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Uganda: Hima Cement has said that over 50% of its fuel for cement production now comes from renewable biomass instead of ...
Argentina: Cement despatches rose by 28% year-on-year to 844,000t in April 2025, compared to 661,319t in April 2024, according to data from the Asociación de Fabricantes de Cemento Portland (AFCP).
Uzbekistan: Cement companies produced 3.65Mt of cement in January - March 2025, up by 62% year-on-year from 2.26Mt in 2024.
Germany: Heidelberg Materials increased its revenue by 5% year-on-year to €4.71bn in the first quarter of 2025. Operating ...
India: UltraTech Cement has increased its production capacity by 1.4Mt/yr through debottlenecking and ‘efficiency ...
Sweden: A court has granted Heidelberg Materials a 30-year licence to continue limestone mining at its Slite quarry on the ...
Kenya: Kenya’s cement clinker imports have dropped by 93% year-on-year to 10.3Mt in 2024 from 148Mt in 2023, according to the ...
India: Nuvoco Vistas will build a 2Mt/yr grinding unit in Kutch as part of its plan to refurbish and put into operation the ...
A Korea Cement Association official said “The role of cement as a core pillar of national industrial growth has faded, ...
Vietnam: Vietnam produced 55.9Mt of cement in the first four months of 2025, up by 9% year-on-year, according to data from ...
Ecuador: Holcim Ecuador has appointed Ivanoff Rojas as production manager at its Guayaquil cement plant.
Zambia: Chilanga Cement says that Nason Kasoma, the Deputy Plant Manager of its Ndola cement plant, has died in a road traffic accident. He had been in post since the start of 2022. Kasoma had worked ...