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Namibia: Ohorongo cement fights back against Chinese importers

Namibia's Ohorongo Cement plant, part of the German-based Schwenk Zement KG, is battling to beat off Chinese cement ...

Alite size

Arthur Harrisson investigates alite crystal size and the effect on mortar strength.

PetroCem 2014

Journal Cement welcomed 500 delegates to PetroCem 2014 at the Astoria Hotel, St Petersburg, Russia.

Decisions, decisions...

JFE Engineering Corp reviews the tailor-made designs of its waste heat recovery systems.

Italcementi raises EUR500m capital

Italian cement maker Italcementi fully completed a capital increase worth EUR500m on Monday. Investors subscribed to...

Hungarian concrete firms fined EUR9m

Eight ready-mixed concrete companies and the Hungarian Concrete Association were fined a total HUF2.79bn (EUR9m) for...

HeidelbergCement considering US cement plants

HeidelbergCement might buy the US and French cement plants that Lafarge and Holcim want to divest in order to receiv...

Chinese producers counting profits

Cement makers in China saw a resumption in profit growth last year thanks to a combination of improved construction ...

Ireland: two former divisions of Quinn to be acquired

A consortium, including some executives from Sean Quinn's old business empire, expects to buy two divisions of the o...

Tajikistan to double production in 2014

In the first six months of the year, Tajikistan produced 496,600t of cement according to the Ministry of Industry an...

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