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Kenya: Savannah Cement to raise capacity to 2.4Mta

Savannah Cement has unveiled plans to increase its Athi River plant to 2.4Mta, almost doubling its current 1.5Mta ca...

Consolidation needed in South African market claims PPC chief

Darryll Castle, chief executive of PPC, has said that he believes there are too many cement companies operating in S...

Selecting and using raw materials for cement manufacture

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Cimpor hit by the weakness in volumes and currencies

Cimpor's nine-month turnover fell by 28.5 per cent to EUR1379.4m and EBITDA dropped by 33.1 per cent to EUR264.6m as...

Nigeria: Ashaka Cement to delist from NSE

LafargeHolcim subsidiary Ashaka Cement has said that it will voluntarily delist its shares from the Nigerian Stock E...

Spain: demand sees 7% YoY decrease in October 2016

Cement consumption in Spain fell 7.2 per cent YoY in October to 936,568t, according to the Spanish cement associatio...

Kenya: East African Portland Cement to lay off two-thirds of workforce

In a restructuring plan unveiled this week, East African Portland Cement (EAPC) has said it will lay off more than 1...

Nepal: new government certification for cement

The Nepali government will start the certification of domestic cement brands according to quality in three months’ t...

November 2016 issue

Vulcan attributes lower 3Q16 sales volumes to weather while in the UK reduced construction activity has seen lower s...

CRH revenues rise to US$22bn on stronger US construction activity

In a trading update covering the first nine months of 2016, CRH announced that its sales revenues had reached EUR20....