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FLSmidth & Co has released its interim report for 1 January to 30 June, 2015.

The main conclusions of the report are that the outlook for the global mining industry has deteriorated in recent weeks, which has had an adverse impact on management's assessment of business risks and earnings in 2015, and as a consequence the full-year EBITA (earnings before amortisation and impairment of intangible assets) margin guidance is lowered to 7-8% (previously 9-10%).

The adjusted EBITA margin in Q2 was 9.2% (rep

The new Cavex 700CVX hydrocyclone from Weir Minerals is said to achieve up to 50% higher mineral processing throughput capacity in comparison with any other competitor cyclones in the 26 inch diameter range due to its larger inlet and vortex finder configuration.

The Cavex 700CVX hydrocyclone also provides a higher throughput than Weir Minerals’ Cavex 650CVX hydrocyclone, in a smaller, more space-efficient body, making it ideal for new installations. It is also said to be perfectly suited and sized to f

Iran cement production in the four months of the 2015/16 calendar year (starting 21 March 2015) totalled 20.89mn tonnes, says Abdolreza Sheikhan, secretary of the Iranian Cement Industry Employers. Exports during the same period reached 5.17 million tonnes. For the fourth month (starting 23 July), Iran produced 5.26 million tonnes and exported 653,999 tonnes. Total production and exports in 2014/15 were 66.4 million tonnes and 18.9 million tonnes respectively.

By 2017, a new production line will be completed by South Valley Cement Company (SVCE) in Egypt that will have an annual capacity of 1.5mn tonnes. Construction work on the new line began in July 2015, and approval for the line has been secured by SVCE from the Industrial Development Authority (IDA). SVCE will invest EGP 1.50bn (EUR 168.31mn USD 191.69mn) in the project.

US cement consumption is expected to grow through 2016 and beyond, according to research by Texas-based independent market intelligence firm Industrial Info Resources.

Apparent US consumption of Portland and masonry cement increased 9% to 89.1 million tons in 2014, according to the US Geological Survey.

The Portland Cement Association projects US Portland cement consumption will increase this year by 7.5% and continue to grow in 2016 by 7.9%.

As such, Industrial Info is tracking 119 active US cem

LafargeHolcim has completed its Tuban project in Indonesia with the official opening of the second kiln line at the cement plant. The new plant will allow LafargeHolcim to tap into key developing markets in Indonesia’s East Java Province. The plant’s coastal location and jetty provides the Group with the flexibility to ship products to other important interisland markets including Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sulawesi.

With the completion of the project, the construction of which was launched in 2011, Lafarg

Mexican cement giant Cemex has been included in Fortune magazine’s prestigious Change the World list of companies making “significant progress in addressing major social problems as part of their core business strategy.”

In 16th place out of the 50 companies from all over the world that made the list, Cemex is the only Latin-American based company included and the only company from the construction materials sector.

Cemex was selected among over 200 nominees thanks to its Patrimonio Hoy programme. The

An aerated concrete plant is set to be built in the Vyselkovsky district of Russia’s southern Krasnodar region. The €4.24 million (RUB 305 million) project will see the plant located on a 90,000m² plot. Around 90,000m³ of wall blocks will be produced each year. It will take eight years to build the facility, with the pay-back period expected to be nearly six years. Investors are being sought for the project, which will create 54 new jobs.

Cimpor, the Portuguese cement group, recorded losses of €12.8 million at the end of H1 2015. While group turnover rose by 4.8% to €1.302 billion, the volume of cement and clinker sold was down by 5.7% to 14 million tonnes. The sales in the Brazilian market alone were down by 16.1% to €474.4 million.

China's Yantai Baoqiao Jinhong has signed an MoU with the province of Punjab, Pakistan to build a new environmentally friendly cement plant in the Salt Range for US$350 million. Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif says the agreement would not only create jobs but also facilitate technology transfer.