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North America: Lehigh Hanson and Essroc closer to integration

Integration of Lehigh Hanson and Essroc Cement is one step closer, with a scheduled mid-summer closing, as reported ...

The US AF evolution

Environmental Evolution looks at how far US AF usage had progressed and how much further it might develop.

Ethiopia: 32 mining licenses revoked

Ethiopia’s ministry of mines, petroleum and natural gas has revoked mineral exploration and production licenses of 3...

Indonesia: cement sales up 5% in 1Q16

Indonesia's domestic cement sales rose to 14.43Mt in 1Q16, up five per cent from the same period last year of 13.84M...

Pakistan: Bestway Cement pretax profits up 45%

In an earnings statement released today, Bestway Cement announced that its pretax profits for 9MFY2016 were PKR12.64...

Philippines: CeMap President calls for greater use of blended cement

The Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (CeMAP) has requested that the government to change its poli...

Afghanistan: workers at Ghori cement plant kidnapped

Two armed men have kidnapped 15 workers at Ghori cement plant and Afghan Coal in Baghlan, northeast Afghanistan, acc...

India: Birla sees Q4 profit rise to US$17m

Birla Corporation has released its earnings figures for the three months to 31 March 2016, during which time the fir...

India: Grasim and UltraTech well positioned for growth

Grasim Industries, a subsidiary of UltraTech, has announced impressive results and signs of a recovery in cement dem...

Magnesita refractory bricks for the cement industry - Eduardo Matos, Magnesita (Brazil)

Filmed at Cemtech MEA 2016, 7-10 February, Grand Hyatt Dubai, UAE.