Asia & Pacific Rim

San Miguel Northern Cement Incorporated has chosen technology from Loesche for its new 5000 tpd production line at the Sison site in the province of Pangasinan, the Philippines.

Ambuja Cements has moved two notches up to 5th place globally in the Construction Material category of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index - 2018.

The Vietnam Association for Building Materials has hosted a Loesche Group seminar on processing alternative fuels in the cement industry.

Hengshui Decheng Machinery and Equipment Co. Ltd is to build several cement and brick production facilities in Uzbekistan.

Holcim Lanka and Ambuja Cement veteran, Rizmy Rishard, has been appointed an independent director at Siam City Cement (Lanka).

ResourceCo and Cleanaway have launched the biggest waste-derived engineered fuel plant in Australia.

In a new pilot project, SCCC will apply blockchain technology to its supply chain management in an effort to improve transparency and cut costs.

Once an AUMUND apprentice, Bodo Radmacher will now lead the Spare Parts Department.

Lafarge Malaysia has commissioned a new bag filter at its Kanthan cement plant.

Vortex Global Ltd has appointed Renene CPE Service as its agent for the UAE, Oman, and Qatar.

A recent white paper prepared by GlobalData predicts construction output in the ASEAN region will increase by 6% annually between 2018 and 2022.

Cement sales volumes and revenues were both up year on year in the first six months of 2018 at Kazakhstani cement producer, Steppe Cement.

Japanese cement production registered a 2.1% year-on-year fall in May to 4.8 million t.

Taiwan Cement believes a partnership with Turkish conglomerate Sanko Holding S.A. will help boost its international visibility.

RHI Magnesita, the leading global supplier of high-grade refractory products, systems and services, is set to increase investment in the Chinese market by investing above $ 20 million in its dolomite plant in Chizhou, Anhui Province in China.