Asia & Pacific Rim

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.

World Cement Association has welcomed Sinoma International Engineering as an Associate Corporate Member.

Chinese cement maker, Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd, is investing in a carbon capture and purification demonstration project at its Baimashan cement plant.

Eagle Cement reported a 4% increase in net profit on the back of a jump in sales revenues.

China United Cement Corporation has joined the World Cement Association as a corporate member.

Anhui Conch invested CNY40 million in 2017 in a wet desulphurisation pilot at subsidiary, Yangchun Conch.