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Credit Suisse cuts Europe building materials market weight

Credit Suisse downgrades the European building materials sector to market weight from overweight, saying it expects core fundamentals – volumes, prices and margins – to remain challenged. It says ...
News - 06 January 2012

China’s thirst for cement

World cement usageduring 2008 was 2.8bnt with China consuming over 45 per cent of the world total. There is little to suggest that this will change in the near- or medium-term future, especially ...
Articles PDF - 05 January 2012

China’s power shortage

C hina?s bad weather is leading to a nationwide power shortage. This should have an adverse impact on cement companies? trading. We estimate that cement production may lose 10 per cent of volu...
Articles PDF - 05 January 2012

Cemtech Florida 2007

The decision to revisit America?s Sunshine State proved a popular choice, as Cemtech Conferences and Exhibition?s second America?s meeting succeeded in attracting over 150 delegates from 20 co...
Articles PDF - 05 January 2012

Being let off the hook

In1994, having initially investigated 72 bodies, the European Commission imposed fines totalling 242.42m ?cus (now 242.42m) on 33 cement companies and on nine trade associations in respect of alle...
Articles PDF - 05 January 2012

Bagging and Packaging

47INTERNATIONAL CEMENT REVIEW / APRIL 2002 BAGGING & PACKAGING Ahead of Interpack 2002, D?sseldorf, Germany, in this latest round-up of developments in bagging and packaging technology for the ceme...
Articles PDF - 05 January 2012

A wealth of opportunities

INTERNATIONAL REPORT IA wealth of opportunities Ahead of the forthcoming international Cemtech conference and exhibition in Barcelona, ICR provides an assessment of the Southern European cement ...
Articles PDF - 05 January 2012

A new world order?

A flagship report released by Exane BNP Paribas forecasts an increase of 648Mt of new net capacity in the global cement industry over the period 2005-2010, 85 per cent of which will come on-st...
Articles PDF - 05 January 2012

CRH spent €407m of expansion in 2H11

CRH’s second half development expenditure amounted to €407m, of which €223m was spent in Europe and by a Chinese associate and €184m in the Americas, essentially in the United States. CRH also rec...
News - 04 January 2012

Successful bypass in Poland

As part of its overall primary fuel substitution project, Polish cement producer Grupa Ozarów SA, part of the CRH group, planned to increase the use of alternative fuels and consequently, reduce i...
Articles - 21 December 2011