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the Canadian economy continues to do well and local cement producers are picking the fruits of record levels in domestic cement demand as well as a strong export market. In the near future, strengthening national consumption is expected to offset weakening export demand.

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Lafarge Canada Inc in multi-partner initiative to invest $8m in low carbon fuels
06 May 2013
Lafarge Canada Inc, Natural Resources Canada, the Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy and Carbon Management Canada announced in a statement that they are joining forces and inves...
Italcementi
04 April 2013
Italcementi's turnover declined by 3.8 per cent in 2012 to EUR4480.1m (US$5729m), but the underlying EBITDA was down by 9.8 per cent to EUR632. After impairment charges that jumped from EUR134.3m ...
Preview: 2013 IEEE-IAS/PCA 55th Cement Industry Technical Conference
11 March 2013
Orlando, Florida is the venue for the 55th IEEE-IAS/PCA’s Technical Cement Industry Conference and Exhibition in 2013. Ahead of the event, the April 2013 issue of International Cement Review will...
Holcim
04 March 2013
Holcim's turnover increased by 3.9 per cent in 2012 to CHF21,544m, while in euro terms the increase was 6.4 per cent to EUR17,867m but in US$ terms there was a 1.3 per cent decline. The operating ...
Lafarge
04 March 2013
Lafarge's turnover increased by 3.5 per cent in 2012 to EUR15,816m and the EBITDA improved by 7.2 per cent to EUR3450m. The trading profit showed a 12 per cent recovery EUR2440m and net financial ...
Holcim ahead despite Europe slowdown
04 March 2013
Annual results released by Holcim earlier this week show that cement sales for the Swiss major in 2012 were ahead in spite of lower European volumes and political instability in the Middle East. ...
Lafarge improves operational performance
25 February 2013
Full-year 2012 results published by global cement major Lafarge showed strong growth in emerging markets and improvements in operational performance, and it now expects to meet most of its cost-cu...
Cemex details plans to raise EBITDA to US$4.7bn by 2016
15 February 2013
At its 2013 Cemex Day, Cemex set out its ambitious target to increase its EBITDA from US$2.6bn in 2012 to US$4.7bn in 2016 as the company charts its recovery. The plans of the Mexico-based cement ...