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Cimpor hit by the weakness in Brazil

Cimpor's nine month turnover declined by 1.2 per cent to EUR1,927.9m and the EBITDA came off by 14.2 per cent to EUR...

Coal prices set to fall further

Cement producers can expect to look forward to lower coal prices as world demand for the commodity is expected to fa...

Looking forward to Orlando

Following the Cemtech Europe 2015 Technical Workshop, Dr Clark looks forward to the next workshop of its kind to be ...

Costa Rica approves cement quality standards

The Technical Standards Institute of Costa Rica (Inteco) has approved the INTE 06-11-15-15:2015 Hydraulic Cement – R...

Spanish consumption sees October drop

Cement demand in Spain fell by 2.4 per cent in October 2015 to 1.025Mtt, or 23,716 below the October 2014 level. In ...

SCC Asean expansion on track

Thailand's largest cement producer Siam Cement Co (SCC) said it is on course to bring 6.3Mta of new cement capacity ...

UK: Breedon to acquire Hope Construction Materials

Breedon Aggregates of Leicestershire, UK, has agreed to acquire Hope Construction Materials for GBP336m (US$510.94m)...

Sri Lanka: Tokyo Cement launches skyscraping brand

Tokyo Cement Group has launched its Nippon Cement-Pro brand. This is a new brand of high-performance cement speciall...

Producers in north China to trial winter peak shifts

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has unveiled a document to ask cement enterprises in ...

Saudi 10-month demand update

Saudi Arabia consumed 50.2Mt of cement in the first 10 months of 2015, up by eight per cent, reflecting increased co...