Vietnam: cement and clinker sales reach 38.7Mt in 1H16
Vietnam's Building Material Department, under the Ministry of Construction, reports that cement producers in the country sold 38.7Mt
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Spain: consumption decreases 2.3% in 1H16
Cement sales in Spain slipped by 0.9 per cent to 1,048,116t while for 1H16 they fell 2.3 per cent to 5,525,720t. The continued fall in demand is attributed to the lack of constr...
Algeria: CILAS clinker line successfully commissioned
Algeria's CILAS saw the successful start-up of its new clinker production line with the ignition of the kiln on 10 July 2016, 11 days ahead of schedule, in the presence of Didie...
India: Nirma to acquire Lafarge India for US$1.4bn
LafargeHolcim has announced that it has reached agreement with Nirma Group for the sale of Lafarge India. The deal - valued at US$1.4bn - will see Nirma acquire assets that incl...
EU member states could save EUR9bn by co-processing more waste
Just over half of the waste generated in the EU is recycled, 13 per cent is used for energy recovery, but 35 per cent is still disposed of, mostly in landfills claims a report b...
Greece: Heracles Cement plant modernisation
Heracles Cement, a member of the LafargeHolcim Group, announced the completion of its first phase of an investment plan to modernise its Volos plant.
Belgium: appeal court overturns competition watchdog fines
Holcim, CBR, CCB and Febelcem, the Belgian cement association, have seen the competition watchdog’s judgment to pay a EUR14.7m fine overturned by the Belgian Court of Appeal. Th...
Peru: Inka to start Pisco cement plant construction
Cementos Inka will begin construction of a second cement plant in Pisco, Peru, in the next few months. This second unit will be situated on a 20ha plot and should begin producti...
HeidelbergCement completes 45% shareholding in Italcementi
HeidelbergCement AG has completed the acquisition of a 45 per cent shareholding in Italcementi SpA from Italmobiliare SpA. All conditions for the closing of the transaction have...
Indonesia: SCG Indonesia's sales revenue up 18% YoY
SCG Indonesia, a subsidiary of the Thai cement conglomerate Siam Cement Group (SCG), saw its sales revenue increase 18 per cent YoY to IDR1.39trn (US$103m) in the first quarter,...