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Spain registers further market contraction

Spain registers further market contraction

The Spanish cement market registered a 24 per cent YoY drop in the first half of 2013 and the decline is expected to continue through the remainder of the year. In the first...

CRH: acquisition and investment update, Ireland

CRH: acquisition and investment update, Ireland

Irish building materials major CRH plc announced it has undertaken 17 acquisition and investment initiatives during the first half of 2013. These transactions, together with th...

Spanish demand falls 24% in first five months

Spanish demand falls 24% in first five months

Cement consumption in Spain fell by more than 20 per cent to 1,027,597t in May and accumulated figures for the the first five months of the year show demand has declined by 24 ...

Cementos Molins buys Cemex’ Sant Feliu works

Cementos Molins buys Cemex’ Sant Feliu works

Cementos Molins has reached an agreement with Cemex to buy the latter’s Sant Feliu de Llobregat cement plant near Barcelona.  The Sant Feliu works has been out of action for...

Cemengal receives new order from Latin America

Cemengal receives new order from Latin America

Cemengal has received an order from a client in Latin America to supply a Plug&Grind®. This is a complete cement grinding and packing station, assembled in Spain with European ...

Holcim reduces capital in Spain by 75%

Holcim reduces capital in Spain by 75%

The challenging state of the Spanish cement market has prompted Holcim to reduce its capital in Spain by 75 per cent or EUR568m. The capital reduction will be carried out by...

Catalonian producers cut exports, Spain

Catalonian producers cut exports, Spain

Cement producers in Spain's autonomous region of Catalonia reduced their exports by 41 per cent between January and April, compared to the same period in 2012. The drop wa...

Spanish cement consumption falls by a quarter

Spanish cement consumption falls by a quarter

Spanish cement consumption fell 25.5 per cent over the first four months of 2012, down to 3.472Mt, latest data from domestic association Oficemen shows. In April alone, dem...

Oficemen names new president, Spain

Oficemen names new president, Spain

Isidoro Miranda, CEO of Lafarge Spain, has been appointed president of Spanish cement association, Oficemen. Mr Miranda replaces José Luis Sáenz de Miera of Cementos Portlan...