Barcelona cement and clinker exports rise
Cement and clinker exports from the Port of Barcelona have increased by 435 per cent during the first half of this year from a low base. A total of 684,255t of volumes were expo...
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Cementos Portland Valderivvas increases loss
Spanish cement producer Cementos Portland Valderrivas reported a loss of EUR48.6m for the first half of 2012, versus a loss of EUR5m from a year earlier. The negative performanc...
Cementos Portland to cut 250 jobs, Spain
Spanish cement producer Cementos Portland Valderrivas is to cut 250 jobs throughout its Spanish operations after the summer and will temporarily halt production of plants in the...
New order for Cemengal in East Africa
EPC contractor Cemengal of Spain has been awarded a new contract for its Plug & Grind® ball mill technology by a customer in East Africa. The Plug & Grind is set to be operation...
Cementos Portland Valderrivas extends credit line, Spain
Cementos Portland Valderrivas has reached an agreement with its creditors to extend by end-July the maturity of a EUR-340m credit line, due to expire yesterday. The company has ...
Spanish cement consumption drops 34.7% in 1H12
Cement consumption in Spain plunged 34.7 per cent YoY to 7.2Mt in the first-half of 2012, latest data from the domestic cement association Oficemen showed and the outlook for th...
Valderivvas presents restructuring plans to unions, Spain
Spanish cement producer Cementos Portland Valderrivas has presented its restructuring plan to trade unions which involves the part-closure of one plant. The company announced th...
Brazil competition authority approves Camargo purchase of Cimpor
Brazil’s competition authority CADE has approved Camargo Correa’s purchase of a controlling stake in Portuguese cement producer Cimpor, subject to several conditions.
European construction outlook revised
The increasing perception that Greece will default and exit the eurozone together with rising fears of contagion has led Euroconstruct, a group of research institutes and consul...
Lebanon demand falls, brighter times anticipated
Despite a slowdown in current market activity, a bright future lies ahead for Lebanon’s cement industry, according to the chief of one the country's leading producers.