November 19, 2014
Cement consumption in Spain grew by an encouraging 5% in October 2014, compared with the year-ago period, to reach 1.037 million tonnes. And Oficemen…
November 19, 2014
Egypt-based South Valley Cement Company (SVCC) has signed an agreement with five local lenders for a long-term syndicated loan facility worth US$178.…
November 19, 2014
Swiss cement giant Holcim said it expected to have chosen buyers for assets it must divest to seal its merger with France's Lafarge by the end of…
November 14, 2014
The British Geological Survey (BGS) has released the 10th edition of the Directory of Mines and Quarries (DMQ 2014),an invaluable directory…
November 14, 2014
Indian billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla is reported to have said he is open to buying overseas cement factories in a deal similar to his US$5.8…
November 14, 2014
Romanian ceramic blocks producer Cemacon recorded a net profit of RON 3.70 million (€835,946.22/US$1.04 million) in the first nine months of 2014,…
November 14, 2014
The merger plans between French concrete block and slab manufacturer Alkern and its competitor precast concrete producer Duroux have been finalised.…
November 14, 2014
The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has reported that the sales of cement increased to a total of 8.197 million tonnes in the…
November 14, 2014
The Commercial Court of the Kemerovo region (Siberia), Russia, has initiated bankruptcy proceedings against Kuznetsk Cement Plant (Novokuznetsk,…
November 14, 2014
China Resources Cement Holdings' concrete sales totalled 11.65 million m³ in January-September 2014, up by 10.3% year-on-year. Cement and clinker…
November 14, 2014
The construction of a new cement plant has started in the Yovon district of Tajikistan. The works cooperation with the Jung-Say-Mokhir company are to…
November 14, 2014
A second cement plant is to be constructed in Kurmenty, Kyrgyzstan. The project will be implemented under the development of Kurmenty limestone…
November 14, 2014
In Estonia, the Ministry of the Environment’s proposed surge in environmental taxes, including the tax on the extraction of mineral resources, would…
November 13, 2014
The European Commission has published full details on its decision to rule in favour of the UK Government’s aggregates levy credit scheme (ALCS). The…
November 12, 2014
Elaine Donaghy, marketing manager from Terex Washing Systems, (TWS), has picked up the Marketer of the Year 2014 Award at the Chartered Institute of…