Court of Rome declares validity of Buzzi offer for SACCI
Buzzi Unicem has been informed by SACCI SpA (SACCI) that the Court of Rome has declared the admissibility of the composition plan submitted by SACCI on 21 September 2015. The ...
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ThyssenKrupp merges plant technology businesses in France
ThyssenKrupp is strengthening its plant technology capabilities in France by merging the formerly-separate entities Polysius and KH Mineral to become ThyssenKrupp Industrial So...
PCA response to new EPA Ozone Standard
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) released the following statement regarding the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone anticipated to be fin...
Cementos Molins to enter Colombian market
Cementos Molins has signed an agreement to enter the Colombian cement market with local home and construction specialist Corona. The Spanish cement producer plans to build...
FLSmidth signs service agreement with Heidelberg
FLSmidth has agreed with HeidelbergCement on a one-year service agreement contract to support its cement plant in Kjøpsvik in Norway. The service agreement between HeidelbergC...
Brazil Jan-August sales down 6.8% YoY
Brazilian sales over the first eight months of this year fell 6.8 per cent YoY to 43.7Mt compared to the 46.9Mt sold in 2014, according to preliminary data and market estimates...
Algerian cement import value falls 13% in Jan-Jul 2015
The value of cement imports into Algeria during the first seven months of 2015 fell from US$352.92m to US$306.94m, down 13 per cent YoY, according to Customs data. In terms of ...
Dangote Cement appoints two regional CEOs
Dangote Cement has appointed two new Regional Chief Executive Officers (RCEOs) to lead its Nigeria and West and Central Africa divisions. Arvind Pathak has been named the new ...
American Starlinger-Sahm hosts grand opening of US HQ
American Starlinger-Sahm Inc celebrated the official opening of the new US headquarters in Fountain Inn, in the Greenville Metropolitan area, South Carolina, with a two-day Ope...
CEMBUREAU second-quarter report shows slowing GDP momentum across EU
The latest CEMBUREAU Quarterly Economic Report, published yesterday, highlights that although real GDP has continued to grow in 2Q15, the momentum has slowed compared to the pr...
ASI confident on Sept-Dec sales growth, Indonesia
The Indonesian Cement Association (ASI), is confident that sales will rise by 4-5 per cent beginning in September until December 2015. This optimism, according to association W...
Cemex recognises suppliers' innovation
Cemex announced yesterday the winners of “INTEGRATE your ideas”, the company’s Global Sourcing Suppliers Innovation Programme. From a pool of 22 international participants, the...
Chinese imports lower Costa Rica’s cement price by 20%
Construction costs in Costa Rica are lower due to the import of Chinese cement, according to local news service La Republica. Chinese imports retail at around 20 per cent below...
Argentine provinces experience supply shortages
Cement suppliers in Mendoza province in Argentina have started importing cement from Chile due to a continued and deepening cement supply crisis in recent months. Those that ...
Kenya: Bamburi rolls out training seminars for improved construction quality standards
Over 1600 masons from across the country are set to benefit from a training programme organised by Bamburi Cement to improve skills in the building and construction industry in...
Vicat considers extension of Kazakh plant and construction of new terminal
The Kazakh Vice Minister of Investment and Development of Kazakhstan, Albert Rau, has met with President of Vicat Group, Guy Sidos, and Honorary President of the group, Jacque...
DR Congo: new plant online in December 2016
Dangote’s new plant in the Republic of Congo is expected to enter production in December 2016. The new 1.5Mta plant in Bouenza, Yamba district represents an investment of XOF13...
Shangfeng Cement to raise funds for expansion
Chinese cement producer Shangfeng Cement Co Ltd announced Tuesday to raise no more than CNY1.5bn (US$235.78m) via private placement for overseas expansion. The company will is...
Dangote Tanzanian plant set for October commissioning
Dangote Cement is set to commission its new 3Mta cement plant located in Mtwara District of Tanzania on 10 October 2015. The company will also hold the groundbreaking ceremony...
Cemex expects social initiatives to benefit over 10m people by 2020
Cemex announced today that, after reaching close to 7m beneficiaries through its social programmes, it has set the goal of benefiting more than 10m people by the year 2020. Cem...
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