March 17, 2015
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures reveal that UK brick production surged 17% to over 1.8 billion bricks in 2014. The figure marked the…
March 17, 2015
The European Commission has given its approval for the planned takeover of Belgian company Joris Ide Group by Irish company Kingspan Group. Both…
March 17, 2015
Sifbéton, a new Moroccan company specialising in concrete products for the building and public works sector, has launched its new business. Total…
March 17, 2015
Arabian Cement Company (ACC) in Egypt is installing a new renewable energy facility that will enable it to bring its capacity utilisation up to 100…
March 17, 2015
A trial for the commercialisation of dry slag granulation (DSG) is being carried out in China. The DSG converts blast furnace waste into an…
March 17, 2015
According to figures released by All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), in the July 2014 to February 2015 period, Pakistan recorded a…
March 17, 2015
Cement consumption in Spain increased by 8.3% in February 2015 to reach 810,104tonnes. It is the second consecutive monthly increase registered by…
March 17, 2015
China's Jiangsu province has decided to eliminate 3.7 million tonnes of obsolete cement output capacity in 2015, as part of its five-year action plan…
March 17, 2015
In China, Asia Cement posted a year-on-year growth of 11.77% in revenue to CNY 8.19 billion (€1.24 billion/US$1.31 billion) in 2014, thanks to its…
March 17, 2015
West China Cement posted a 6.8% decline in revenue to CNY 3.88 billion (€585.94 million/US$619.44 million) in 2014, while profit dropped 90.5% year-…
March 17, 2015
China-based Shaanxi Qinling Cement will push for a major asset restructuring in 2015, after it reported a second-year loss of CNY 250mn (€37.75…
March 17, 2015
According to the sale representative of Conch South Kalimantan Cement (Conch), Ihan M Palla, the Chinese cement producer plans to produce 10 million…
March 17, 2015
Chinese cement and clinker producer Hongshi Holding Group will be launching CNY 500 million (€76.18 million/US$79.85 million) unsecured super short-…
March 17, 2015
The Industrial Developmental Authority (IDA) of Egypt is planning to issue 12 new licences for new cement plants at Upper Egypt governorates in 2015…
March 17, 2015
Trimble’s supply of Loadrite L2180 loader scales to John Deere has led to the company being awarded a John Deere supplier innovation award for 2014.…