Australia: Boral accuses union of blackmail
Boral's chief executive has gone on the offensive accusing the construction union of blackmail, a criminal conspiracy and an unlawful boycott of the company over the past 18 mo...
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HeidelbergCement considering US cement plants
HeidelbergCement might buy the US and French cement plants that Lafarge and Holcim want to divest in order to receive the regulatory approval for their merger deal, according t...
Ireland: two former divisions of Quinn to be acquired
A consortium, including some executives from Sean Quinn's old business empire, expects to buy two divisions of the old business over the next two months. The Quinn Business Ret...
Italcementi raises EUR500m capital
Italian cement maker Italcementi fully completed a capital increase worth EUR500m on Monday. Investors subscribed to 103.6m new shares within an issue approved by the board of ...
Hungarian concrete firms fined EUR9m
Eight ready-mixed concrete companies and the Hungarian Concrete Association were fined a total HUF2.79bn (EUR9m) for setting prices and colluding on market share by the country...
Iran produces 18.23Mt of cement in 1Q14
Iran produced 18.23Mt of cement and 19.35Mt of clinker in spring 2014, which corresponds to the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year (21 March – 20 June). Meanw...
Kazakhstan: strategic partner invests in Hantau plant
Kazakhstan Investment Fund JSC has attracted a strategic partner for the launch of production at the Hantau cement plant, Baiterek National Holding reported. 'Yug Cement Stroi'...
Bolivia: COBOCE reaches agreement with transport organisations
Bolivian cement co-operative Cooperativa Boliviana de Cemento, Industrias y Servicios (COBOCE) has come to an agreement with cement transport organisations on how its deliverie...
Tajikistan to double production in 2014
In the first six months of the year, Tajikistan produced 496,600t of cement according to the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies, and is on course to double annual produc...
Chinese producers counting profits
Cement makers in China saw a resumption in profit growth last year thanks to a combination of improved construction activity, low production costs due to weak coal prices and t...
Construction boosts Kenyan cement demand
In May, cement consumption in the Kenya rose to 450,379t in May, up from 426,523t in April and continuing the upward trend noted since March when demand stood at 387,266t, acco...
Report: EU-ETS carbon leakage difficult to determine
A recent study by Vivid Economic and Ecofys entitled ‘Carbon leakage prospects under Phase III of the EU ETS and beyond’ has considered whether the EU ETS leads to carbon leaka...
Nigeria: Lafarge to invest US$307m into Ashaka Cement expansion
Ashaka Cement (Lafarge Group) has secured a NGN50bn (US$307m) credit facility, in addition to internally-generated cash flows to expand its cement production base. Umaru Kwa...
Bangladesh: supply glut or next Asian cement hub?
The high demand for quality cement in Asian markets has lured Bangladesh companies into expanding production capacity at their local factories or installing new plants. As a re...
The Philippines has to rebuild but must check cement price rises
The Phillipine opposition has urged the government to guard against profiteering in the supply of cement as prices of the commodity continue to escalate. House Deputy Minority ...
Eurocement Group to build US$128m plant in Uzbekistan
Eurocement Group Holding of Russia is constructing a cement plant worth US$128m in Uzbekistan for its daughter enterprise Ahangarancement in the Tashkent region. Uzstroymateri...
Ghana: Dangote Takoradi and Tema plants to halt shortages
Following news of Ghana's difficulties to keep up with cement demand, Tajudeen Sijuede, vice chairman of Dangote Cement Ghana, has acquired the land rights for a new 1.5Mta gri...
Paraguay: Yguazú risks production halt due to flooding
The flooding of the Paraguay river and the Confuso river, which broke its banks, is presenting a risk to the continued production at the Yguazú cement plant in Paraguay, accord...
Cemex Philippines wins Sopi safety award
The Safety Organisation of the Philippines Inc (SOPI) recently cited Cemex with an Outstanding Road Safety Programme award for the cement company's consistent efforts in promot...
Stable Swiss cement shipments in 2Q14
In the second quarter of 2014, domestic deliveries by the Swiss cement industry reached 98.1 per cent in the same period last year. Despite the Easter break, which sometimes...
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