Cemex provides concrete for southern dyke of Le Havre port, France

Cemex in France has supplied 40,000m³ of concrete for 26.6km of tracks and overlays for a 13.3km long ‘green’ tramline in Le Havre, France. For the first time in France, the wheels of the tram will run on concrete beams that will provide greater clearance from the ground, which promotes grass growth and reduces spray between the tracks.
The Y-shaped route for the tramline connects the west and east stations of the city with the centre of Le Havre before following a single line to the Port Océane station. T

French cement group Lafarge is said to be concerned about two projects for clinker grinding units in Le Havre.
According to reports, the company Smeg, operator of the bulk terminal at Le Havre port, wants to set up a clinker grinding unit and a storage and handling activity but has had its project to build storage silos suspended.
The company Vracs de l'Estuaire, which also wants to set up a clinker grinding unit, has received all administrative authorisation but the project is now blocked as the loading

LafargeHolcim is reported as announcing that cement production at the Lafarge plants in the French town of La Couronne in Charente and in Le Havre is to close.

In La Couronne, 90 job cuts are to take place in the short term, and only 27 members of staff out of 117 will be kept on.

CEMEX is taking part in the construction of the new Puente La Unidad bridge in Mexico, supplying reinforced concrete with the technical characteristics that will enable it to have a useful life of around 50 years.

The Mexican building materials giant has supplied 34,000m³ of concrete for the project built on the Gulf of Mexico. Spanning a length of 3.2km, it is considered the second longest bridge in Mexico and the fifth longest in Latin America, providing the new connection between the Mexican state of

CEMEX has played a key role in the construction of the new Minden waterway junction, one of the main transport hubs for inland shipping in Germany. The Mexican building materials giant partnered with a local supplier to deliver approximately 100,000m³ of concrete. Expected to ease the traffic of 4,000 freight shippers/year, the new lock system required several specialised products, including underwater concrete, self-compacting concrete, concrete for visible surface and chamber walls, high freeze-thaw