UK construction output update
Construction output in the UK increased by 1.5 per cent in April 2015 compared to the year before, marking the 23rd consecutive month of YoY growth but at the weakest rate since...
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MPA: Facts at a Glance
At its 6th Members’ General Assembly held on Wednesday, the MPA released the third edition of its ‘Facts at a Glance’ publication, offering a comprehensive insight into the esse...
Pakistan increases duty on imported cement
Pakistan's Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar, has proposed a number of measures under Budget FY15-16 that will have a direct and indirect impact on the cement industry and which are l...
Siam City Cement announces INSEE Alliance
Siam City Cement (SCCC) this week announced one of Thailand's first industry-wide distribution channels and marketing collaborations in the building material sector with 11 othe...
Savannah welcomes new presidential directive
Kenya's Savannah Cement has welcomed a presidential directive, seeking to ensure that public institutions source 40 per cent of their requirements from local manufacturers, sayi...
Production in construction up by 0.8% in euro area
In March 2015, compared with February 2015, seasonally-adjusted production in the construction sector rose by 0.8 per cent in the euro area (EA19) and by 1.5 per cent in the EU2...
UK construction industry reports further growth
The latest Construction Trade Survey shows that firms across the construction industry reported an eighth consecutive quarter of growth in activity in the first quarter of 2015....
A return to optimism Premium
As the US emerges from the Great Recession, helped by lower oil prices and improved employment rates, construction sector fundamentals are strengthening. For the US cement indus...
Construction output down by 1.8% in euro area
Seasonally-adjusted production in the construction sector fell in February 2015 fell by 1.8 per cent in the euro area (EA19) and by 1.2 per cent in the EU28 compared with Januar...
Siam Cement earnings' preview: robust quarter expected
Thai conglomerate SCC is expected to report a strong net profit of THB10.2bn (US$315m) in the first quarter of 2015, up 21 per cent YoY and 15 per cent QoQ, according to estimat...