Only 27 per cent of the municipal solid waste is treated out of 1,41,084 tonnes generated every day in the country indicating that solid waste management...
Tata Steel has launched a value-added product, GGBS (Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag) in Bhubaneswar. A ?Customer Meet? of about 40 potential customers from construction companies,...
Holcim Lanka, as part of a global rationalisation strategy of the Switzerland-based building materials group, is planning on fully divesting its Sri Lankan operations, its subsidiary....
The Iraqi government has passed a Bill banning the imports of Iranian cement to protect its domestic cement industry. Mohammad-Reza Lotfi, the deputy head of the...
Oman?s Raysut Cement Co recently launched a new multi-chamber silo at its site in Salalah. The new silo will be able to store 20,000 tonnes and...
Argentina?s cement market contracted 27.6 per cent Y-o-Y in April 2016, according to the latest data from Asociacion de F?bricas de Cemento Portland (AFCP). Total cement...
The Association of Builders and Developers of Pakistan (ABAD) has called on the government to reduce the price of cement in the country or to allow...
Zimbabwe?s cement producers want the government to impose tariffs on imports, including from Nigeria?s Dangote Cement, saying this would prevent the collapse of the local industry...
Philippines cement sales increased by 12.8 per cent Y-o-Y in the first quarter of 2016, according to Ernesto Ordo?ez, President of the Cement Manufacturers Association of...
LafargeHolcim has strengthened its cement production network in Latin America with opening of a new state-of-the-art line at its cement plant in Barroso, Brazil. The new...