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US January shipments edge ahead, imports lower

US January shipments edge ahead, imports lower

Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in January were 4.9Mt, up slightly from the January 2013 level, USGS data released today show...

Buzzi Unicem hit by weak Italian market

Buzzi Unicem hit by weak Italian market

On a turnover 2.1 per cent lower at EUR2753.1m, Buzzi Unicem's EBITDA improved by 5.7 per cent to EUR481.2m. After writing down the assets in Italy and Ukraine by EUR57.7m and E...

Vicat: full-year turnover eases

Vicat: full-year turnover eases

Turnover at Vicat eased by 0.3 per cent in 2013 to EUR2286m and EBITDA came off by 2.4 per cent to EUR427m, while at unchanged parameters they would have risen by 2.9 per cent a...

KHD supplies Lafarge Ravena and Exshaw projects

KHD supplies Lafarge Ravena and Exshaw projects

KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG’s US-based office, Humboldt Wedag Inc, is executing two orders with Lafarge North America Inc and Lafarge Canada Inc (Lafarge) for engineerin...

Vulcan Materials Florida asset sale complete

Vulcan Materials Florida asset sale complete

Vulcan Materials Co has concluded the sale of its cement and concrete businesses in the Florida area to Cementos Argos SA for US$720m in cash. Under a separate supply agreement,...

Titan: profits decline, other than in the USA

Titan: profits decline, other than in the USA

Titan reported a four per cent improvement in turnover for last year to EUR1175.9m, having risen by 3.6 per cent in 2012. The US proved to be a particularly bright spot in 2013 ...

Mixed full-year performance for Holcim

Mixed full-year performance for Holcim

Holcim reported a mixed performance in 2013 as attributable profit doubled while turnover declined. Overall volumes were down due to weaknesses in key emerging markets, but Euro...