Asia & Pacific Rim

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.

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.