Loma Negro, a company from Brazil, has decided to close its cement factory in Barker-Villa Cacique, Argentina. The cement plant was established in 1956 and has helped the lives of 6,000 local residents. After more than two months of conflict and layoffs, 140 employees at the factory, which once had more than 300 employees, as well as 100 outsourced workers, will lose their jobs.

2019-06-17

Announcement of the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on the Transfer of Cement Production Capacity Indicators by Xitai Cement Co., Ltd. of Wulate Front Banner and Dongmeng Cement Co., Ltd. of Kulun Banner

2019-06-13

Recently, Sinoma Construction and Algeria Biskria Cement Company signed a provisional acceptance certificate for two clinker cement production lines with a daily output of 6000 tons in BC project. The two sides indicated that they would continue to expand their advantages, strengthen cooperation and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results in the future.

2019-06-13

Recently, the weather is mostly fine, and the market demand has rebounded. Recently, the main manufacturers in Ordos and Chifeng areas in Inner Mongolia have successively notified to raise the ex-factory price of cement..

2019-05-29

Start Cement plans to invest US $41 million to build a new cement plant with an annual output of 600,000 tons, and its products will be mainly sold in Liberia and other countries of the Mano River Union (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast).

2019-05-28

Manila's recent 4% tariff failed to curb the flood of imported cement from the Philippines, thus increasing the need for more protection for local manufacturers who continue to produce high-quality products despite market challenges.

2019-05-23

Uzbek President Mirziyoyev recently chaired a meeting on priorities for the further development of the building materials industry, according to Uzbekistan's "Detailed" News Network.

2019-05-21

After the new government of Myanmar came into power, the real estate industry in Myanmar has developed considerably, but building materials in Myanmar are scarce, and cement and other building materials are mainly imported from Malaysia, China, India, Bangladesh and Thailand.

2019-05-20

It is reported that LafargeHolcim has signed an agreement to sell its 51% stake in Lafarge Malaysia to YTL Cement for $396 million, a deal that includes three integrated cement plants and two grinding plants.

2019-05-16

On May 15, Huaxin Cement's new dry-process cement production line project with an annual output of 1.5 million tons in Uzbekistan held a foundation-laying ceremony in Jizak, Uzbekistan. The foundation laying ceremony was attended by Governor of Jizak State, Alekashi Saliyev, President of Huaxin Cement, Li Yeqing, Vice Presidents Xu Gang and Hu Zhenwu, and Special Assistant to the President, Daniel Bach.

2019-05-16

On the evening of May 13, the website of the Central People's Government issued an announcement by the Tariff and Tax Commission of the State Council on the increase of tariff rates on some imports originating in the United States.

2019-05-15

Building a house can be as easy as pressing a button. Paul Tinari, a scientist in British Columbia, Canada, has invented a cheap, lightweight and fast 3D printing system. He says the system can construct a four-bedroom concrete outer frame in 24 hours, and at only 10% of the cost of traditional construction.

2019-05-13

In recent years, the "trade war" between China and the United States is still going on, and the competition between the two countries is becoming increasingly fierce. The central and local governments of China are making every effort to promote infrastructure construction projects- "2.15 trillion yuan of local debt, 1.8 trillion yuan of highway and waterway investment, 800 billion yuan of railway investment, and the demand for sand and gravel aggregates has increased unprecedentedly this year." As China and the United States attach great importance to infrastructure projects and spend a lot of money to promote them, sand and gravel aggregate, as an indispensable, irreplaceable and largest raw material for infrastructure construction, may "influence" the progress of Sino-US competition!

2019-05-09

During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the region's transportation infrastructure planning completed an investment of about 446 billion yuan, including 290 billion yuan in highway investment, 150 billion yuan in railway investment and 6 billion yuan in civil aviation investment.

2019-05-08

On May 4, King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand, 66, was officially crowned with a crown weighing 7.3 kilograms. Foreign media estimate that he is the richest king in the world with a net worth of $30 billion.

2019-05-06

The list includes 283 items in six categories, including initiatives or cooperation initiatives launched by the Chinese side, bilateral and multilateral cooperation documents signed during or on the eve of the summit forum, multilateral cooperation platforms established under the framework of the summit forum, investment projects and project lists, financing projects, and cooperation projects carried out by local governments and enterprises at home and abroad.

2019-04-28

In order to actively implement the national "the Belt and Road" initiative and seek opportunities for international cooperation, on April 25, Wang Jianchao, Vice General Manager of Conch Group and Vice Chairman of Conch Cement, went to Beijing to attend the first entrepreneurs'meeting of the second "the Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum.

2019-04-28

From April 1 to 2, Cao Jianglin, General Manager of China National Building Material Group, and his delegation visited CRH Group in the United States to conduct field research and exchange to understand the development of CRH Group's "cement +" business.

2019-04-17

Cement demand in Oman has grown steadily in recent years, benefiting from Oman's long-term economic diversification plan, which focuses on developing its manufacturing, logistics and transport infrastructure, as well as tourism. In 2010, Oman's domestic cement demand was about 4.85 million tons, and in 2015, cement consumption exceeded 9 million tons, close to 10 million tons, doubling that of 2010. Oman's annual cement demand has slowed down in the past two years, with annual consumption of about 9 million tons.

2019-04-09

Recently, the weather in Shanghai is mainly fine, the market demand and sales have rebounded rapidly, coupled with the recent rise in cement prices in the surrounding southern Jiangsu. Leading enterprises in Shanghai notified to raise cement prices..

2019-04-08