March 18, 2014
In 2013, Cimentos de Portugal's (Cimpor) Mozambican subset, Cimentos de Mocambique, managed to record a turnover of €141.9 million, up by 5.4% on a…
March 18, 2014
It is reported that Italian cement manufacturer Italcementi may be working on a plan to merge with French peer Ciments Francais. Italcementi…
March 18, 2014
Quoting official figures, state-run Semen Indonesia said 4.4 million tonnes of cement were sold in Indonesia in February 2014, up 2.9% year-on-year.…
March 18, 2014
Chettinad Cement Corporation (CCC) of India says it will acquire Anjani Portland Cement (APC) for around €11.79 million (INR 1 billion). APC has debt…
March 18, 2014
The Zimbabwean subsidiary of South Africa-based cement producer PPC is looking to build a factory worth €179.81 million in Zimbabwe. The unit is…
March 18, 2014
Vietnamese authorities have told project owners not to start new cement projects because of the country’s current oversupply of the building material…
March 17, 2014
Fourteen cement companies in Saudi Arabia recorded a 4% growth in sales from 53.5 million tonnes in 2012 to 55.6 million tonnes in 2013, according to…
March 17, 2014
Siam Cement Group (SCG) of Thailand is developing a new €288.51 million cement plant in Myanmar. The plant is expected to be ready in 2016 and will…
March 14, 2014
Metso has appointed Juha Silvennoinen as the Finnish company’s new president, services business line in mining and construction with responsibility…
March 13, 2014
Hexagon, a leading global provider of design, measurement and visualisation technologies, has signed an agreement to acquire SAFEmine, a leader in…
March 10, 2014
Cementos Portland has announced a €72 million loss in 2013. The FCC subsidiary managed to cut in half its loss from the previous year. Turnover in…
March 10, 2014
Lafarge Malaysia (Lafarge) registered a net profit of MYR 386mn (€86.28 million) in 2013, while that in October-December 2013 rose 23% on-year to MYR…
March 10, 2014
CRH is set to dispose up to 30% of its subsidiary portfolio, with 20% set to be reviewed for potential restructuring. Any potential sales could…
March 10, 2014
FLSmidth has appointed Lars Vestergaard as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and member of Group Executive Management. He succeeds Ben Guren who has…
March 10, 2014
The UK cement industry is building on its long established sustainability credentials having published its first Environmental Product Declaration (…