Holcim and Lafarge announce proposed asset disposals
Two months after the announcement of their planned merger, Lafarge and Holcim have revealed the list of proposed divestments. In Europe the merged entity aims to have “a sig...
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Egypt: Gas prices increase for cement firms
The government has raised gas prices for Egyptian cement factories to US$8/m British Thermal Units (BTUs) compared to US$6 previously, while fuel oil increased from EGP1500/t (...
Pakistan: good FY14 with positive outlook for FY15
Domestic cement sales in the last month of FY14 jumped 14.32 per cent to 2.53Mt compared to 2.21Mt during June 2013. Exports were also up, although at a more modest rate of 2.9...
Philippines: Lafarge and Holcim start talks
Lafarge Republic Inc (LRI) and Holcim Philippines Inc have begun plans for a local merger. Both Boards of Directors gave the green light "to explore, study and consider the com...
Australia: calls for Adelaide Brighton Cement licence review
Adelaide Brighton's Birkenhead cement plant is coming under pressure for tighter regulation on its environmental performance. Greens leader, Mark Parnell, says data provided by...
New cement plant for Venezuela to be inaugurated
The Iranian Mines and Mining Development and Renovation Organisation (IMIDRO) is to inaugurate a cement plant in Venezuela within the next few months, says Mehdi Karbasian, IMI...
Ghacem denies any responsibility for cement shortage
Responding to the local reports on Ghana's possibility of facing a cement shortage, Ghacem has refused suggestions that it has reduced production. The company has denied specul...
Nigerian cement industry backs 42.5 grade cement
Major cement producers in Nigeria have pledged their commitment to the House of Representatives’ position that 42.5MPa grade cement is to become the minimum standard of cement ...
Italcementi reaches threshold for squeeze-out of Ciments Français
Italcementi said on Thursday it had bought more than 95 percent of share capital of Ciments Français, reaching the threshold for the squeeze-out of minorities at its French uni...
Christian Pfeiffer confirms CMS grinding order
Christian Pfeiffer confirmed it has received the order to erect a turnkey cement grinding plant including silos and packing facility for Caha Mata Sarawak (CMS), in Kuching, Ma...
Companies contest EU ruling
Cement companies have appealed to the European Court of Justice seven rulings the EU General Court upholding the European Commission's broad requests for information (RFI) in a...
Mexico: Cementos Fortaleza plant to be inaugurated next week
Mexichem, Elementia and Lafarge will inaugurate the first plant of Cementos Fortaleza on Tuesday, 8 July 2014. The event will be led by Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, ...
Housebuilding boosts UK construction growth
UK construction has grown at its fastest annual pace in four months during June 2014 led by an increase in housebuilding, a survey has suggested. The Markit/CIPS purchasing ...
Cemento Melón selects River Logic to integrate business planner solution
River Logic Inc, a provider of prescriptive analytics software, announced Chilean producer Cemento Melón will implement an Integrated Business Planning solution based on its En...
Credit Suisse sells holdings in Anhui Conch Cement
Credit Suisse Group AG sold 805,174 shares in Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd worth HK$ 21.95m (US$2.8m) on 23 June 2014, sources reported, citing information from the Hong Kong Stoc...
Martin Marietta completes TXI acquisition
Martin Marietta Inc said it has completed its acquisition of Texas Industries Inc (TXI). As a result, the common stock of TXI is no longer listed for trading on the New York...
Pakistan exports decline in first 11 months
Despite a marked increase in shipments to India, Pakistan exports have proved disappointing in the first 11 months of the current fiscal, declining both in volume and revenue t...
Producers agree to lower Himachal Pradesh prices, India
Cement producers operating in Himachal Pradesh (HP) have agreed to reduce the price of cement in the northern Indian state to bring it more in line with prices in neighbouring ...
ARM acquires full control of Rwandan producer
ARM Cement has completed the acquisition of Kigali Cement, taking full control of the Rwandan producer. ARM Cement, which has held a 35 per cent stake in the company, bought...
Anhui Conch issues positive profit alert, China
Yesterday, Anhui Conch said it expects first-half net profit up about 90 per cent YoY compared to CNY3.06bn (US$492.75m) a year earlier. The advance is being attributed to incr...
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