ACC to consider merger with Ambuja Cement
The Board of Directors of ACC, at its meeting on Friday, decided to commence an evaluation of a potential merger with Ambuja Cement. Both Indian cement concerns are part of the...
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KHD provides semi-wet process training to LH Volsk
KHD recently provided a six-day process training class to LafargeHolcim’s Volsk plant personnel at the Technological State University of Belgorod in Russia. KHD explained in a...
Pakistan dispatches up 6.21%
Pakistan dispatched 33.88Mt of cement during the first 10 months (July-April) of the current fiscal, up by 6.21 per cent YoY, latest figures from the All Pakistan Cement Manufa...
Dalmia top bidder for Chhattisgarh limestone block
Dalmia (Bharat) Cement has emerged as the preferred bidder for the Kesla II limestone block in Raipur district Chhattisgarh, India, which was auctioned by the state government ...
LafargeHolcim reports on positive first quarter
LafargeHolcim on Wednesday release its results for the first three months of the year, reporting improved pricing in a number of markets, encouraging signs in India and parts...
Fives installs grinding mill for ECDE
Fives has installed the first FCB B cement grinding mill in April 2017 at Entreprise des Ciments et Dérivés d’El Chellif’s (ECDE) 6000tpd clinker line at Chlef, Algeria. ECDE i...
Geocycle launches in Uganda
Geocycle has been launched in Uganda with the aim of providing a solution to waste management to LafargeHolcim group company Hima Cement, local media report. Under the Geoc...
Pakistan's first coal/cement terminal begins operation
Pakistan's first state-of-the-art coal, clinker and cement bulk terminal has commenced operations at Port Qasim, Karachi. According to a statement by Pakistan International...
Boral receives final approval for Headwaters acquisition
Australian building materials supplier Boral has received final US approval for its US$2.6bn (AUD3.5bn) acquisition of US firm Headwaters Inc. The US Federal Trade Commission ...
MPA outlines priorities for the next government
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has issued its priorities for the next UK government ahead of the general election on 8 June 2017. The government's post-election polic...
New CEO for thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions
Dr Peter Feldhaus, currently CEO of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, is to be the new CEO of the Industrial Solutions business area. At its meeting earlier this week the Industrial...
N+P opens UK office
N+P announces the appointment of Neville Roberts as Managing Director UK for N+P Alternative Fuels Ltd as well as the opening of a new UK office. The successful expansion st...
US and Puerto Rico February shipments unchanged
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico in February 2017 were about 6Mt, essentially unchanged from sales in February 2016, latest data from th...
Trinidad Cement revenues down 12%
Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) said its revenue for the first three months of the year was down by 12 per cent YoY to TTD422m (US$62.5m) due to a construction slowdown in one of its...
CCNN earnings recover on strong prices
The Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) reported sizeable growth across all profit lines in the first quarter of 2017. In line with trend observed across other industry p...
Northern Region Cement profit drops 61.6%
Northern Region Cement Co reported a 61.6 per cent YoY decline in profits for the first quarter of this year, the Saudi-based cement producer said in a bourse filing on Wednesd...
Ambuja Compocem launched
Ambuja Cement announced it has launched its composite cement, Ambuja Compocem, to the Indian markets of Bihar and Jharkhand. The LafargeHolcim company said in a statement that ...
Cementir completes refinancing of EUR330m bridge credit
Cementir Holding on 28 April 2017 successfully completed the refinancing of a bridge credit line of EUR330m, which is part of the financing contract stipulated in October 2016,...
MPA sales suggest 'continued impetus' in construction
Construction market demand in the UK for mineral products was higher in the first three months of this year compared with the previous quarter, providing some evidence of conti...
LafargeHolcim 1Q17 comparable net sales rise
LafargeHolcim reported today that net sales increased by 5.3 per cent on a like-for-like basis driven by favourable pricing and improving volume momentum. Eric Olsen, CEO of ...
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