Vigier Cement unveils world's largest electrical dump truck
Vigier cement work's quarry, near the Swiss town of Bienne revealed the largest electrical vehicle in the world on Friday 20 April. The E-Dumper named 'Lynx' weighs 58t empt...
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Swiss 1Q cement sales fall 2% YoY
Domestic deliveries in Switzerland declined by 2.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2018, according to the country’s cement association, Cemsuisse. Volumes decreased from 85...
LafargeHolcim announces five-year strategy
LafargeHolcim has announced its new five-year strategy to grow faster than the overall market and cut costs. The plan targets an annual sales growth of 3-5 per cent, recurring ...
Swiss cement sales slip 3% in 2017
Cement deliveries in Switzerland saw a 2.8 per cent fall to in 2017 as Cemsuisse reports a domestic sales volume of 4.3Mta. The drop follows a 4.2 per cent rise in 2016. The...
LafargeHolcim in talks with PPC
LafargeHolcim announced that it is in talks with the board of directors of PPC regarding a possible transaction in Africa. “No agreement with PPC has yet been reached and no...
Swiss Cement distribution falls by 2.7% in 3Q17
Deliveries of Swiss cement in the 3Q17 saw a slight decrease in shipments of 2.7 per cent compared with the same period last year. Compared with the 2Q17, sales were down fur...
EU and Switzerland link emissions trading systems
The EU and Switzerland are joining their respective emissions trading systems following the adoption of the European Commission of two proposals to finalise an agreement betwee...
LafargeHolcim revises its full-year global market forecasts
LafargeHolcim reported improved sales and operating EBITDA adjusted for the second quarter of 2017 on a like-for-like (LFL) basis but has revised down forecasts for growth in i...
SIKA achieves record sales
With sales growth of 8.1 per cent in local currency, Sika achieved a new sales record of CHF2994.9m (US$ 3140.4m) in the first half of 2017. Targeted investments in new prod...
LafargeHolcim reports 2Q earnings growth
LafargeHolcim reported today its fifth consecutive quarter of like-for-like adjusted operating EBITDA growth. Middle East Africa, Latin America and North America regions all co...