Vietnam nine-month sales up 3% YoY
Vietnam sold 52.11Mt of cement and clinker in the first nine months of this year, rising three per cent from a year earlier and fulfilling 73 per cent of the whole-year target, ...
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Lafarge Nigeria unit takes control of UNICEM
An affiliate of Lafarge Africa has completed a 100 per cent acquisition of Nigeria's third-largest cement manufacturer, United Cement Company of Nigeria (UNICEM). Lafarge said i...
Cementos Molins to enter Colombian market
Cementos Molins has signed an agreement to enter the Colombian cement market with local home and construction specialist Corona.
CEMBUREAU second-quarter report shows slowing GDP momentum across EU
The latest CEMBUREAU Quarterly Economic Report, published yesterday, highlights that although real GDP has continued to grow in 2Q15, the momentum has slowed compared to the pre...
Vicat considers extension of Kazakh plant and construction of new terminal
The Kazakh Vice Minister of Investment and Development of Kazakhstan, Albert Rau, has met with President of Vicat Group, Guy Sidos, and Honorary President of the group, Jacques ...
Pakistan cement industry records revenue growth of 3.4% in FY15
Pakistan's domestic dispatches grew by 7.9 per cent YoY in FY15 to 28.2Mt, while exports fell 11.6 per cent YoY to 7.2Mt. The drop in exports limited revenue growth in the Pakis...
NCC kicks off Pangasinan plant expansion
Northern Cement Corp (NCC), part of the San Miguel Corp, has broken ground on the US$200m expansion of its plant in Pangasinan, Philippines. The new project will double the faci...
Cemex USA announces divestment in the southeastern United States
Cemex USA announced Friday that it has signed an agreement for the sale of its gypsum wallboard business based in Florida to US LBM. The proceeds obtained from this transaction,...
Siam City Cement to set up Cambodian JV
Thailand-based Siam City Cement (SCCC) has approved a plan to set up a joint venture with Chip Mong Group to operate a cement plant in Cambodia.
Spain: cement demand up 5.6% YoY 8M15
Spain’s cement consumption increased 5.6 per cent YoY to 7,397,362t in the first eight months of 2015, according to Oficemen, the country’s cement association. However, this pit...