January 6, 2015
CEMEX says it has closed a series of transactions with Holcim, originally announced on August 28, 2013 and supplemented on October 30, 2014. The…
January 5, 2015
Six Kenyan cement producers have raised output from 4,637,081 metric tonnes in the first 11 months of 2013 to 5,208,934 metric tonnes during the same…
January 5, 2015
A strike at Chakrey Ting Cement factory in Cambodia's Kampot province ended on 31 December 2014 after workers agreed to go back to work. Nearly half…
January 5, 2015
Pakistan’s cement producers have revised down their products’ prices in line with failing international oil prices, with Dewan Cement and Bestway…
January 5, 2015
Pioneering carbon negative aggregate specialist Carbon8 Aggregates is set to more than double production after gaining planning permission to build a…
December 18, 2014
Germany-based cement sector companies such as Loesche and ThyssenKrupp are offering their eco-friendly technology in Vietnam. Loesche, which operates…
December 18, 2014
Financial analyst Darryll Castle is the new CEO of South African cement manufacturer PPC, effective 12 January 2015. Castle was previously COO of…
December 18, 2014
HeidelbergCement, the German building materials producer, has restarted cement milling operations at its plant near Donetsk in Ukraine. The company…
December 18, 2014
bC India 2014 attracted 26,000 visitors and 635 exhibitors from 25 countries, according to figures released by show management. Many exhibitors are…
December 18, 2014
The first edition of MS Marmomacc Samoter Africa and Middle East has been hailed a success – attracting more than 3,000 attendees. The debut…
December 17, 2014
Eurocement Group has had its application to buy the cement factory belonging to LSR in Slantsy, Leningrad Region, approved by the Federal Anti-…
December 17, 2014
China-based China Resources Cement has been granted a US$64.49 million (HKD 500 million) loan, with the repayment to the granting bank to be settled…
December 17, 2014
Lafarge has been ranked first in the Investor of the Year category of the Moscow Times Awards 2014 awards. The French cement manufacturing giant was…
December 17, 2014
The Angolan government is to begin limiting the import of cement into the local construction sector from 2015, excluding border provinces such as…
December 17, 2014
Egypt-based Suez Cement will invest US$83.74 million (EGP 600 million) in 2015 to allow two of its cement plants south of Cairo to be powered by coal…