TCL enters Colombian market
Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) recently imported its first load of oil-well cement into Colombia for processing in its plant at Barrancabermeja, Santander, and intends to start sale...
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Siemens wins Holcim Indonesia Tuban II contract
Siemens has received an order from ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG to supply an Integrated Drive System for the expansion of PT Holcim Indonesia Tbk’s cement plant in Java...
Holcim NZ gets set to increase imports
Holcim New Zealand has confirmed its Westport cement plant will close by the second half of 2016 as the company now has all the final approvals to go ahead with its investment ...
Ethiopia: two new plants due to commence production in 2H14
Two new cement plants currently being implemented in Ethiopia are expected to begin production in the second half of this year, according to the director general of the Chemica...
PCA commends Corker-Murphy plan – estimates US$210bn additional for infrastructure investment
Last week, Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) and Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) announced a plan calling for an increase in federal petrol and diesel taxes to shore up the Highway Trust F...
World Cup stadium built with Cemex cement
Cemex participated in the construction of the Arena da Amazonia soccer stadium that has hosted several competitive opening round matches of the 2014 FIFA World Cup including En...
Spain: May cement demand down 2.9%
Cement consumption in Spain reported a 2.9 per cent drop in May to 978,688t, which is 28,849t less than the same month of last year, domestic cement association, Oficemen has s...
Martin Marietta to resolve TXI competition issues
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc expects to enter into an agreement with the US Department of Justice that will resolve all competition issues with respect to the proposed acquis...
Lafarge and Holcim hire banks to sell assets
Lafarge and Holcim have hired banks to sell assets as they try to secure antitrust approval for their planned merger, according to reports by Bloomberg citing people with knowl...
Paraguay river flooding reduces INC output capacity
Due to the flooding of the Paraguay River, Industria Nacional del Cemento in Paraguay will operate at only 70 per cent of its production capacity this week, said its president ...
Tajik-Chinese talks over new plant project
Talks between Tajiki and Chinese investors are underway over the construction of a cement plant in the south of the central Asian country. The 1Mta cement plant is expected to ...
Lafarge launches its first southeast Asia Construction Development Lab
Lafarge Malaysia yesterday launched its Construction Development Laboratory (CDL) – the sixth facility of its type to be opened by the group worldwide and the first in southeas...
Cementos Molins expects return to profit
Cementos Molins expects to be back in the black in Spain thanks to the deceleration of the market slowdown in the country and the development of its business in Mexico. Full-ye...
Saudi on course for full demand recovery in 4Q14
Saudi cement sector is currently showing signs of recovery, with demand beginning to return to its normal levels, a new report by NCB Capital reveals. Mohamed Tomalieh, equit...
Holcim launches its 2013 Corporate Sustainability Report
Holcim today released its 2013 Corporate Sustainability Report detailing the Group’s ongoing activities in sustainable development and disclosing data on a number of key sustai...
CMS awards contract for new grinding plant
Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd's (CMSB) has contracted Christian Pfeiffer Maschinenfabrik GmbH to design and build its new cement grinding plant in Mambong, Sarawak. CMSB said its cem...
India Cements to upgrade Tamil Nadu works
India Cements plans to upgrade and expand capacity of its cement plant in Salem, Tamil Nadu state, India. The company will optimise the existing kiln and add a new line. It has...
Italcementi Finance signs credit facility, Italy
Italcementi Finance SA, a subsidiary of Italian cement maker Italcementi, has signed with a group of 14 international banks a syndicated revolving credit line for EUR450m with ...
Acquisition of Corporate Scientific Claisse Inc
Spectris has acquired the business and assets of the Canadian company La Corporation Scientifique Claisse Inc for an undisclosed sum. Claisse designs, manufactures and ...
Montana modernisation on the cards, USA
US-based Ash Grove Cement Company has applied for a change to its air quality permit for possible modernisation to its Montana cement facility. The Montana Department of Envi...
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