International Cement Review articles tagged under : Corporate Analysis
150 years of innovation
As Italcementi reaches its 150th anniversary the Italian cement major charts key milestones in its history.
LH merger: a new era begins
Lafarge and Holcim plan to merge their global portfolio of businesses. ICR investigates the impact of this deal.
FLSmidth’s Chinese highlights
FLSmidth has been active in China's cement market since 1906 and continues to build its presence in the country.
A good year for PPC
PPC updates on developments over the past year and highlights project progress both home and away.
Strengthening a market leader
One year on, Unacem reports on activities since the merger of Cementos Lima and Cemento Andino.
UltraTech marches on...
ICR hears from India's largest cement producer and biggest cement brand, as UltraTech management review recent investments, company strategy and future capacity plans.
Supplying Africa
The Nigerian cement industry is developing at breakneck speed, with a drive that reaches beyond the country’s borders. At the forefront of this trend is locally-based Dangote Cement. Speaking at the Cemtech Middle Ea...
Holcim's Asian advance
A whistlestop tour of Holcim's Asian cement operations where the Swiss major continues to make significant gains.
PPC's East African promise
South Africa's largest cement producer has set its sights on expanding its presence in Ethiopia and Rwanda and is starting to explore outside its traditional markets for more African opportunities.
Helping the UAE to thrive
Arkan Building Materials, now owner of one of the largest cement capacities in the UAE, explains why it believes the time is right to launch its new 10,000tpd plant in Al Ain.
AfriSam gears up
AfriSam is preparing to expand outside of South Africa, increase capacity at its Dudfield plant and build a new grinding and packaging plant in Saldanha Bay. The producer has also launched an improved product range.
Tightening belts at CRH
CRH has set itself an ambitious programme to make savings of EUR300m between 2013-15.
Development and interaction
Votorantim is setting itself impressive targets in terms of new cement capacity and environmental management.
The leading majors
As a prelude to ICR’s annual performance review of the top six global cement majors, we provide an overview of some of the key themes to have emerged in 2011. We also take a look ahead to next year as Camargo Corrêa’s...
The next steps for Cemex?
Which way now for Cemex as it looks to pay off its debts and restructure for the future?
The Scheifele interview
Dr Bernd Scheifele, HeidelbergCement CEO, talks to ICR about the group's strategies and performance.