Recently, during his state visit to China, Venezuelan President Maduro signed a joint venture with China to build three 2500t/d cement plants in Venezuela. However, the details of the investment have not yet been given.

2015-01-12

According to foreign media reports, Jidong Cement may recently reach a final agreement with Peruvian cement company Cementos Interoceanicos on the acquisition. This is another step in Jidong's strategy of expanding cement production capacity globally.

2015-01-09

In December 2014, cement prices in southern India rose by an extraordinary 40%. The main reason for this is that cement producers have recently joined forces to control cement prices by reducing production.

2015-01-09

On December 23, Song Zhiping, Chairman of China Building Materials Group, held talks with the CEO Thomas Schulz of Smith Company in Denmark to communicate and exchange views on cooperation between the two sides.

2015-01-04

On December 23, the General Office of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Government issued the Notice on the Assessment of the Implementation of the Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution, which pointed out that the implementation of the Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution would be assessed.

2014-12-30

At present, the R & D team is comprehensively evaluating the functional characteristics, cost-effectiveness and production process comparison between the new cement and the traditional cement by using the product life cycle assessment method. Preliminary results show that the new cement with the same function can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 11%, reduce cement production waste by at least 20%, and reduce total production costs by at least 21% compared with traditional cement.

2014-12-30

According to Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam's cement export volume reached 19.5 million tons in 2014, becoming a cement exporter, an increase of 4 million tons compared with the established target. It is worth mentioning that Vietnam is still a cement importer until 2010.

2014-12-30

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued the first regulation on the harmless treatment of fly ash in coal-fired power plants in the United States. The regulation establishes safeguards to protect the community from leakage of fly ash storage ponds and groundwater pollution and emissions from fly ash treatment projects.

2014-12-25

Ethiopia's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently released a draft strategy for the development of the cement industry, aiming to increase the annual consumption of cement in the country to 20 million tons by 2025. The Ethiopian government is expected to invest $30 million in this development plan. The government said it would provide financial support to cement plants to solve the problem of domestic cement shortage.

2014-12-24

According to Daker Abdellah, a member of the Egyptian Federation of Construction and Building Contractors (EFCBC), Egyptian cement producers are tacitly controlling the price of cement by reducing cement production, bringing it to a high price of 800 Egyptian pounds per ton (bank counter transaction price on that day: 1 Egyptian pounds = 0.8708 yuan).

2014-12-23

According to insiders, UltraTech is in talks with Jaiprakash (Jaiprakash Associates Ltd) to acquire cement plants in central and southern India. The negotiations include the acquisition of cement plants in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.

2014-12-22

According to local Egyptian media, Suez Cement plans to invest 600 million Egyptian pounds ( $84 million) next year to equip two cement plants south of Cairo with coal power generation equipment. This investment will increase Suez cement production, reduce production costs and better cope with Egypt's energy crisis.

2014-12-19

Mexico's Cemex, one of the world's largest cement makers, said Thursday that its subsidiary, Cemex Latin America Holdings, will invest $35 million over three years to boost cement capacity at its Colorado plant in Costa Rica.

2014-12-19

The Indian Pollution Control Board will provide the National Industrial Promotion Agency of Tamil Nadu, India (State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu). (Sipcot) 20,000 tons of sludge from textile mills in the Perundurai Industrial Park is transported to Ariyalur district in Tamil Nadu for use as an alternative fuel.

2014-12-18

PPC, South Africa's largest cement producer, recently received a merger proposal from unlisted rival Afrisam on the condition that Afrisam take a stake in PPC. The proposal will consolidate the interests of South Africa's two largest cement producers in the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), making them the largest shareholders in PIC. The two groups will have a combined share of about 60% of the local cement market.

2014-12-16

According to Vietnamese news, from January to November 2014, Vietnam's cement sales increased by 16%, reaching 64.46 million tons, and the annual sales target was achieved. Among them, the domestic sales volume was 46.16 million tons, with a year-on-year increase of 8%, achieving 94% of the year's target; the export volume was 18.3 million tons, with a year-on-year increase of 43%, surpassing 22% of the year's target.

2014-12-10

Recently, the Tanzania DANGOTE 6000t/d clinker cement production line project contracted by Suzhou Sinoma Construction Co., Ltd. has realized the capping of kiln tail frame and the closure of rotary kiln.

2014-12-04

Italy's Buzzi Unicem acquired all shares of Lafarge Russian cement Uralcement for 104 million euros in cash. After the acquisition, Buzzi Unicem's annual cement production capacity in Russia will be expanded to 4.5 million tons.

2014-12-04

China Aviation International Beijing Company, which joined hands with Humboldt Company of Germany to participate in this exhibition for the first time, focused on promoting the solid waste and hazardous waste alternative fuel treatment technology of Humboldt Company of Germany to domestic and foreign environmental protection counterparts. Here, the reporter of Beijing News Center of China Cement Network had the honor to interview Zhao Gang, the assistant general manager, to further understand the advanced technology of "turning waste into treasure" in the harmless treatment of waste.

2014-12-03

Vietnam's Ministry of Construction said that thanks to the steady growth of exports and the recovery of the domestic economy, the economy is expected to grow by about 5.8% this year and 6.2% next year. Next year, domestic consumption of cement and clinker is expected to reach about 71-73 million tons, with a year-on-year growth rate of 4-7%. Among them, the consumption of the domestic market will reach about 5200-53 million tons, and the rest of the cement will be exported.

2014-12-03