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The stone laying ceremony at Ciment de l’Afrique’s (CIMAF) new clay calcination plant at its operating plant in Quagadougou in Burkina Faso has been celebrated. The plant is supported by a loan from the IFC (we reported 13.10.2023). Together with…
In the first half of 2024, Ukraine’s cement production increased by +24.4% to 3.799 Mt, after 3.055 Mt in the same period last year and 2.464 Mt in the year before. The production is almost on the level of 1.H…
In the first half of 2024, Estonia’s cement production declined by -7.9% to 82 kt, after 89 kt in the same period last year and 130 kt in the year before.
Lafarge Serbia, which is a member of the Holcim Group, plans to invest 110m Euro in a new cement plant in Belgrade’s Obrenovac municipality. The company operates the Beočinska cement plant (photo) in the Vojvodina district, 50 km Northwest of…
In the first half of 2024, Armenia’s cement imports increased by +64.7% to 0.252 Mt, after 0.153 Mt in the same period last year in 0.073 Mt in the year before.
In the first 7 months of calendar year 2024, Pakistan’s cement exports increased by +22.0% to 4.001 Mt, after 3.279 Mt in the same period last year and 2.017 Mt in the year before.
Dai Duong Cement, a member of the OIC Group, ignited its 2nd production line in the Tan Truong Commune, Nghi Son Economic Zone in Vietnam. The groundbreaking for the cement plant complex has been in October 2020. First kiln line…
In the first 7 months of 2024, Morocco’s cement dispatch increased by +6.8% to 7.465 Mt, after 6.987 Mt in the same period last year and 7.137 Mt the year before.
In the first 7 months of the calendar year, Pakistan’s cement dispatch declined by -4.8% to 24.789 Mt, after 26.050 Mt in the same period last year and 27.475 Mt the year before.
Cemex signed an agreement with Cementos Progreso for the sale of its operations in the Dominican Republic. The divested assets consist of one 2.6 Mta cement plant in San Pedro de Macorís, consisting of two integrated production lines and related…