia to pay IDR239bn dividend

PT Semen Indonesia Tbk (SMGR) will pay a dividend of IDR239bn (US$16.9m) or 10 per cent of SMGR's net profit in 2019...

Elementia appoints new CEO

Mexico’s Elementia has appointed Jaime Rocha Font as its new CEO, with effect from 2 September 2020. Mr Rocha Font w...

Cement consumption in Vietnam slips 3% YoY in May

Vietnamese cement demand fell by three per cent YoY to 5,680,883t in May 2020, according to the country’s cement ass...

RHI Magnesita launches new brick at Mannersdorf plant

RHI Magnesita’s new ANKRAL LC series of refractory bricks has had its first usage in a pilot project at LafargeHolci...

Spain’s demand for cement contracts 18% in May

Cement consumption in Spain has fallen 17.8 per cent YoY to 1.144Mt in May as construction works halted in April due...

Votorantim appoints Juan Aguilera as new industrial director Cementos Cosmos

Votorantim has named Juan Aguilera as the new industrial director of Cementos Cosmos. Mr Aguilera will supervise the...

Turkmenistan ready to expand two cement plants

The President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, has signed resolutions authorising the Ministry of Industr...

Refractories for AF-fired kilns

The use of alternative fuels (AFs) has seen increasing demand being placed upon refractories. The Siam Refractory In...

Pakistan reports weaker export revenues although volumes rise in 11MFY20

The Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) of Pakistan has released cement export data for the eleven months of July 201...