Cemex participates in Moselle Lock expansion in Germany
Cemex is supplying approximately 58,000m 3 of concrete for the second lock chamber of the Moselle River in Trier, Germany. Between 2014 and 2017, after over 50 years of con...
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PCA sees 3.5% cement consumption growth annually in next two years
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) announced it expects US cement consumption to reach 3.5 per cent annual growth during the remainder of 2017 and 2018, based on analysis ...
Cimpor EBITDA recovers by 5%
Cimpor’s first quarter turnover eased by 0.3 per cent to EUR452.9m, while the EBITDA recovered by five per cent to EUR84.1m. The trading profit (EBIT) improved by 3.1 per cent ...
Senegalese cement output up 10%
Cement production in Senegal jumped 10.3 per cent in March when compared with March 2016, according to the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Planning. Total output reached 60...
Pakistan cement exports continue to disappoint
Pakistan exported 225,778t cement in April on revenues of US$13.49m, down 25.28 and 18.54 per cent, respectively compared to the previous month. Compared to April 2016, export ...
Latin American cement low-carbon roadmap
Adocem, the Dominican Association of Portland Cement Producers, recently presented its “Road map for a low-carbon economy”. The initiative aims to improve awareness of new alte...
Eagle Cement IPO oversubscribed
Eagle Cement Corp's Initial Public Offering (IPO) has been well received, with its initial public offering (IPO) oversubscribed by more than three times. Completing its offe...
NLMK Group to supply raw materials to Eurocement
International steel and vertically-integrated company NLMK Group has signed a five-year contract for the supply of raw materials to the production facilities of Eurocement g...
Christian Knell elected new president of VDZ
Christian Knell named new president of VDZ Christian Knell, general manager of HeidelbergCement in Germany, has been elected as the new president of VDZ. He succee...
Loesche wins large order in Egypt
Loesche has received an order for 18 vertical roller mills by Sinoma CDI which is acting as general contractor for the construction of a cement plant in Beni Suef, Egypt, being...
CEMBUREAU: EU-ETS needs to ensure sufficient flexibility for free allocation share
With many stakeholders calling for a proper impact assessment ahead of the EU-ETS trilogue, Ecofys, a Navigant company, has published a study, commissioned by CEMBUREAU, which...
Aman Group inaugurates second grinding mill
Bangladesh’s Minister of Commerce, Tofail Ahmed, has inaugurated the Aman Group’s second grinding unit which is situated in Narayanganj, near the capital city of Dhaka. Loesch...
Insee Aggregates selects Metso to supply aggregate processing plant
Insee Aggregates, part of Siam City Cement Co, has selected Metso to supply a full-scope, state-of-the-art quarry processing plant for the Suphanburi Quarry in Thailand. The de...
Cemex USA recognised for land stewardship
Cemex USA has been recognised by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for its ongoing commitment to sustainability and land stewardship with the 2017 Lone Star Land Steward ...
UkrCemFor 2017 underway
The VII International Conference ‘UkrCemFor 2017’ is underway at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Kiev, Ukraine, bringing together key players from the domestic and European cement in...
Discussions on vertical grinding and conveying
Gebr Pfeiffer (GPSE), together with co-sponsor Beumer, hosted a two-day event in Johannesburg, South Africa, focussed on vertical grinding and conveying solutions for the cemen...
Euro area production in construction sees monthly decline
Production in construction in the euro area (EA19) and EU28 was down on a monthly comparison basis due to declines in building construction activity. However increases were rec...
Challenging outlook for Lafarge Malaysia
In the first three months of this year Lafarge Malaysia reported a net loss of MYR48.9m (US$11.4m) compared to a net profit of MYR20.6m for the same period a year ago due to l...
Spain's cement market contracts 2.3%
Cement demand in Spain fell 2.3 per cent YoY to 917,152t in April, according to data by Oficemen, the country’s cement association. Exports decreased by 5.5 per cent YoY, just ...
Schuler to succeed Jenisch as CEO of Sika
Sika has appointed Paul Schuler, currently Regional Manager Europe Middle East Africa (EMEA), as Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 July 2017. He succeeds Jan Jenisch who has...
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