Weak first quarter for Spanish cement
Cement consumption in Spain dropped a notable 23.6 per cent YoY in March 2024, to 1.102Mt, down from 1.144Mt in March 2023, according to the Spanish cement association, Infoceme...
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Holcim US scoops slag cement award
Holcim US has been recognised by the Slag Cement Association (SCA) as a winner in the 2023 Slag Cement in Sustainable Concrete Awards. The company was honoured in the Innovation...
Portuguese cement consumption up 13% YoY in February
Cement consumption in Portugal in February 2024 advanced by 13.4 per cent, compared to the same period a year earlier, according to the Association of Civil Construction and Pub...
Titan Group named a 'Climate Leader'
Titan Group has been recognised as one of ‘Europe’s Climate Leaders’ in the fourth edition of the prestigious list published by the Financial Times. Titan’s inclusion on the lis...
Vicat sees 8% like-for-like advance in 1Q sales
Vicat reported a 1.2 per cent YoY (+7.9 per cent like for like (lfl)) uptick in consolidated sales to EUR911m in the first quarter of 2024 from EUR899m in the 1Q23. The company ...
Cementos Molins closes 1Q24 with 38% net profit hike
Cementos Molins SA saw revenues slip to EUR336m in the 1Q24 due to the decline in activity in Argentina only being partly offset by increases in most businesses and regions. EBI...
Carbon Re highlights importance of digitalisation in net zero
Carbon Re has published its latest white paper titled “Digitalization: The Pathway to Net Zero”. The paper explores the significant role that digitalisation can play in reducing...
Saint-Gobain sales slip 6% in 1Q24
Saint-Gobain has reported total group sales of EUR11,356m in the first quarter of 2024, down 5.8 per cent from EUR12,406m in the same period a year earlier. According to the com...
Holcim sales dip 2% in the 1Q24
Holcim has reported net sales of CHF5586m (US$6117m) in the opening quarter of 2024, down 2.4 per cent from the CHF5725m seen in the 1Q23. In local currency, sales were up 3.4 p...
Titan receives DoE funding for calcined clay project
Titan America 's Roanoke plant in Virginia is to receive funding for its first-of-a-kind calcined clay production line. The US$61.7m award has been granted by the US Department ...