LafargeHolcim considering Vietnam exit
LafargeHolcim Group, a joint venture between Swiss Holcim Ltd. and French Lafarge Group, may withdraw from Vietnam due to oversupply of cement in the domestic market, said Nguye...
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Taiwan's next phase Premium
With demand far from its 1993 peak of 28Mt and export restrictions in place since 2011, the Taiwan cement industry has faced testing times in its recent history. As import prote...
Sengileevsky rises again Premium
Last year saw the commissioning of Eurocement’s renovated Sengileevsky cement plant in Ulyanovsk, Russia. The modern 1.3Mta dry-process works includes bagged and bulk dispatchin...
Lafarge halts EUR20m investment in Sagunto plant, Spain
The management of Lafarge yesterday made public its decision to halt the expansion of its quarry and its plant at Sagunto, Spain, due to “the uncertainty created by the new loca...
Saudi Cement shuts down two kilns
Saudi Cement Co has closed down two kilns indefinitely as a result of high inventory, absence of growth in Saudi demand and the continuing ban on exports, it said in a bourse st...
PT Indocement
Domestic cement demand in Indonesia grew by 4.7 per cent in November, compared to the same period last year, according to recent data from the Indonesia Cement Association (ASI)...
US Southeast's comeback story Premium
Cement demand in the US Southeast (ie, Florida plus the ‘Piedmont’ states of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and North and South Carolina) was hard hit by the Great Recession. Since...
PT Indocement
According to Reuters, some say that the outlook for domestic cement sales growth in Indonesia could be the worst in a decade. Production capacity has surged over recent years on...
Looking forward to growth Premium
15 July 2015 saw the official launch day of LafargeHolcim, the merger between building materials giants, Lafarge and Holcim, which brings into being a world leader with 386.5Mta...
Spain: rising from the recession Premium
As Spain’s economy starts to recover from the recession, domestic cement demand finally appears to be picking up after six consecutive years of contraction since 2008. So deep w...