Global Cement News

Qatar: Qatar National Cement Company has invited offers to acquire Plant 1 at it Umm Bab cement plant complex. Reuters reported the launch of the public auction on 13 June 2023.

South Korea: A strike forced Korea Cement to suspend production at its integrated Jangseong cement plant from 8am on 13 June 2023. Investing News has reported the cause of the strike as a dispute over collective bargaining between the company and workers at the plant.

Korea Cement said “If the production suspension continues for more than six months, the company may be subject to delisting review by the Korea Exchange."

Italy: Buzzi Unicem has announced a change of its name to Buzzi from 1 June 2023. The company has retained its blue U-shaped logo with the Buzzi name at its centre. Subsidiaries’ names will continue to appear in text alongside the logo. The group said that this enables each company to capitalise on its assets, while reaffirming the vision of a common identity.

Colombia: Cemex says that its Santa Rosa cement grinding plant is the first unit in its South, Central America and the Caribbean (SCAC) region to attain water self-sufficiency. The plant independently meets its water requirements using a 9000m³ reservoir, constantly replenished thanks to rainwater, runoff, and water circulation devices. The move aligns with the company's Water Management Roadmap, part of its Future in Action program. The achievement takes Cemex closer to its 2030 target of reducing freshwater consumption in its cement operations by 20%.

French Guiana: 27 of 30 workers at Ciments Guyainais’ Rémire-Montjoly grinding plant in Cayenne went on strike on 12 June 2023. The strikers advised management that they launched strike action because the current direction of the company is ‘disastrous.’ They have requested that senior representatives of parent company Grupo Argos attend a meeting with them.

Portail des Outre-mer News has reported that Ciments Guyainais holds a 100% market share in French Guiana. It supplied 107,000t of cement to customers in 2022, up by 8.6% year-on-year from 98,500t in 2021.