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According to data from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), the volume of cement exported from Pakistan during the six months ending 15 January 2016 fell on-year by 24.98% from 4.5 million tonnes to 3.4 million tonnes.

Of the total, exports of mills based in the south of the country declined 29.17% from 1.76 million tonnes to 1.24 million tonnes and those of mills in the north dropping 22.35% from 2.78 million tonnes to 2.16 million tonnes.

The results are attributed to a lack of

On a quarterly basis, the cement realisations of prominent cement producers in India for the three months to December 2015 declined by 1.8%-2%.

This is attributed to the significant focus of cement manufacturers that can afford to face reduction in cement prices due to low cost of cement output and also due to weak cement demand.

The aggregate cement volumes increased by 4.7% on a yearly basis as cement producers focused on volumes due to the decline of cement prices.

Despite the lower demand, ceme

The Egyptian Company for Solid Waste Recycling (ECARU) has signed a five-year contract to collect, transport and process local biomass for fuel to be used by Messebo Cement in Ethiopia, and supply the needed technology.

The solid biofuel will replace coal used at Messebo's plant in Mekelle.

The contract can be renewed for another five years.

ECARU is a subsidiary of Tawazon, a Qalaa Holdings subsidiary in the solid waste management.

Turkish Sabanci Holding has appointed Mehmet Hacikamiloglu as the head of its cement group.

Additionally, Umut Zenar has been appointed as Akcansa general manager

Hacikalmiloglu has been working at the holding since 1993 and Zenar has been working at Akcansa since 2004.

In 2015, Vassiliko Cement Works registered an after-tax profit of €12.80 million, compared with €5.2 million in 2014.

The significant growth was mainly achieved by the increased volume and prices of its exports, as well as the measures the company took to reduce its expenses.

Meanwhile, its total revenues rose by 7%, to €90 million, and its operating profits almost doubled to €17.8 million.

Vassiliko Cement Works is owned by Cyprus Cement, which is part of the Galatariotis Group, the Church of Cypr

Lucky Cement of Pakistan registered 15% growth in consolidated profit to PKR 7.65 billion (€65.64 million/US$73.07 million) in six months to 31 December 2015 compared to PKR 6.66 billion during the same period in 2014.

The company's domestic sales of cement went up by 28% year-on-year (year-on-year) to 1.3 million tonnes in the fourth-quarter of 2015 but cement exports dropped by 31% y-o-y to 0.4 million tonnes after South Africa imposed anti-dumping duty.

Lucky Cement's consolidated profit rose by 14

In the half year from July to December 2015, profit before tax of Pakistan’s Bestway Cement increased 37% to PKR 7.6 billion (€65.21 million US$72.59 million) from PKR 5.60 billion in the same period of 2014.

Its consolidated profit after tax also grew 47% to PKR 5.7 billion from PKR 3.9 billion, and consolidated net turnover rose 45.5% to PKR 21.10 billion from PKR 14.50 billion.

Meanwhile, consolidated domestic sales volume grew to 3.1 million tonnes, up 47% from 2.1 million tonnes, with dispatches

Compagnia Generale Trattori (CGT) is Sandvik Construction’s new distributor for mobile crushers and screens as well as surface drilling throughout Italy.

CGT will supply a comprehensive range of Sandvik equipment and provide full aftermarket care, spare parts and dedicated customer service related to the two product lines.

Sandvik says the appointment further reinforces commitment to enhanced locally-focused customer support, while enabling customers to benefit from dealing with a global company.

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Italian cement manufacturer Italcementi registered a 3.5% year-on-year increase in consolidated revenues to €4.30 billion (US$ 4.84 billion) in 2015.

At the same time, EBITDA fell to €636.3 million from €656.4 million, and operating profit fell to €148.4 million from €234 million.

Net loss reached €69.3 million from €48.9 million, while operating cash flow improved by about €218 million.

At the same time, net debt equalled €2.17 billion from €2.16 billion.

The company announced that it is not

Indonesian cement company Semen Padang, sold 585,504tonnes of cement in January 2016, up 11.16% from the same month in 2015, says Benny Wendry, managing director.

The higher sale has been attributed to infrastructure development in Sumatra.

The company had earlier targeted sales of 584,000tonnes but production in the month was at 607,700tonnes.

The company is aiming for a market share of 45% in Sumatra.

In January 2016, it reported export of 25,751tonnes, 128.76% of its target.

The company

Italian cement producer Buzzi Unicem has expanded its distribution network in the US with the addition of three new terminals.

The terminals were acquired after the merger between Holcim and Lafarge., and are in Elmira, Michigan; Grandville, Michigan,and Rock Island, Illinois.

The Elmira terminal has a distribution capacity of nearly 27,000tonnes of cement; Grandville delivers an annual capacity of around 90,000tonnes of cement, while the Rock Island terminal has an annual capacity of about 70,000tonn

Burkina Faso cement group Cim Metal is to construct a second cement plant in the country for XOF 60 billion (€91.47 million/US$ 101.82 million), in Bobo-Dioulasso, to meet the growing needs of the west of the country.

The new plant will have a 2 million tonne/year capacity.

The Burkina Faso cement demand is steadily increasing, currently standing between 1 million and 1.5 million tonnes, while the installed production capacity is 2.7 million tonnes.