August 21, 2014
Saudi Arabia has imported 3.1 million tonnes of cement worth US$199.94 million (SAR 750 million) over the last nine months and demand for cement is…
August 21, 2014
The Chinese building material sector saw a 13.2% rise to US$358.13 billion (CNY 2.2 trillion) in its revenue during H1 2014, compared to the same…
August 21, 2014
Ireland’s CRH may spend up to €1.5 billion on acquisitions over the next 18 months, after the building-materials supplier reported a 27% rise in H1…
August 20, 2014
Limak Afrique SA, a new joint venture involving Limak of Turkey and Afrikbat of the Ivory Coast, is to invest US$50 million to develop concrete and…
August 20, 2014
Reliance Cements will build a grinding unit in Gowribidanur and one manufacturing and a quarrying unit in Sedam in the Gulbarga district of southern…
August 20, 2014
FLSmidth has won a contract worth €68 million (DKK 507 million) from Nyumba Ya Akiba to supply a complete package of equipment and engineering for a…
August 20, 2014
China-based Henan Tongli Cement's operating income reportedly increased by 6.58% year-on-year to US$319.71 million (CNY 1.96 billion) January-June…
August 20, 2014
In line with government policy on cutting cement exports, Taiwan Cement plans to reduce its local cement output from 8.4 million tonnes in 2013 to 7…
August 20, 2014
Montreal, Canada-based Major Wire Industries has appointed Alain Durand as vice president of international sales. He has worked with Major Wire as a…
August 20, 2014
IronPlanet, the online auction company for pre-owned construction, mining and agricultural equipment, will hold its first-ever West African online…
August 19, 2014
Construction brick production in Russia totalled 5.54 billion items in January-June 2014. The figures increased by 5.4% compared with H1 2013. The…
August 19, 2014
The Swiss building materials and construction chemicals producer Sika has expanded its production capacity in the US. It opened a new plant for…
August 19, 2014
West China Cement's revenue increased 1.5% from a year ago to CNY 2bn (€242.51 million/US$324.7 million) during January to June 2014, thanks to…
August 19, 2014
It is reported that Panyam Cement has shut down its 400,000tonnes/year capacity cement plant temporarily in Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh, India, while…
August 19, 2014
Ulyanovskcement, part of the Eurocement Group, will construct a new all-dry cement plant on the base of ongoing factory in Novoulyanovsk, (Ulyanovsk…