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Germany’s TopWerk Group and US-based Partanna have announced a partnership. TopWerk, a leading global equipment supplier for concrete products, regards Partanna’s carbon-negative binder as a direct, plug-and-play replacement solution to Portland cement, that is fully compatible with its machines (photo:…
In 2023, Saudi Arabia exported 2.080 Mta cement, which is a YoY increase by 11.6% to 2.080 Mta, after 1.863 Mta last year and 1.556 Mta in 2021. The exports helped marginally to improve Saudi’s cement production in 2023, when…
In Japan, the accumulated cement exports in the first 11 month 2023 declined by massive -34.4% to only 5.866 Mt Mt from 8.947 Mt in the same period last year. In November the exports only declined by -3.2% to 0.536…
The Cemex Group, headquartered in Mexico, will be the first cement company to join the CCS+ Initiative, a multi-stakeholder platform developing a comprehensive carbon accounting framework for certifying industrial carbon projects. The CCS+ Initiative brings together more than 55 leading…
In 2023, China’s annual cement production declined -4.5% to 2022.9 Mta, after 2118.0 Mta last year and 2377.0 Mta in 2021. Accordingly, in only two years time the production has been shrinking by 354.1 Mta, which is more than the…
In 2023, Saudi Arabia’s annual cement consumption declined by -6.9% to 47.257 Mta, after 50.735 Mta last year and 52.502 Mta in 2021. The per capita cement consumption (PCC) declined in 2023 to 1269 kg, after 1462 kg in 2021.
China’s Anhui Conch will be starting probably next month the new 6300 tpd kiln line in Andijan, near Uzbekistan’s boarder with Kyrgyzstan, and will increase its cement capacity in the country to 5.8 Mta. With Andijan Conch, the company has…
In Panama, in the period from January to October 2023, in total only 0.152 Mt of grey cement have been exported, which is a YoY decline by -12.6, when compared to the same period in last year. In October 12550…
In Panama, in the period from January to October 2023, the cement production increased by +2.7% to 1.203 Mt, after 1.171 Mt in the same period last year. However, in October the production declined by -6.9% YoY to 0.114 Mt.
Qassim Cement Company (QCC) of Saudi Arabia made a transaction announcement to make an offer to Hail Cement Company’s (HCC) shareholders to acquire all shares of HCC in consideration for newly issued shares in QCC. HCC owns and operates a…