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Unicem to invest US$500m in new line, Nigeria

United Cement Company (UNICEM) has said it plans to spend US$500m on a second line at it cement works in Nigeria and will boost investments going forward amid an increasingly competitive operating...
News - 11 March 2013

India: introducing co-processing

With waste generation expected to increase as India develops its economy further, the co-processing and treatment of industrial and hazardous waste in energy- and resource-intensive industries suc...
Articles - 11 March 2013

Seacem sells 4.3 per cent in Lafarge Republic, Philippines

Southeast Asia Cement Holdings, Inc (Seacem) has sold around four per cent of its stake in affiliate Lafarge Republic, Inc.  "Seacem has... sold 50 million of its shares of stock of Lafarge Repub...
News - 08 March 2013

RHI's ANRKAL Q2 solution

According to RHI’s guiding principle of providing customers with a competitive advantage through worldwide technology leadership, work is continuously underway to develop new products and technolo...
Articles - 06 March 2013

Lafarge

Lafarge's turnover increased by 3.5 per cent in 2012 to EUR15,816m and the EBITDA improved by 7.2 per cent to EUR3450m. The trading profit showed a 12 per cent recovery EUR2440m and net financial ...
Corporate - 04 March 2013

Holcim ahead despite Europe slowdown

Annual results released by Holcim earlier this week show that cement sales for the Swiss major in 2012 were ahead in spite of lower European volumes and political instability in the Middle East. ...
News - 04 March 2013

Bamburi Cement 2012 pretax profit down 15%

Bamburi Cement has reported a 15 per cent decline in pretax profit for full year 2012 to KES7.17bn (US$83m) as it is impacted by lower gains on its foreign currency holdings, Reuters has reported....
News - 01 March 2013

Holcim less optimistic on European construction market

Holcim said on Wednesday that it was less optimistic about the prospects for the European construction market in 2013 as it reported worse-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter. "While g...
News - 27 February 2013

PPC Zimbabwe to build new cement plant

A new US$200m cement plant is to be built by Portland Holdings Ltd (PHL), the Zimbabwe subsidiary of South Africa's PPC, to service the Harare and central Mozambique markets. The new plant will h...
News - 27 February 2013

Mills made in China

For more than 30 years, China-based Sinoma Technology & Equipment Group Co Ltd (Sinoma-tec) has carried out research into roller mill technology and has developed a range of vertical roller mills ...
Articles - 27 February 2013