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Philippine cement sales rise 3.4% in 1Q13

Philippine cement sales in the first quarter of 2013 rose 3.4 per cent YoY to 4.787Mt, according to the head of the Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines.  First-quarter cement sa...
News - 22 April 2013

VAS Template successfully implemented at Lafarge Emirates Cement

Fritz & Macziol has reached another important milestone in the rollout of the logistics system VAS with the final acceptance at the Lafarge Emirates cement plant, UAE. The launch was realised in a...
News - 17 April 2013

NESHAP compliance made easy

As the US Environmental Protection Agency finalised its amendments to the air toxics rules for Portland cement production and expects the industry to comply fully by 2015, Austria-based filter spe...
Articles - 17 April 2013

PCA: change and renewal

The US Portland Cement Association (PCA) has seen many changes, no more so than in recent years. The move of its leadership to Washington DC signalled a profound shift in the way its works and pre...
Articles - 15 April 2013

South Korean cement producers face cartel probe

Seven cement producers in South Korea are being investigated by the country’s Fair Trade Commission for alleged price collusion. According to local press reports, the commission sent its invest...
News - 10 April 2013

Lafarge Ciment Moldova opens rail terminal to serve southern market

Lafarge Ciment Moldova has opened a new terminal to help better serve the southern market of the Balkan country. Previous deliveries from the plant in Rezina to the south were carried out by truck...
News - 10 April 2013

DTI probes Philippine cement price hike

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has asked Philippine cement manufacturers to explain why prices have risen from a year ago and are above the suggested retail price (SRP). Trade unde...
News - 09 April 2013

Lafarge Pakistan signs health and safety MoU with APCMA

Lafarge Pakistan and the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a health and safety training and awareness initiative. Mr Amr Reda, CE...
News - 09 April 2013

Greece opposition party meets with Heracles employees

The general secretary of Greece’s Opposition Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Aleka Papariga, has met with representatives of the Heracles Cement plant at the party's headquarters in Perissos and ...
News - 05 April 2013

Lafarge

Lafarge's Greek subsidiary Heracles General Cement Company is closing down its Halkis works permanently, thereby reducing capacity by 2.3Mta. The Halkis works, which had been supplying the domesti...
Corporate - 04 April 2013