Benefits of Cemex Patrimonio Hoy initiative
Cemex has announced that a total of 1800 families in Dominican Republic have benefitted from its Patrimonio Hoy self-build scheme whereby the company helps improve the quality ...
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Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction
The winners of the 4th Global Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction have been decided – the trophies and US$350,000 prize money go to projects in Colombia, Sri Lanka and t...
Semen Indonesia eyeing another Vietnamese acquisition
Semen Indonesia is looking to acquire a second cement producer in Vietnam to further bolster its presence in the southeast Asian country. Director of finance Ahyanizzaman sai...
TPCC targets 1.5Mta output in 2015
Tanzania Portland Cement (TPCC), part of the HeidelbergCement Group, said that it its production targets will not be deterred by the ongoing “illegal importation” of cement int...
Siwertell receives repeat Kuwait order
Siwertell, part of Cargotec, will supply a second road-mobile unloader to Acico Construction Co in Kuwait. The company took delivery of its first mobile unit from Siwertell in ...
Tvornica Cementa Kakanj’s consolidated net profit down 54%
Tvornica Cementa Kakanj’s consolidated net profit fell to BAM11m (US$6.1m) in 2014 from BAM16.9m a year earlier, the Bosnian cement producer reported on Monday. The Heidelberg...
McInnis Cement to build Bronx warehouse, USA
McInnis Cement plans to build a US$40m distribution warehouse along the East River in the Bronx, New York, to help develop the borough's waterfront and reduce road traffic. Mc...
Xoptix celebrates 10th anniversary, UK
The team at Xoptix have successfully reached their 10th year developing and manufacturing particle sizing instrumentation. Managing director, Stuart Barton, explains what th...
Spain: 1Q15 cement demand up 8.5% YoY
Spanish cement consumption increased 8.5 per cent YoY to 2,553,962t in the first quarter of 2015. In March cement demand expanded by 12.3 per cent to 983,210t, according to cem...
Standard & Poor’s revises Italcementi rating
Standard & Poor’s announced Friday that it has revised the corporate rating of Italcementi SpA, and as a consequence the rating of Italcementi Finance SA’s outstanding unsecure...
Siam Cement earnings' preview: robust quarter expected
Thai conglomerate SCC is expected to report a strong net profit of THB10.2bn (US$315m) in the first quarter of 2015, up 21 per cent YoY and 15 per cent QoQ, according to estima...
Court rules on Semen Indonesia Rembang mining activities
The Semarang (Central Java Province) State Administrative Court (PTUN) on Thursday ruled on the legality of the local government’s decision to allow PT Semen Indonesia to start...
Japan: positive export pricing & volume trends continue
Fiscal 2015 export price negotiations between major Japanese cement producers and customers in Asia have concluded with prices remaining virtually unchanged from the high level...
Fitch downgrades Shanshui to 'BB-'; on Negative Watch
Fitch Ratings has downgraded China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd's Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and senior unsecured rating to 'BB-' from 'BB'. The ratings have also been ...
Ahangarancement produces 400,500t of cement in 1Q, Uzbekistan
Ahangarancement JSC, part of the Eurocement Group, produced 400,500t of cement in the first quarter of 2015, according to data released by its parent company. In the reporting...
Holcim says Eurocement proposal 'too late' for consideration at meeting
Holcim said a proposal by a major shareholder to have a seat on the LafargeHolcim board had come too late to be included in the agenda of a shareholder meeting next month. Laf...
Holcim and Lafarge propose final US asset disposals
Lafarge and Holcim announce further details on the package of assets they propose to divest in the United States, as part of their planned merger to create LafargeHolcim. Th...
New contract for Boldrocchi Ecologia in Egypt
Boldrocchi Ecologia has signed a new contract with Tourah Portland Cement, a subsidiary of Suez Cement Group of Companies (SCGC), for revamping of the whole Line #9 de-dusting ...
Peru cement sales down 1%, exports up 50% in March
Peru’s cement dispatches fell one per cent YoY to 806,000t in March as public spending was down and rains affected the construction industry, according to cement association As...
Shanks secures six-year contract extension with HeidelbergCement
Industry waste-to-product business, Shanks Group plc, has secured a six-year contract extension with HeidelbergCement Group for the supply of ICOPOWER® energy pellets. Under t...
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