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Construction of the planned cement works in Benzireg, Algeria, is set to begin in the first quarter of 2015, with the plant to be completed by 2017 according to public cement group GIGA.

Before construction begins, a contract is to be signed with a Chinese partner company, expected to take place in December 2014.

The project will help GIGA meet its production increase objective of 29 million tonnes/year by 2018.

The cement works will be located on a 60 hectare site and it will employ 500-600 people

Abid A Vazir, the executive director of Pakistan-based Cherat Cement, is reported as saying that the company is to establish a factory that will increase its yearly output capacity to more than 2.4 million tonnes.

The yearly output capacity of the new facility is to exceed 1.3 million tonnes.

To secure raw material supply of its Teutonia plant, HeidelbergCement intends to the extend marl pit area in the Hanover-Misburg/Anderten region, northern Germany, by about 120 hectares.

It is reported that the municipality of Hanover and environmental protection associations oppose the project.

Nigeria is set to become one of the six countries to have international cement research centres from Lafarge.

The country is said to be on the verge of joining France, China, Brazil, India and Algeria as host to Lafarge’s development laboratory, which is targeted at developing new solutions and business opportunities to consumers through guaranteeing strong orientation towards products applications and construction systems, while deepening understanding of local constructive modes specificities.

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The Lafarge-Holcim merger will likely affect competition in India, according to the Competition Commission of India (CCI), which has asked both cement companies to publish details of the consolidation in four major local newspapers and on their respective websites.

Within 15 days of publishing the details, the CCI is to seek objections or comments from the public.

Approval from authorities across the world is necessary for the all-share merger of Lafarge of France and Holcim of Switzerland.

FLSmidth has signed an EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) contract with one of the world's largest cement producers Cemex for the supply of a new cement production line to be installed at Cemex’s Odessa cement plant in western Texas, USA. Once the installation is finished, the cement production line is expected to have a capacity of approximately 2,540tonnes/day.
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In January-September 2014, the net profit of Mordovcement amounted to RUB 174 million (€3.01 million/US$3.77 million, -35%) while its revenue reached RUB 13.70 billion (+8.4%).

At the end of September, 2014, its net debt totalled RUB 25.90 billion.

In Guangzhou, China, a strategic agreement has been signed between China Construction Fourth Engineering Division (China Construction) and Lafarge Shui On Cement (Lafarge).

It is said that the collaboration will help lower the operating costs and improve business process efficienies of both companies.

Cooperative principles such as flexible credit payments, supply security and purchasing priority were confirmed under the deal.

In the quarter of July-September 2014, YTL of Malaysia recorded a 13.9% decline in its revenue from MYR 5.21 billion (€1.23 billion/US$1.55 billion) a year ago to MY 4.48 billion.

Its net profit for the quarter dropped by 50% from MYR 427.56 million to MYR 216.13 million year-on-year, due to smaller contributions from its utility business and losses suffered by its management services and other divisions.

During the quarter, the group‘sYTL cement manufacturing and trading segment registered a 13.2% dr