Luxembourg: worker killed at Rumelange plant
A worker has been killed after falling into a grinder at Cimalux’s Rumelange plant, reports the Luxemburger Wort. The plant is a subsidiary of the Dyckerhoff Group, which in...
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Romania: CRH Ciment sees profits rise 40% in 2015
The Romanian subsidiary of CRH, CRH Ciment, has released performance figures for 2015, reports Romania Insider. CRH Ciment saw turnover reach EUR189m (US$211m) in 2015, up 2...
Cemex sells its Bangladesh operations to Siam City
Cemex has closed the sale of its operations in Bangladesh and Thailand to Siam City Cement for approximately US$53m.The proceeds obtained from this transaction will be used mai...
Italy: Consolidation needed as consumption forecast to remain depressed
With the European Commission having this week given the go-ahead to HeidelbergCement’s acquisition of Italcementi, Italy’s largest cement producer is set to become even less de...
Malaysia: Lafarge takes 1Q16 hit on net profits
Lafarge Malaysia Bhd is optimistic about its prospects this year despite having had a challenging 1Q16. The company's net profit fell nearly 72 per cent to US$5m in the first ...
Russia: Eurocement expects further fall in cement demand
Cement demand in Russia will slump by 8-10 per cent in 2016 after falling 12 per cent in 2015, the owner of leading Russian cement producer Eurocement Group, Filaret Galchev, s...
Nigeria: Dangote majority contributor to solid mineral revenues
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has revealed that Dangote paid NGN15.9bn (US$80m) in taxes on solid minerals in 2013, more than the rest of th...
New Zealand: Holcim Westport works close
The closure of Holcim’s Westport cement works next month will result in a loss of jobs and profits for Westport Harbour Ltd (WHL). Holcim is Westport’s main customer, with its ...
Pakistan: construction sector demands reduction in cement prices
The Association of Builders and Developers of Pakistan (ABAD) has called on the government to reduce the price of cement in country or to allow the importation of supplies from...
Saudi Cement to sell 40% stake in Kuwaiti firm
Saudi Cement Company announced signing a contract to sell its entire stake of 40 per cent in Group International Cement Company, a Kuwaiti closed joint stock company. The ...
Kazakhstan: devalued tenge affects Steppe Cement
The sharp devaluation of the Kazakh tenge saw the 2015 results of Steppe Cement affected as import pressures waned. Until August 2015 local producers had to lower their selling...
India: HeidelbergCement 4Q FY16 margins up 16.5%
Operating margins of HeidelbergCement India jumped 18 per cent in the fourth quarter of FY16 compared to 16.5 per cent in the same period last year. Speaking to CNBC TV, said ...
Ambuja Cement adds 0.9Mta to Sankrail grinding unit
India’s Ambuja Cement has added 0.9Mta of capacity to its Sankrail grinding unit near Kolkata. The INR3.38bn (US$50.2m) project was commissioned on 24 May 2016. As a result of ...
Ghana: Dangote appeals for ban on Chinese imports
Dangote has called on the government of Ghana to ban imports of Chinese cement, warning that the measure is necessary to save local producers from collapse, Ghanaweb reports. ...
Vietnam: second phase of Song Lam cement plant starts next month
Hoang Phat Vissai Group, one of the biggest cement groups in Vietnam, will start construction of the second phase of Song Lam cement plant with an investment of VND9.5trn ($422...
Philippines: Mariveles dry bulk terminal
Sesia Nectar Port Services Inc announced the start of commercial operations at its Mariveles Dry Bulk Terminal in the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB), Philippines. The company be...
Australia: Adelaide Brighton sales boost
Adelaide Brighton expects improved sales in several of its key products largely due to demand from east coast markets. Martin Brydon, Adelaide Brighton chief executive, said ...
India: Prism Cement 4QFY16 profits fall 95% YoY
Prism Cement’s net profits for the quarter to 31 March 2016 fell to just INR30m (US$445,000), down 95.2 per cent YoY, reports India Infoline. Net revenues at the company ros...
Moroccan cement demand slips 2.7% in April
Following a positive first quarter, Moroccan cement demand fell 2.7 per cent in April as construction activity slowed and the real estate market was subdued. The decrease break...
Brazil: LafargeHolcim opens new production line in Barroso
LafargeHolcim has begun production at a new line in its Barroso plant in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The new line raises the plant's capacity to 3.6Mta. Equipment inc...
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