Asia & Pacific Rim

China Resources Cement and Siemens signed a strategic cooperation agreement at the first Belt and Road International Summit.

The CEO and President of CEMEX Philippines, Ignacio Mijares, confirmed the company’s support for the local economy in a meeting with the provincial governor of Cebu.

Japanese cement production was up 3.6% in April, continuing a recovery after a poor first two months of the year.

Non-Executive Director, Mr Graeme Pettigrew, and, CEO, Martin Brydon, are set to retire.

Adelaide Brighton sings a contract with BHP Billiton Limited to continue supplying cement and lime for BHP’s Olympic Dam mine.

FLSmidth will supply fourOK™ vertical roller mills to three regional customers to meet the Philippines growing cement demand.

CNBM has announced its chairman, Song Zhiping, is to step down at the next company annual general meeting in June.

Filipino packaging manufacturer and supplier to the cement industry, Sakomoto, has installed a new AD*STAR conversion line – the 300th such installation globally.

Holcim Phillippines, a cement manufacturing company, releases its 1Q18 performance results.

Kazakh cement production, Steppe Cement, has reported a significant increase in year-on-year sales in 1Q18, although prices slid.

Japanese cement production recovered slightly in March after two consecutive monthly declines.

Anhui Conch completed a range of optimization projects at various of its subsidiaries last year, boosting capacity and reducing energy costs.

Japanese cement production fell in February 2018, as both domestic sales and exports contracted year on year.

China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd announces a rise in sales and pricing in the first three months of the year.

UltraTech has commissioned a new greenfield plant at Madhya Pradesh, India in a record time of 365 days.