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Rohrdorfer Zement awarded Fives FCB a contract for the supply of a 50 tpd clay calcination unit at the Rohrdorf plant in Bavaria, Germany. The clay calcination unit will be integrated within the clinker production line and allow Rohrdorfer to…
In the first 4 months of 2024, Chile’s cement dispatch declined by -4.2% to 1.838 Mt, after 1.919 Mt in the same period in last year and 2.135 Mt the year before.
In the first quarter of 2024, El Salvador’s cement consumption declined by -7.6% to 0.440 Mt, after 0.477 Mt in the same period last year and 0.468 Mt the year before.
The Toral de los Vados cement plant of Votorantim in the Leon area in Spain is decarbonated. Instead of a huge and costly CCS- project the plant is undergoing different more conventional transformation processes. The decarbonation strategy includes a better…
In the first 5 months of 2024, Saudi Arabia’s cement dispatch declined by -1.3% to 19.880 Mt, after 20.133 Mt in the same period last year and 20.884 Mt the year before.
In the first 5 months of 2024, Saudi Arabia’s cement exports declined by -21.4% to 0.728 Mt, after 0.926 Mt in the same period last, when YoY increase has been 116.4%!!
Shurfah Cement and cooperation partner Hoffmann Green Cement celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for the H-KSA 1 plant in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia. The agreement between the two companies, signed last year, foresees the construction of four Hoffman Green facilities in Saudi…
In the first quarter of 2024, the cement production in Belarus increased largely by +16.5% to 1.316 Mt, after 1.130 Mt in the same period last year, mainly due to a higher local demand.
In the first quarter of 2024, Belarus cement exports increased +3.7% to 0.539 Mt, after 0.520 Mt in the same period last year. The export increase was mainly because of a larger demand by Russia.
SigmaRoc entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire the lime operations of CRH in Poland for a deferred consideration of € 100m. The acquisition, which includes two lime and lime powder production plants, quarries (photo) and the distribution network,…