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FLSmidth receives large cement order in Algeria

FLSmidth has signed an EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contract with a value of more than EUR200m wi...

Dangote Cement to target 76.5Mta capacity in Africa by 2020, CEO tells Cemtech 25th anniversary conference

Cemtech’s 25th anniversary celebrations have commenced as the international conference and exhibition series opens i...

PCA: low crude prices impact oil well cement consumption

With oil prices having declined dramatically since mid-2014 due to a combination of global supply and demand issues,...

Pakistan: cement export volumes down by almost one-third in 6MFY15-16

Pakistan recorded a marked fall in exports over the first six months of the current fiscal, largely on the back of w...

LafargeHolcim nominates new chairman of the Board of Directors

LafargeHolcim announced yesterday that Wolfgang Reitzle, chairman of the Board of Directors, has informed the Board ...

GCC: long-term development

ICR reviews the prospects for cement demand growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council region.

Argentina monthly demand down 7.5 per cent YoY

Argentina’s cement demand fell 7.5 per cent YoY and eight per cent MoM to 858,453t in January 2016, according to fig...

Russia's Sberbank sells 6.12% stake in LafargeHolcim

Russia's Sberbank confirmed on Friday it had sold a 6.12 per cent stake in LafargeHolcim to a group of foreign inves...

Akmenes posts decline in 2015 revenue

Lithuania's sole cement manufacturer Akmenes Cementas posted a decline of around six per cent in 2015 revenue to EUR...

Domestic sales drive Pakistan dispatch growth

Pakistan cement dispatches increased by 6.38 per cent to 21.3Mt in the first seven months of the current fiscal comp...