Asia & Pacific Rim

The company has reported robust earnings for the second quarter.

Forty of the world’s leading cement and concrete manufacturers have joined forces to accelerate the shift to greener concrete by pledging to cut CO2 emissions by a further 25% by 2030, marking a decisive step in the race to ‘Net Zero’ concrete by 2050.

Fu Lijuan, China National Building Materials Exhibition & Trade Centre (CBME), and Tian Guiping & Cui Yuansheng, Institute of Technical Information for Building Materials Industry of China (ITIBMIC), discuss the development status and future prospects of China’s cement industry.

The company has successfully begun the commercial production of clinker and cement at its Marwar Greenfield Plant in the Nagaur district of Rajasthan.

The company will expand in markets where it has an edge over competition and demand for cement is projected to get stronger.

The company is continuing to gain ground on its Future in Action commitment through partnerships with the private sector, local government units and other organisations working towards a sustainable future.

The company has ordered three MVR vertical roller mills from Gebr. Pfeiffer for its plant in Nizampur.

As part of the transaction, Calix has entered into a licence agreement with the LEILAC Group under which it will retain 30% of royalties earned by the LEILAC Group from deployment of the technology

The World Cement Association (WCA) has announced that global energy technology company, Baker Hughes, has become the latest addition to its international community, joining as an Associate Corporate Member.

The company has set ambitious emissions reduction targets and has joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Business Ambition for 1.5°C and UNFCCC Race to Zero.

The company is accelerating initiatives to improve sustainability with the appointment of senior leaders to further drive performance in key areas.

CEMEX Philippines’ solid cement plant in San Jose, Antipolo, was recently recognised by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR’s) Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) for its small scale waste to energy co-processing of residual wastes.

The company has started the trial run at its state-of-the-art greenfield integrated plant (Marwar Cement Works) in the Nagaur district of Rajasthan.

The construction industry output in Northeast Asia is forecast to record a growth of 6.8% in 2021, rising from US$4.47 trillion in 2020 to US$4.77 trillion in 2021 and accounting for 40% of the projected US$11.93 trillion of the global output this year.

The company held a ceremonial signing ceremony on 07 July 2021 to award a contract to Sinoma CBMIPH Construction Corp. for installing a drying facility in La Union.