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Ukrainian’s Antimonopoly Committee (AMCU) has approved CRH Ukraine’s acquisition of over 50% of the voting shares in Dyckerhoff Ukraine. However, AMCU outlined prerequisites for the acquisition, which involve the divestment of 25-28% of the shares to an independent investor, alongside…
In the first half of 2024, Ghana’s cement production increased by +17.0% to 4.00 Mt, after 3.42 Mt in the same period last year and 3.60 Mt in the year before.
In the first 8 months of 2024, Pakistan’s cement consumption declined by -11.4% to 23.541 Mt, after 25.569 Mt in the same period last year and 28.367 Mt in the year before.
Türkiye’s Çimsa, a subsidiary of Sabancı Holding, reached an agreement to acquire 94.7% of UK’s Mannok for an overall enterprise value of €330 million. The local Mannok’s (formerly the Quinn Group) leadership team will retain a 5.3% interest. Under the…
In the first 8 months of 2024, Pakistan’s cement exports increased by +15.1% to 4.614 Mt, after 4.009 Mt in the same period last year and 2.405 Mt in the year before.
In the first 8monrths of 2024, Pakistan’s cement dispatch (production) declined by -7.9% to 28.155 Mt, after 30.578 Mt in the same period last year and 30.772 Mt in the year before.
In Japan a CCS-Initiative has been formed by the industry to cope with the ambitious CO2 goals of the Japanese Government. The project involves capturing CO2 at Nippon Steel’s Kyushu Works and Taiheiyo Group’s DC Co. cement plant (photo) and…
In the first half of 2024, Ethiopia’s cement consumption increased by +14.0% to 3.91 Mt, after 3.43 Mt in the same period last year and 2.95 Mt in the year before.
In the first 8 months of 2024, Morocco’s cement dispatch increased by +7.2% to 8.730 Mt, after 8.141 Mt in the same period last year and 8.209 Mt in the year before.
Brazil’s Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) plans to build a cement plant in Itaperuçu, close to Curitiba, the capital of the southern Brazilian state of Paraná. CSN began producing cement in 2009. In 2015 the new Arcos cement plant (photo), located in Minas…