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FLSmidth, the Danish cement machinery and mining equipment producer, has been awarded a €40.43 million order by Petrovietnam for a Vietnamese coal plant. The order is to provide coal-handling equipment, including cranes, trolleys and conveyors. The order will enhance FLSmidth's turnover until 2016.

MPA The Concrete Centre, part of the Mineral Products Association, has published an update to their Office Cost Study to include a summary of the revised data, comparing the costs of constructing office buildings with different structural solutions.

MPA The Concrete Centre, part of the Mineral Products Association, is the central development organisation for the UK cement and concrete industry.

The commercial buildings cost model study in 2008 compared the costs of constructing three- and six-storey

Indonesia’s cement sales rose by 3.9% in the first half of 2014, down on the 7.5% rise over the same six months of 2013, according to the Chairman of the Indonesia Cement Association, Widodo Santoso. The association had forecast sales growth to be around 5-6% during H1 2014. Sale growth in the second half of 2014 is projected at up to 6-8%. The low demand from outside Java as well as the increase in the electricity rate have been cited as the reasons for the lower than expected sales during the first six mo

Jose Ponce Sosa, the representative of the Mexican state of Hidalgo in the Secretariat of Labour and Social Security, has said that new legislation will seek to apply 16 of the 41 rules governing the different branches of Mexican cement industry production to cement companies themselves.

The clarification is designed to make inspections easier to carry out, and reduce the number of accidents in the industry. The regulations will be applied on a national scale, though no date has yet been given for it to

Namibia's Ohorongo Cement plant is said to be using an innovative, eco-friendly biofuel solution to give them a competitive edge.

Blackthorn can grow to as high as seven meters and forms impenetrable thickets. It won't let any other species grow in the vicinity, with its use said to be causing much concern among local famers.

It is now harvested turning the bush into wood chips used for fuel by Ohorongo Cement, Namibia's only cement manufacturer, giving it a potential edge over some of its internation

The merger between the Nigerian unit of French cement maker Lafarge, Lafarge Wapco, and its wholly-owned South African subsidiary has been approved by Lafarge Wapco’s shareholders.

The deal is worth €991.72 million and it will see the combined entity, of which Lafarge group will own 73%, renamed Lafarge Africa Plc and listed on the Nigerian bourse with a market capitalisation of around €2.2 billion.

The merged businesses had 2013 financial year aggregates sales of €991.72 million and EBITDA of €257.84

Europe's antitrust regulator has reportedly objected to Cemex's plan to acquire Holcim's Spanish units, according to person familiar with the matter, denting the Mexican cement producer's hopes of getting EU approval without concessions, Reuters news agency writes.

Cemex and Holcim unveiled the deal in August 2013, part of which included the Swiss-based peer taking over Cemex's German businesses. The European Commission cleared this deal unconditionally earlier this month. But the Spanish part triggered

Italian cement producer Italcementi's CEO Carlo Pesenti said that the company is particularly interested in growth opportunities in the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Talking to the Il Corriere della Sera newspaper in Italy, Pesenti also said that the firm had seen large structural changes during the global economic crisis. He said that after the takeover of Ciment Francais, Italcementi is “ready and reactive” when looking at market opportunities.

Holcim says it has no plans to make a takeover offer for Bamburi Cement in Kenya if competition regulators allow its planned near €30 billion merger with Lafarge.

The Switzerland-based cement manufacturing giant and France-based Lafarge are seeking antitrust backing for their merger. Once the transaction is finished, Holcim will have indirect control of Bamburi, which is 58.6% owned by two of Lafarge’s units - Fincem Holding and Kencem, the company said in a statement reported in the Nairobi-based Daily

Cement producers in Laos are looking to strengthen their competitiveness and boost their output due to the huge demand for cement products prior to the creation of the Asean (Association of South East Asian Nations) Economy Community in 2015. At present, cement plants in Vientiane, the landlocked country’s capital, are able to produce 450,000tonnes/year, while total output capacity of cement plants nationwide is around 1.7mn tonnes/year. However, domestic cement demand for 2014 is expected to total 2.8 mill