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Spanish volumes see double-digit declines

For the first eight months of 2011, Spain consumed 14.5Mt of cement, down 13.3% for the same period of

Cameroon cement consumption to increase threefold

Cement consumption in Cameroon may climb to as much as 8Mta by 2013, from about 2.5Mt now,

Pakistan cement sales rise 7%

Pakistan rose seven per cent to 5.2Mt on the back of higher demand in the first two months of fiscal 2012

Kuwait Cement to import limestone from UAE

Kuwait Cement Co (KCC) has signed a US$500m long-term contract with UAE’s Ras Al Khaimah Rock Co

European construction output sees July rebound

European construction output rebounded in July from the biggest drop in six months, led by increasing production in G...

Oil prices see August decline

Economic woes in Europe and the USA impacted on August crude oil prices, which lost advances made a

Government imports cement to satisfy demand, Ethiopia

The first shipment of 150,000t of OPC out of 400,000t bought for US$34.6m by Ethiopia’s

Cemex Latvia targets 1Mta of production in 2011

Cemex Latvia plans to produce and sell more than 1Mt of cement in 2011, the company’s

Holcim announces Fontana as new CEO as Akermann retires

Effective February 1, 2012 Bernard Fontana, presently CEO of Aperam, a company recently spun-off from ArcelorMittal, ...

Jiangxi Cement to invest in subsidiary, China

Jiangxi Cement Co., Ltd announced on September 15 that it plans to invest CNY64m (US$10m) in its

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