Quarry Products

Dangote Cement and Chinese company Sinoma International Engineering have signed deals to construct cement plants across Africa. The plants will add 25million tonnes to the cement company’s existing capacity of nearly 50 million tonnes.

Tokyo Cement Company (Sri Lanka) has called on the Sri Lankan government to fix an alleged policy mismatch resulting in what managing director SR Gnanam described as market distortions: cement imports are duty-free, but domestically manufactured cement is subject to price controls. There are also reported to be concerns of cheap, low-quality cement imports that lead to reduced building safety.

World demand for cement is projected to rise 4.5% per year to 5.2 billion tonnes in 2019, according to a new study by the US-based Freedonia Group.

Cement sale gains will continue to be driven by healthy increases in construction activity in developing countries throughout the Asia/Pacific and Africa/Mideast regions. The massive Chinese market will continue to be the largest driver of growth, accounting for over half of the increase in global cement demand through 2019. North America will also post stro

CRH CEO Albert Manifold says the construction materials giant is on track to deliver “another year of growth” after the firm’s H1 2015 reported sales increased 13% to €9.4 billion; down 1% in Europe and up 26% in the Americas compared to the same period of 2014.

Sales from continuing operations increased 17%; up 3% in Europe and up 32% in the Americas. EBITDA from continuing operations is up 29%; up 4% in Europe and up 57% in the Americas. Meanwhile, margins are up in all six operating divisions.

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For the third time HeidelbergCement has initiated the Quarry Life Award, an international scientific and educational competition to find new ideas for the conservation and promotion of biodiversity in quarries. These unique habitats will be opened again for research.

Thanks to the Quarry Life Award, young people (students, graduates and scientists) will have the chance add true ecological and educational value to a mining site.

“Our company is committed to promote the exceptional local flora and fauna

The global white cement market is expected to exhibit moderate growth in the short and medium terms driven by the revival of the global construction industry and strong demand from emerging markets, according to a new report.

The global demand of white cement is currently much lower than that of grey cement and currently accounts for less than 1% of the current global cement consumption.

Its price and profit margins, however, are higher than grey cement. China currently represents both the world’s b

Sika Srbija , the Swiss-owned materials company for the construction sector in Serbia, has reported that it registered a 25% sales increase in H1 of 2015 in comparison with the same period of 2014.

By the end of 2015, the company is predicting that the export of its products will reach 3,000tonnes.

So far, the company has invested CHF 5 million (€4.64 million) in its Simanovac plant.

It has been reported that the Belgian company Karmeus is planning to invest a total of €7 million (US$7.97 million) in the Serbian plaster factory Jelen Do, over the next five-year period.

The announcement is said to have been made by Karmeus's vice president for sales and marketing for Europe, Julian Denvers.

He said that the Serbian company, acquired in 2013 for €9.6 million, has had €1.5 million invested in its modernisation.