Har Tuv Cement plant to face closure?
Har Tuv Cement Ltd is reported to face the closure of its cement plant near Beit Shemesh, Israel. Reduced exports and an increase in competition in the local market due to Turki...
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Nesher dismisses one-third of Haifa workforce
Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises laid of 20 workers at its Haifa cement plant – around a third of the site’s workforce, due to a decline in output. Israel’s largest cement produ...
West Bank case against CRH thrown out by Washington DC court
A US$34bn US lawsuit launched last year by Palestinian activists against dozens of companies including Ireland's CRH, has been dismissed by a Washington DC court, the Irish Inde...
Gaza receives Saudi Arabian housing aid and Israeli cement
Saudi Arabia has contributed US$80m towards reconstructing Gaza homes destroyed during the 2014 Israeli military bombing, Minister of Housing, Mufeed Hasayneh, said on Thursday.
Israel: Ashdod Port workers refuse to unload cement
A petition has been filed by the management at Ashdod Port, Israel, against its workers, who refused to unload shipments of cement due to claims that they are understaffed. Port...
Israel complaint over Egyptian circumvention of Gaza cement ban
The Israeli government has filed an official complaint with its counterpart in Cairo after Egypt permitted the import of cement into Gaza, reports the Middle East Monitor.
Pressure put on HeidelbergCement to close West Bank quarry
Germany's HeidelbergCement is looking for a new site in the Israeli-occupied West Bank following long-standing criticism from investors about its operations in parts of the terr...
Israel imposes partial freeze on cement transfers to Gaza
Israel has halted some cement imports to the Gaza Strip after it emerged that parts of the shipments were being retained by Hamas officials. The Times of Israel reports that the...
CRH and HeidelbergCement named in West Bank lawsuit
CRH and HeidelbergCement are among a number of defendants named in a US$34.5bn lawsuit brought on behalf of Palestinians by US lawyers in Washington DC. The case, which was lodg...
Israel: government notifies Nesher on price cut
The government of Israel has notified Nesher Cement Enterprises Ltd that it must cut prices due to lower-priced inputs, local press have reported. Following a drop in the prices...