Alkhalij to double its cement capacity
Part of Qatari Investors Group, Alkhalij Cement Company will invest around US$800m in its second production line, which is scheduled to come on-stream in 1Q16.
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Italcementi disposes of WCC stake
Italcementi Group, via its affiliate CimFra (China) Ltd SAS, has disposed of its 5.24 per cent stake in West China Cement (WCC) for an upfront consideration of HKD341m, equivale...
SUEZ and Cemex launch new SRF facility, UK
Cemex and international recycling and waste management company SUEZ have launched a new Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) facility which will supply the Rugby cement plant in the UK wi...
Lafarge Malaysia Bhd to acquire Holcim Malaysia
Lafarge Malaysia Bhd plans to acquire Holcim (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, for MYR330m (US$77.4m) cash, as part of parent company LafargeHolcim Ltd’s plans to consolidate operations in th...
San Miguel Corp to up investment spend
Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp said on Monday it is raising planned investment in cement manufacturing to almost US$1bn with the addition of three new cement plants to ...
Cementos Pacasmayo begins commercial operations at Piura plant
Cementos Pacasmayo SAA, a leading Peruvian supplier of cement and construction materials, announced today that it has begun commercial production from its new cutting-edge Piura...
US seven-month shipment update
Shipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico totalled 50.038Mt in the first seven months of the year, preliminary data from the US Geological Survey (USGS)...
Lafarge Zambia reports first-half increase
Lafarge Zambia plc has posted a four per cent profit after tax from ZMW180.7m ((US$18.4m) in 1H14 to ZMW187.1m in the same period of 2015 despite the country's economic challeng...
LafargeHolcim offers €60 a share in squeeze-out
LafargeHolcim has decided to implement a squeeze-out procedure for the Lafarge shares not tendered between May and July 2015 (representing 3.56 per cent of the share capital).
Buzzi Unicem makes binding bid for SACCI
Buzzi Unicem has made a second offer for fellow Italian producer SACCI to acquire its cement and ready-mix concrete business.