October 13, 2015
Earthmoving attachments solutions provider, Miller UK, has been recognised by Hewden for its continual product development and innovative design…
October 13, 2015
Lafarge's Egypt arm intends to invest US$16.8 million (€14.95 million) in a recycling project thereby expanding the total investment in the local…
October 13, 2015
Ron Wirahadiraksa, 55, has been appointed LafargeHolcim’s new chief financial officer and a member of the executive committee. He will succeed group…
October 7, 2015
Foreign trade in construction machinery and equipment held up in the first six months of 2015, confirming a positive balance of trade for Italian…
October 7, 2015
Forterra is the new name of the UK and US-based brick producer Hanson Building Products. It has changed its name following a recent divestment by…
October 7, 2015
As of September 2015, there was a 3% year-on-year increase in cement consumption in Vietnam to 52.11 million tonnes, said the Ministry of…
October 7, 2015
The cement industry of Pakistan saw a 11.12% year-on-year rise in local sales in the first quarter of the 2015/2016 financial year. In September 2015…
October 7, 2015
Data from the Indonesian Cement Association showed that cement consumption in August 2015 was at 5.34 million tonnes, up 14.7% from a year ago.…
October 7, 2015
In Japan, Nippon Steel & Sumikin Cement and Osaka University have jointly developed a low-alkaline cement using rice chaff that will enhance the…
October 7, 2015
The Portuguese cement group Secil is to upgrade the production capacity in Brazil up to the end of 2015 by 2 million tonnes/year. The move results…
October 7, 2015
Metso has inaugurated another technology centre in Arequipa, Peru, to support the company's customers in the Latin America. The centre serves Metso's…
October 7, 2015
PHS Besafe has won the contract to supply protective workwear for Aggregate Industries, a UK provider of building and construction materials.…
October 6, 2015
France's stock market regulator is investigating a pay package granted to the former chief executive of cement maker Lafarge, Bruno Lafont, when the…
October 6, 2015
Cement demand in India remains low with cement output only expanding by 1.8% from April to August 2015, compared to the same period of 2014. Industry…
October 6, 2015
The 100% acquisition of United Cement Company of Nigeria (UNICEM) has been completed by Nigerian Cement Holdings (Nigerian Cement), a Lafarge Africa…