Uzbekistan: Tajik-Chinese joint venture Chzhungtsai Mohir Cement is planning to build a cement plant near Tuda in the Boisoun district of the Surkhandarya region in Uzbekistan. The unit will have a production capacity of 1.2Mt/yr, according to Asia-Plus. The company operates a 1.2Mt/yr cement plant in Tajikistan than opened in 2016. Tajikistan exported 0.66Mt of cement in the first half of 2018 and 0.36Mt of this went to neighbouring Uzbekistan.

Philippines: Eagle Cement’s income rose in the first half of 2018, while its input costs also increased due to rising fuel prices and negative currency effects. Its net income grew by 4.6% year-on-year to US$43.8m from US$41.9m in the same period in 2017. Its net sales rose by 9.8% to US$155m from US$141m. The company operates an integrated plant at Barangay Akle, San Ildefonso in Bulacan and a cement grinding plant at Limay in Bataan.

Kazakhstan: Local cement production rose by 11.5% year-on-year to 4.63Mt in the first half of 2018 from 4.16Mt in the same period in 2017, according to Kazakhstan Newsline. Previously, production rose by 1.5% in the first half of 2017 from 4.09Mt in the same period in 2016.

US: Monarch Cement’s net sales fell by 3% year-on-year to US$74.3m in the first half of 2018 from US$76.8m in the same period in 2017. Its net income decreased by 42% to US$4.8m from US$8.23m. The building materials company operates a cement plant at Humboldt, Kansas and a terminal at Des Moines, Iowa.