Polish competition office searches six cement company offices
The Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has started proceedings and ordered searches at six cement and concrete producers to investigate alleged price f...
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Cemex plans to invest US$1.151bn dollars for the remainder of 2025
Mexican building materials giant Cemex says that it is committed to investing US$1.151bn during the remainder of the year, based on the evolution of related projects and subject...
DVI Production to open new ACC plant in Iernut
The new facility, which represents an investment of EUR40m, will span more than 10,000m2 will have the company's highest production capacity in Europe. "With the launch of the n...
Vicat reports LfL stable 1Q consolidated sales
For the 1Q25 France-based Vicat has reported stable sales of EUR886m when compared on a like-for-like (LfL) basis. On a reported basis, sales were down 2.7 per cent YoY from EUR...
Romcim acquires two BCC Aggregate Betoane concrete plants
CRH Ciment (Romania) SA has bought two concrete plants from BCC Aggregate Betoane. Located in Iasi and the Miroslava community, the plants will enable CRH to serve the northeast...
Romania’s road to recovery Premium
Romania’s cement producers are looking to the country’s housing sector to increase demand as infrastructure spending takes a back seat due to a growing national account deficit....
Polish cement industry to see reduced CO2 allowances in 2026
Process emissions account for 63 per cent of the sector’s CO 2 output, making carbon capture and storage (CCS) the only viable decarbonisation solution for the sector. However, ...
Heidelberg Materials Bosnia sees 37% advance in net profit
Heidelberg Materials Cement BiH in Bosnia has increased its revenue by 25 per cent to BAM179.5m (US$99.9m) in 2024. Of this total, domestic sales revenue rose 30 per cent YoY to...
Slovak cement industry achieves 75% thermal substitution
In 2024 cement plants in Slovakia achieved a thermal substitution rate of 75 per cent, replacing part of their fossil fuel requirement by 374,000t of alternative fuels. This sav...
Cementarnica Usje 2024 net profit up 25%
North Macedonia-based building materials producer Usje Cementarnica , a subsidiary of Titan , said its net profit went up 25 per cent YoY to MKD1.9bn (US$32.1m) in 2024. The com...