Global Cement News

Thailand: Siam City Cement recorded sales of US$418m in the first quarter of 2025, up by 36% year-on-year. MarketScreener News has reported that group net profit fell by 12%, to US$30.7m.

Nigeria: A court in Lagos has found that it has jurisdiction to hear a suit filed by Strategic Consultancy against the sale of an 84% stake in Lafarge Africa by Holcim to Huaxin Cement. Lafarge Africa submitted the unsuccessful challenge to the court’s jurisdiction. This Day News has reported that the court also ordered the joinder of Netherlands-based Caricement and UK-based Associated International Cements as defendants.

Strategic Consultancy alleges that the sale bypassed minority shareholders, in violation of Nigerian law. Proceedings will continue on 11 June 2025.

Denmark: Cementir Holding subsidiary Aalborg Portland Cement has awarded Christian Pfeiffer an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the installation of a QDK-T 250-Z high-efficiency separator for Cement Mills 8 and 9 at its Rørdal plant. The equipment will integrate both mills into a shared separator system, in order to increase their total capacity and facilitate the production of new cements. The upgrade also includes the installation of a single replacement bucket elevator, two air slides with integrated flow impact meters and a bag filter system. Commissioning is scheduled for 2026.

Christian Pfeiffer’s Product Line Manager Cement, Juan Camilo Vanegas Aguirre, said “This was the first EPC offer jointly prepared by our team in Chennai, and reaching this agreement after two years of collaboration is a real achievement.”

US: Heidelberg Materials North America is upgrading its Cementon cement distribution terminal in New York. The producer will build a new packaging line with a 200t/hr Haver & Boecker rotary packing machine and a fully-automated Beumer palletising system. It will also expand its cement storage silos in order to support the growth of its bulk cement sales.

Tunisia: Les Ciments de Bizerte recorded a 69% year-on-year fall in sales to US$9.2m in 2024, down from US$30.3m in 2023, amid a complete halt to clinker production.

The company published its financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2024, revealing production costs of US$7.6m and a record high net loss of US$14.9m, up from a US$11.3m deficit in 2023. It purchased 114,128t of clinker to attempt to supply the market, but failed to meet demand due to the production halt.