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Lafarge announces Ravena cut backs, USAJohn Reagan, Environmental Manager for the Lafarge Cement Plant in Ravena announced Thursday that layoff notices had gone out earlier in the day to 39 employees. Thirty-six of the 39 were hourly ...News - 27 October 2011 |
Votorantim steps up performanceBrazil’s market leader, Votorantim Cimentos, is embarking on a new phase of growth, which will see the company not only consolidate its local market position, but expand activities throughout the ...Articles - 26 October 2011 |
JP Morgan: European building materials 3Q previewsFollowing the recent strength (+26% in the last month) in share prices across the European building materials’ sector, JP Morgan remain slightly cautious stepping into the 3Q11E reporting season. ...News - 26 October 2011 |
Corporate profile - LafargeLafarge’s turnover improved 1.8 per cent to €16,169m in 2010, with cement turnover being 1.7 per cent higher at €10,280m. Cement deliveries from the 168 plants were 3.9 per cent lower at 135.7Mt. ...Articles - 24 October 2011 |
Corporate profile – HolcimHolcim’s turnover advanced 2.5 per cent to CHF21,653m and 12.5 per cent in euro terms to €15,691m in 2010. The Asia-Pacific region represented 35.3 per cent of group turnover, against 29.3 per cen...Articles - 24 October 2011 |
The leading majorsAs ICR presents its annual review of the leading cement majors – profiling recent results and future plans – we begin by providing an analysis of trends amongst the top producers. We also identify...Articles - 24 October 2011 |
Cement under the EU ETSThe 2005 European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) covers some 11,300 factories and power stations across 10 industrial sectors in 30 countries, involving almost half of Europe’s carbon emissi...Articles - 24 October 2011 |
Sustained effortsWith global climate change on the top of the agenda, cement companies are making sustained efforts to reduce their environmental footprints. ICR reviews the latest offering of corporate sustainabi...Articles - 24 October 2011 |
Threat or opportunity?As the US Environmental Protection Agency gears up to introduce new environmental protection legislation, the local cement industry assesses the potential impact and vocalises its concern over pla...Articles - 21 October 2011 |
Defining the futureAhead of Cementtech 2011, Xiangzhong Kong, Secretary General of the China Cement Association (CCA), talks to ICR about the prospects for the domestic cement market and outlines the key policies wh...Articles - 21 October 2011 |