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USA: Illinois Cement workers rally as strike looms

Conditions are ripe for a walkout at Illinois Cement Company in La Salle. Contract negotiations between Illinois Cem...

Guyana: consumers urged not to buy cement at inflated prices

Acting Commerce Minister Irfaan Ali is advising consumers not the pay the increase in what he has described as extre...

Taiwan: cement and steel firms abort price hike plan

With a power-rate hike to be carried out in three stages, major Taiwan cement and steel firms have decided to shelve...

Lehigh partners biotech firm to reduce CO2 emissions

Lehigh Cement and Oakbio Inc of Sunnyvale are conducting research that both parties hope can lead to a green partner...

Holcim

The leading Russian cement producer Eurocement has spent CHF100m (€83m) to increase its stake in Holcim from 10.1 to...

Lafarge

Lafarge Jordan saw turnover decline by 12% lost year to JOD134m (€144m), producing a loss of JOD20m (€21.5m) as prod...

Cemex

Cemex' first quarter turnover increased by 3.5% to US$3,502.6m and the EBITDA improved by 6.5% to US$567.3m. The tra...

CRH

CRH has to sell of its 49% stale in the Portuguese cement producer Secil as Semapa has decided to exercise its optio...

Cimpor

Cimpor's defence document claims that the Camargo Correa bid significantly undervalues the company. It points out th...

MACT compliance: back to basics

Ducon Technologies describes how US cement plants can best ensure that they are MACT compliant.

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