Global Cement Report
Sweden
PDFFull Introduction ReportDownload HereAs the Swedish construction industry continues its recovery, the local cement industry supplies increasing amounts to its domestic market. The US provides an export market with good returns although the predicted decline in the Florida market may see Cementa exporting to other countries
Country Research
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EU December construction output falls MoM
20 February 2013Construction output fell by 1.7 per cent in the euro area EA17 and by 2.7 per cent in the EU27 in December 2012, compared with the previous month. The largest monthly declines were seen in Bulgari...
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Cementir improves profits in spite of lower volumes
01 February 2013Cementir Holding saw turnover advance by 4.6 per cent to €976.2m, helped by better prices, and the EBITDA improved by 11.1 per cent to €138.0m. Net debt at the end of 2012 was 4.2 per cent higher ...
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Cargotec appoints new president and CEO
29 January 2013Cargotec's Board of Directors has appointed Mr Mika Vehviläinen, as its new President and CEO. Mr Vehviläinen will start at Cargotec on 1 March 2013. Tapio Hakakari, Cargotec's Vice Chairman of...
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FLSmidth CEO to retire in 2013, Denmark
04 December 2012Jørgen Huno Rasmussen, age 60, Group CEO of FLSmidth & Co A/S since 2003, is to retire in mid-2013, 10 years after agreeing to join FLSmidth as Group CEO. Following news of Mr Rasmussen's impend...
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Raising global AFR usage
03 December 2012HeidelbergCement is building its resourceful waste management programme and extending its reach to more distant destinations as the value of alternative fuels in the cement industry becomes more w...
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Business Almaty 2012
03 December 2012Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, played host to BusinessCem’s 11th International Central Asia Conference and Exhibition between 15-18 October 2012. Over 100 delegates gathered in the InterContin...
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Europe: 2012 trends and outlook
05 November 2012Eurostat data published earlier this week shows that August was the eighth month in a row to register YoY declines in Eurozone construction output among member states – the latest confirmation tha...
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Haver Technology Days
10 October 2012At the end of August 2012, Haver & Boecker’s machinery division hosted the Haver Technology Days at the A2 Forum in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany. The meeting for company employees, representatives a...