Growth in Indonesian market prompts capacity expansion
Bosowa Corp is expanding capacity at two plants and setting up a third to meet the rising demand for cement in the Indonesian market.
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Bosowa Corp is expanding capacity at two plants and setting up a third to meet the rising demand for cement in the Indonesian market.
Nigeria continues its progress towards becoming self-sufficient in cement production, and Nigeria giant Dangote signs investment agreements in Ethiopia and the DRC.
India’s real estate industry is demanding an enquiry into what it calls the ‘exorbitant price hike by leading manufacturers’.
The Cement Association of Canada and its members have introduced a new product to the Canadian market: Contempra™. This is a new cement that decreases CO2 emissions by 10% while still producing concrete with a level of strength and durability comparable to that produced with regular Portland cement.
As part of its southern African expansion, PPC has acquired three aggregate quarries from Quarries of Botswana for US$6.8 million.
The new US$24 million WHR plant will generate nearly 30% of the cement plant’s total energy demand.
BankMuscat has agreed to two loans totalling more than OMR25.77 million for the cement manufacturer.
In a recent meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister urged cement companies to cut energy costs and to restructure, in order to sharpen their competitiveness.
FLSmidth has received four minerals orders, worth approximately €40 million each, from a company in the Middle East
David Hayes profiles India and Pakistan’s cement industries.
Paul Maxwell-Cook takes a look at the economic developments in Oman impacting the cement industry.
BEUMER enhances market presence with acquisition of Enexco Teknologies India Ltd.