Minister visits Lafarge's Cookstown Works to see investment projects
Lafarge Cement welcomed the UK's Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster to its Cookstown works, Northern Ireland, on 7 December to see a range of significant investment projects wor...
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Holcim Services (South Asia) signs fleet management deal, India
Holcim Services (South Asia) Ltd, a unit of the Holcim Group, will deploy the Trimble® trako Fleet Management and Visual Cargo solutions in their outbound logistics fleet that ...
Iranian cement production reaches 49Mt mark
In the first eight months of the Iranian calendar year (beginning 20 March) the country’s cement production rose six per cent YoY to 49.14Mt against 46.34Mt in the same period ...
Senegal’s cement output impacted by Mali
The prevailing socio-political situation in Mali has had a negative impact on cement production in Senegal. In 3Q12, cement output in Senegal fell by 19 per cent QoQ, according...
Beni Suef resumes production, Egypt
Egyptian cement producer Beni Suef Cement Co has restarted operations as natural gas supplies have resumed. On 6 December it was reported that the company had to suspend ope...
Semen Baturaja IPO set for February 2013
Indonesia state-owned cement producer PT Semen Baturaja is planning an Initial Public Offering (IPO) for next February to raise funds to construct a new cement plant. The co...
Cement prices see third week of decline, China
The average selling price (ASP) of cement in China has continued its downward trend and registered its third consecutive week of decline since mid-November. During the week ...
Lafarge looking to sell South Korean unit
Lafarge is seeking to sell its majority stake in South Korean unit Lafarge Halla Cement for KRW700bn (US$650m) and is currently searching for buyers, according to a report by R...
Ambuja Cements wins water management awards, India
India-based cement producer Ambuja Cements has scooped three awards at the 9th National Award for Excellence for its work in the drought-prone state of Rajasthan. Ambuja’s t...
Coboce: Bolivia’s demand growth requires further investment
Without new investment in the cement industry, Cochabamba and Bolivia as a whole could face new supply shortages by 2016. In the past two years, the country has seen demand gro...
Cimbec to start construction in spring 2013
Cimbec Canada, the company behind Canada’s Gaspé cement project, is expected to start construction on its Port Daniel cement works in the spring of 2013, according to Denis Bou...
Transport strike impacts Pakistan cement production
A week-long strike by the All Pakistan Goods Transport Owners Association (APGTA) is impacting the production of cement in Pakistan as manufacturers face a shortage of raw mate...
Siam City Cement to boost production, Thailand
Thailand’s Siam City Cement (SCCC) has said it will resume operations of two clinker lines from next year on the back of increased local demand. The company is also looking to ...
Lafarge UK wins award for water management solution
Lafarge Cement UK has scooped the annual Large Business European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme Award (EMAS) for its innovative water management solution, developed at its Cau...
Union meets workers over Boral job cuts, Austraila
The Australian Workers Union (AWU) is meeting today with workers who are expected to lose their jobs at Boral's Waurn Ponds cement plant in Victoria, Australia, according to re...
Siam Cement Group to lift exports to Myanmar
Siam Cement Group (SCG) of Thailand plans to boost exports of its Elephant brand cement to Myanmar and expand its distribution network in the Southeast Asian country, according...
Zambia confirms Lafarge MD deportation
Lafarge Zambia's managing director Folayinka Esan has been flown back to his country of origin, Nigeria, for contravening the Immigration Act, Zambia's Home Affairs Minister Ed...
Ecuador November sales advance 11.1 per cent YoY
Domestic cement sales in Ecuador reached 561,534t in November 2012, an increase of 11.1 per cent compared to the same month of 2011, according to the latest data from the Insti...
Iran’s exports rise 30% in first eight months
Over the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (beginning 20 March 2012), Iran exported over 9.38Mt of cement and clinker, representing an increase of 30 per ...
Nomura raises target price on Indocement
Normura Equity Research has raised its target price on Indonesia’s second largest cement producer PT Indocement Tunngal Prakarsa (INTP) from IDR23,400 to IDR26,900 (US$2.43 to...
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