Holcim invests in France

Local authorities in La Rochelle, France have granted approval of plans from Holcim to develop a new cement unit in the region. Under the scheme, the company plans to build a production unit at La Pallice with a crushing capacity of 3500tonnes per day. The approved plan is a modification of one that was previously rejected by the authority and the revised development features the plant located further away from nearby homes.

Continuous economic growth in Indonesia is the main driver behind a decision by Holcim to build a new US$450million cement plant on the island of Java. The new facility is expected to have a capacity of 1.6million tonnes per year and will be located in the eastern part of the main island of Java, near the city of Tuban. The new plant with open sea loading and unloading facilities will go into service in the first half of 2013, providing all necessary local licenses are granted in due time. This investment w

The president of French cement industry union SFIC said he expected a 7% drop in national demand for cement in 2012. Rachid Benyakhlef said the reduced demand would contrast the 8.6% cement demand increase in 2011. He added that cement production was expected to be under 20million tonnes in 2012. Despite the forecasted decline in demand for cement, Holcim is opening a new grinding unit in La Pallice, and Kercim is opening a new grinding unit in Saint-Nazaire.

Eurocement has announced that it will build a US$480 million (€371 million) cement plant in the Stavropol region of Russia with a production capacity of 1.3 million tonnes/year. Construction will take place in the Spasskoe village of Blagodarnenskiy District. The new plant, which will employ 400 people with the potential to create 1,000 additional jobs, will cover an area of 40 hectares and will produce 3,500tonnes/day of clinker. The project will be implemented under a public-private partnership (PPP) and