PPC Zimbabwe sales fall 5%
PPC Zimbabwe's domestic sales fell by five per cent in the first five months of the year as housebuilding activity slows.
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Cemex releases 2013 Sustainability Report
Cemex has released its 2013 Sustainable Development Report, which shows significant progress in major priority areas that align with the challenges of increasing urban populatio...
Colombia’s 2013 grey cement production reaches 11.2Mta
Around 11.2Mta of grey cement was produced in Colombia in 2013, mainly due to a boost in the market from social housing construction, according to DANE, the national statistics ...
Deutsche Bank lowers China demand forecast
According to the latest research report by Deutsche Bank, cement demand forecast was lowered to 4.5 per cent, due to the recent slowdown in the real estate market in China. Howe...
Lafarge Republic & Global Power team up for special cement variant
Lafarge Republic, Inc (LRI) and Global Business Power Corporation (GBPC) have launched an initiative aimed to lower the costs of rehabilitation projects, such as the rebuilding ...
Cemex delivers 640 new homes as part of Colombian affordable housing initiative
Cemex announced Tuesday that it has completed 640 apartments in Colombia as part of a 3000-unit urbanisation project being undertaken by the company in collaboration with the co...
Cemex Latam to participate in construction of 12,000 sustainable housing units
Cemex Latam Holdings (CLH) announced today it expects to participate in the construction of approximately 12,000 sustainable housing units in Latin America during 2014, the comp...
Colombian demand grows 12% in February
Colombian cement demand expanded by 11.7 per cent in February 2014 compared to the previous year with dispatches reaching 924,000t, according to the statistics office, Dane. Maj...
Germany holds its course Premium
Although German economic growth decelerated again in 2012, construction investments held and cuts in cement consumption were limited to just under five per cent. Moreover, price...
Cemex starts affordable housing construction project, Dominican Republic
Cemex has launched the construction of 186 units of affordable housing in the province of San Pedro de Macoris, during a ceremony headed by the President of Dominican Republic, ...