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Sinoma wins Eastern Province Cement contract

09 January 2024, Published under Cement News

Saudi Arabia-based Eastern Province Cement Co has awarded the contract for a new cement production line to China’s Sinoma CDI. The new line, which is costing US$270m, will have a production capacity of 10,000tpd and will be located at Eastern Province’s existing site in Khursaniyah. According to Mist News, the contract covers design, supply, delivery, construction, and installation of the cement production line on the basis of a complete turnkey contract for engineering, supply, con...

Shree Cement launches Bangur as master brand

09 January 2024, Published under Cement News

India’s Shree Cement has announced a revamp of its corporate brand identity and the launch of multiple brand offerings with Bangur as the master brand. According to Neeraj Akhoury, MD of Shree Cement, the launch of Bangur as the master brand “is in sync with our strategy of assessing and responding to evolving customer sentiments and growing aspirations. The intent is to position Bangur as the company’s umbrella brand, with a refreshed and discernible brand identity. Through this makeov...

Aditya Birla appoints Chief Human Resource Officer (Designate)

09 January 2024, Published under Cement News

In line with the Aditya Birla Group ’s Employee Value Proposition of ‘A World of Opportunities’ and talent philosophy of developing talent from within, the Board of Directors at its recent meeting, based on the recommendation of the Nomination, Remuneration and Compensation Committee, considered and approved the appointment of Chandrashekhar Chavan, as Chief Human Resource Officer (Designate), Senior Management Personnel of the company with effect from 16 February 2024. He will take on the ...

FIDEtechnology prepares for industrial scale-up

08 January 2024, Published under Cement News

Pioneering start-up FIDEtechnology, dedicated to decarbonising the construction industry, proudly announced the sale, installation, and successful operation of its first Prototype at the Construction Materials Laboratory at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland. FIDEtechnology has invented, engineered and patented a new design concept, the FIDE Low Carbon (LC) Grinding Mill, which promises to disrupt the EUR50bn global industrial grinding mill market and l...

ACC acquires Asian Concretes and Cements

08 January 2024, Published under Cement News

ACC Ltd , a subsidiary of Ambuja Cements Ltd , has announced that it is acquiring a 55 per cent stake in Asian Concretes and Cements Pvt Ltd (ACCPL) for an enterprise value of INR7750m (US$93.3m). ACC currently holds a 45 per cent stake in ACCPL so this latest deal gives ACC entire ownership of ACCPL, increasing ACC’s cement production capacity to 38.55Mta.  ACCPL runs 1.3Mta of cement capacity in Nalagarh, Himachal Pradesh, while its subsidiary, Asian Fine Cements Pvt Ltd (AFCPL) has...

Holcim replaces Beckum cooler

08 January 2024, Published under Cement News

Holcim is modernising its Beckum pyroprocessing line with a new state-of-the-art Pendulum cooler. The project represents a EUR20m investment and is expected to significantly reduce the plant's thermal energy requirement as well as CO 2 emissions. The cement producer will shut down its plant on 24 July for approximately 45 days to install the new cooler with a restart scheduled for the beginning of September. However, during its annual inspection between 8-26 January, the plant will firs...

Saudi producers warn of rising production costs

05 January 2024, Published under Cement News

Cement producers in Saudi Arabia have received a notification from Saudi Arabian Oil Co (Saudi Aramco) that the price of fuel products used in cement production will be increasing in price, effective from 1 January 2024.  Arabian Cement Co , Yamama Cement Co , Qassim Cement Co and Al-Jouf Cement Co are among the cement manufacturers who have warned customers that this adjustment “will impact production costs and efforts are currently underway to calculate the expected financial impa...

CRH completes lime divestment

05 January 2024, Published under Cement News

On 22 November 2023, CRH plc announced that it had reached an agreement to divest its lime operations in Europe for a total consideration of around US$1.1bn. This company is pleased to announce that the first phase of the transaction, comprising the group’s lime operations in Germany, Czech Republic and Ireland, is now complete.

Northern Region Cement signs US$44m Iraq partnership

04 January 2024, Published under Cement News

Saudi Arabia-based Northern Region Cement Co has signed a partnership agreement with Al-Diyar Al-Iraqia for Investments Co which sees the Iraqi company acquire 49 per cent of Northern Region Cement’s Iraqi investments. The deal is valued at US$43.95m and proceeds will be used to inject external investments in promising opportunities and repay a portion of the high-cost loans amid high financing costs, according to a bourse disclosure. The agreement will enable Northern Region Cement to...

Maha Cement launches two new products

04 January 2024, Published under Cement News

Maha Cement , part of My Home Industries Private Ltd (MHIPL), has launched two new cements in Bangalore, India - MAHA HD+ (OPC 53) and MAHA HD+ (PPC).  According to the company, MAHA HD+ (OPC 53) is a revolutionary, early-setting cement with high strength, which complies with IS 269-2015. It is produced by blending high-quality clinker, tri-calcium silicates and gypsum, offering the highest fineness and consistency. Maha Cement says it is suitable for creating high-strength concrete stru...