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HeidelbergCement has started its Aggregates-CI programme (Continuous Improvement) in order to continuously optimise the operational and commercial working processes in the area of aggregates (sand, gravel and crushed rock).

The new programme follows the margin improvement programme CLIMB Commercial that successfully concluded at the end of 2015.

Aggregates-CI will be implemented at all of the more than 500 production sites worldwide. The company says the process enhancements shall lead to sustainable

JSW Group of India, a conglomerate with interests in steel and cement, is planning to venture into the industrial paints market due to high internal demand for steel coatings.

The project may start in Maharashtra at the site of the company in Dolvi.

Meanwhile, the cement business of the company will get an additional INR 20 billion (€278.04 million/US$ 301.96 million) for brownfield expansion over the following 24 months to increase output to 16 million tonnes from 6 million tonnes.

The planned pai

Laos-based Oudomxay Cement is constructing a factory in Oudomxay Province and expects to commission the facility by end-2016. Output from the new factory, which is the third for the company, will be delivered to projects in the provinces of Phongsaly, Luang Namtha and Bokeo and several other areas in the northern region.

In Thailand, BMC Cement Industry Factory (Lion Brand) will operate its factory in February 2016.
The Lao-owned company has been developing the new factory since 2011 and construction is estimated to be completed next month.
Cement produced by the factory will be supplied to provinces in Laos and Thailand.

CRH, the global building materials group, has confirmed total disposal proceeds of nearly €1 billion in 2015. The figure comprises the previously announced sale of its clay and concrete products operations in the UK and the Group’s clay business in the US (€0.43 billion) plus several additional divestments across Europe and the Americas for total proceeds of around €0.53 billion.

Works to construct a new cement plant in El-Beidha, Algeria, are expected to last 32 months and requires over DZD 35 billion (€301.10 million/US$327 million) in investments.

Once operational, it will have a daily output of 6,000tonnes of cement, representing over 2 million tonnes/year.

Production will cover domestic needs and the growing cement demand, which is due to the number of construction programmes.

Access Engineering of Sri Lanka has won a contract from Ultratech Cement Lanka to modify Ultratech’s present cement conveying/unloading system.

Work includes building ground floor structures and a basement, and a 50m-tall steel superstructure that weighs 280tonnes.

The ground floor structure is 6m higher than ground level, while the basement sits 5.25m underground.

The port cement ship handling period will be cut substantially as the cement pumping efficiency will be improved by 30% when the projec

Work has started on JSW Steel's new 2.4 million tonne/year cement plant with 300MW power plant in Salboni, West Bengal, India.

The INR 7 billion (€97.31 million/US$105.68 million) facility spans 50 hectares and will employ 150 people directly, with at least 1,000 construction jobs created, according to a company official.