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Assets and stocks of bankrupt Danish brickworks Lundgaard Teglværk is to be taken over by Randers Tegl by 1 January 2014.

Randers Tegl will make use of the equipment for its investment in Hammershøj Teglværk, which is targeting niche markets where demand is increasing despite the sector's crisis.

Shymkentcement (a part of Italian Italcementi Group) will invest €58.12 million in upgrading cement production. A line for the dry processing of cement will be launched. The first lot of clinker will be produced by mid-2015.

VOLMA-Orenburg continues building the gypsum plant in Russia’s central Orenburg region (Volga) with several production facilities, electric power grids, an access road, and a gas pipeline having already been built.

The developer has contracted production equipment suppliers and the equipment is to be supplied between January and May 2014.

The plant is expected to be launched in late 2014 and to reach its design capacity in early 2015. At first, the plant will open up 200 new jobs, and another 800 jobs

France's national ready-mix concrete union (SNBPE) presented Holcim Bétons France with the socio-educational and recreational facilities award during the awards ceremony at the Salon des Maires event for its work using Articimo decorative concrete in the Velotte area of Besançon.

Holcim Bétons France used the concrete to create a rest and relaxation area for cyclists with outdoor games, a water source and a shelter.

Eurocement Group is going to process municipal solid waste (MSW) at its plant in Podgorensky community in the Voronezh region (Central). The plant may process 300,000tonnes of MSW/year, which is to be used to make alternative fuel for clinker burning kilns.

Swiss cement firm Holcim is planning expansion in Mexico, after its two main markets in Latin America, Mexico and Brazil, started to show signs that demand will recover.

Holcim is said to be looking at developing more plants in Mexico and restarting operations in Peru. Executives at the company are cautiously optimistic about recovery in Mexico at the beginning of 2014.

Demand for cement in Mexico will increase by about 41%, reaching 48 million tonnes in 2020, according to a Holcim report dating from

During the first half of 2014, Holcim France, specialised in the production of cement, aggregate and concrete, will set up a transport solution that combines rail and river traffic to transport construction materials between quarries in Bayel and the branched terminal installation in Vernou.

ECR, which won the three-year contract, will offer three trains of 1,500-2,500tonnes/week. Once unloaded in Vernou, the materials are then sent to Holcim Bétons by barge.

By 2015-2016, 1 million tonnes could be se

In addition to a grinding mill order earlier this year, Altay Polimetally has also chosen Metso as the supplier of a complete grinding system for its new copper mine in Kazakhstan. The order value is over €30 million.

Altay Polimetally is targeting production of 3 million tonnes/year, and including host rock, 10 million tonnes. The plant is scheduled to begin operation last quarter 2014. Metso says its solution will ensure that Altay reaches this target.

“Metso has designed this grinding system as a s

Credit Suisse Group AG's shareholding in Chinese cement producer China Shanshui Cement Group increased to 5.02%, equivalent to 141.29 million shares after the acquisition of 11.671 million additional shares. The transaction was settled at an average price of HKD 3.40 (€0.32) per share, totalling to HKD 39.66 million.

Cementir, the Italian cement and construction materials group, has told the unions that it is to close down the hot production area in its Taranto plant by the end of December 2013.

This is largely due to the drop in demand from the construction sector as well as a decrement in supply of slag to Ilva, the local steelmaker whose activity remains also uncertain.

Cementir's activity reduction will impact its 98 staff at the plant as 56 of them will not be needed any longer. The facility's nominal product

In Morocco, prestressed concrete specialist Sadet has inaugurated its latest production plant.

The 20,000m² site is built on nine hectares of land in Sebt Ezzinate (Tangier) and will produce various concrete products used in the construction industry, including slabs and beams.

The factory represents an overall investment of MAD 263.80 million (€23.50 million). Roughly 60 indirect jobs and 80 direct jobs were created.

Moscow will host MosBuild 2014 Building & Interiors Exhibition in April 2014. The exhibition will have three sectors: Building & Interiors (1-4 April 2014, Expocentre); Fenestration (1-4 April 2014, V.V.C.) and Cersanex (15-18 April 2014, Expocentre).

Building and finishing materials, design services, and design equipment will be exhibited. BASF, TechnoNIOL, Ruukki RUS, AGC Glass Europe, and Kerama Marazzi are on the exhibitor list. The event will host several conferences and a forum.