Votorantim Cimentos inaugurates Camaçari plant, Brazil
Votorantim Cimentos inaugurated on 5 November its new mortar plant in Camaçari, Bahia, in Brazil’s northeast region. The unit involved an investment of BRL25m (US$6.5m) and has...
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CEMBUREAU position on COP21
As world leaders convene in Paris to discuss a new binding international climate change agreement aiming at limiting global warming below 2˚C, CEMBUREAU, the European Cement as...
Anhui Conch to double West China Cement stake
Anhui Conch Cement Co has agreed to more than double its stake in West China Cement Ltd for HK$4.59bn (US$592m). Conch International Holdings (HK), a wholly owned unit of Anhu...
LH says its Australian and New Zealand operations are not up for sale
LafargeHolcim said its Australian and New Zealand operations are not currently on the sale block, according to Bloomberg reports following press speculation at the end of last ...
Saudi considering lifting export curbs on cement
Saudi Arabia is considering lifting partial export bans on cement and steel to relieve oversupply in the local market, economic news website al-Eqtisadiah quoted a customs depa...
Industry: Vietnam Jan-Nov cement output +10.3% to 61.2Mt
Vietnam is estimated to have produced 61.2Mt of cement in the first 11 months of this year, up 10.3 per cent from a year ago, the government-run General Statistics Office said....
Tabuk Cement continues trial run on second production line
Tabuk Cement said trial operations are still proceeding at Line 2 at its plant in Saudi Arabia. Commercial operations are expected to start in the third quarter of 2016, the ce...
Holcim Romania initiates road safety programme
Holcim Romania has initiated a national road safety programme to raise awareness of the importance of safe driving across the supply chain. The three-year programme consists o...
LafargeHolcim reportedly considering Australia, New Zealand exit
LafargeHolcim is believed to be considering an exit from Australia and New Zealand, as part of its strategic portfolio review of non-core assets. Australian investment banker...
Italy: price fixing probe opened
Italy's antitrust authority has opened a probe into four cement makers for alleged price fixing, it said in a statement on Thursday. The companies under investigation include...
Colombia’s cement market expands 7% in Oct 2015
Colombian cement consumption rose seven per cent to 1,161,601t in October, according to the latest figures by DANE, the country’s statistics office. Production increased 12.8 p...
Cong Thanh Group begins production from second line
Vietnamese producer Cong Thanh Group on 18 November held a ceremony to mark the first batch of cement made by its second production line at its cement plant in the northern pro...
Romania: LafargeHolcim reports 15.3% rise in 9M15 cement sales
LafargeHolcim increased its cement sales in Romania by 15.3 per cent in the first nine months of the year, especially due to the strong advance of the construction market in Bu...
Vietnam northern province to divest state stakes in Lang Son Cement
The People’s Committee of Vietnam’s northern province of Lang Son plans to sell state stakes in Lang Son Cement JSC (LCC) at a put-through price is set at VND1380 ($0.06) each ...
Estanda completes ball mill water injection system for Buzzi, Italy
At the end of October 2015, Estanda completed the installation of a water injection system for a 3.8m diameter ball cement mill for the Buzzi Unicem group (Italy). This projec...
HEPHA hosts its second Refractory Monoliths Colloquium
Refractory specialists HEPHA successfully hosted its second colloquium on 5 November 2015 at Lyon Confluence, France, dedicated to the theme of refractory monoliths. The rang...
Thyssenkrupp wins contract from Yamama Saudi Cement
Thyssenkrupp has won a contract from Yamama Saudi Cement Company, one of Saudi Arabia’s biggest cement producers, to build two turnkey cement clinker production lines. The two...
CPA revises construction outlook
The Construction Products Association (CPA) expects further growth for the UK construction industry, although the latest forecast reflects a downward revision since the summer ...
C&CA elects chairman for 2015-17 period
Mohd Yusri Md Yusuf, managing director of Cement Industries of Malaysia Berhad (CIMA), has been elected chairman of the Cement & Concrete Association of Malaysia (C&CA) for the...
Vietnam: MoC forecasts 2016 sales rise of 4-7%
Vietnam's sales of cement and clinker are predicted to rise 4-7 per cent YoY in 2016 to between 75-77Mt, according to forecasts by the country's Ministry of Construction (MoC)....
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