Romcim SA’s takeover move gets green light from Competition Council
Romcim SA, a Romania-based producer of cement, concrete and other construction materials, has had its takeover of Bauelemente Reinvest SRL and its subsidiary Bauelemente SRL ap...
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Lafarge Cement Polska commits to renewable energy
Lafarge Cement Polska has joined forces with KGAL Investment Management, an asset manger in the Polish renewables market, to establish two onshore wind farms, known as Krasin...
Czech action on climate change
Cement consumption in the Czech Republic remained resilient during the pandemic. However, economic headwinds and a slowdown in construction activity are likely to impact demand...
Holcim Romania expands aggregates portfolio
Holcim Romania has expanded its aggregates division by acquiring Stones Business Development SRL, one of the main suppliers of aggregates in the Bucharest-Ilfov area of Roman...
Salonit Anhovo expands solar power plant
Slovenia-based cement producer, Salonit Anhovo , is expanding its rooftop solar power plant by 1.5MW. The installation on the roof of the company’s cement plant near Anhovo ...
Cementarnica Usje posts 13% drop in net profit in 2022
Cementarnica Usje , the North Macedonian subsidiary of Titan, reported a 13 per cent YoY drop in net profit to MKD1bn (US$17.2m) in 2022 as costs increased. Operating expens...
Holcim Bulgaria awarded 35-year concession
The Bulgarian government has granted Holcim Bulgaria a concession for the Marudnicite West sand and gravel deposit near Sofia for 35 years. The deposit is located between the...
Akmenes Cementas to import SRF
Akmenes Cementas , Lithuania’s only cement producer, plans to import up to 200,000t of solid recovered fuel (SRF) for use in the second half of 2023. Last year the company rec...
Holcim acquires General Beton Romania
Holcim has acquired General Beton Romania, a leading player in the Romanian ready-mix concrete (RMC) market with estimated 2022 net sales of EUR45m. The move is designed to exp...
Schwenk Latvija opens new grinding plant
Schwenk Latvija has opened what it calls “one of Europe’s most sustainable grinding plants”. The new works at Brocēni was commissioned in June 2022 and took just 20 months ...