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India: caught in a down-cycle

These are important times for the Indian cement sector as the country’s cement producers see cement sales dip and energy costs squeeze margins. New capacity projects are being delayed as the overs...
Articles - 06 December 2011

Polysius’ project portfolio

Figure 1: Egyptian Cement Co plant (Ain El Soukhna, Egypt) from line 1 to 5 in less than 10 years The Middle East and African cement industry is undergoing fast growth fuelled by ur...
Articles - 05 December 2011

East African producers expansion focus

Surging demand for cement in the East Africa region is encouraging manufacturers to expand capacity. Cement manufacturers in Kenya and Tanzania are currently witnessing a rise in consumption. Dat...
News - 05 December 2011

Lafarge marketing achievements, UK

Lafarge Cement won the ’Best Brand Campaign’ prize at the B2B Marketing Awards on 24 November for its campaign surrounding the revitalisation of the Mastercrete cement brand through the move from ...
News - 05 December 2011

EPA fines Lafarge for violation of Clean Water Act

The EPA announced a US$740,000 settlement on November 29, 2011, with Lafarge North America for alleged Clean Water Act violations in Colorado, Maryland, Alabama, Georgia and New York.

 The viola...
News - 04 December 2011

Facing up to the crisis

Earlier in the year, the blog looked at the series of disposals made by several multinational cement majors. The aim was generally to reduce debt in the face of negative comment by ratings agencies...
International Cement Review Editor's Blog - 02 December 2011

UK: Lafarge picks Wincanton for cement contract

Wincanton has won a contract to deliver more than 2Mta of bagged and bulk cement for Lafarge Cement UK. The operator will work in partnership with the Lafarge’s in-house logistics fleet. It will d...
News - 01 December 2011

Lafarge

Lafarge's turnover advanced by 2.4% in the first nine months to €11,471m, but including the gypsum division, much of it was sold in November, turnover edged up 1% to €12,210m. The ongoing EBITDA fe...
Corporate - 30 November 2011

South Africa: AfriSam to pay cartel fine

Afrisam will pay a fine of ZAR0.9m (US$106,889) for being part of a cement cartel with the other three major players in the domestic cement industry. This follows the Competition Tribunal yesterd...
News - 30 November 2011

Warsaw welcomes Cemtech

The 20th Cemtech Europe Conference and Exhibition, held at the Marriott Hotel, Warsaw, Poland in September, featured a full programme of technical papers, supplemented by workshops and a plant to...
Articles - 29 November 2011