Cement news 2018

Boral Limited has agreed to sell its US Concrete and Quarries business in Denver, Colorado to Brannan Sand and Gravel Company.

The construction of the Daimer-Bhasher Dam in Pakistan could boost cement demand by 20 – 25 million t over the next 4 – 5 years.

UltraTech has secured more than 50 million t worth of limestone reserves close to its Dhar cement plant in Madhya Pradesh, India.

Pakistani cement company, Gharibwal Cement, has begun commercial operation of a new vertical cement mill.

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh has replaced a 17 km belt conveyor running between a limestone quarry in Maghalaya, India, to its Surma cement plant in Sunamganj, Bangladesh.

OCL India, a subsidiary of Dalmia Bharat, has decided to set up a new cement plant in Odisha, India.

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

Buzzi Unicem has renewed its quality management system certification for the company headquarters in Casale Monferrato and its production sites.

An experiment to test the setting of cement in low-gravity conditions has been included on the latest resupply mission to the International Space Station.

UltraTech Cement is to acquire the cement business of Cement Textiles, taking the Indian cement producer’s global capacity to 109.9 million tpy.