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India: Malabar Cements to resume Cherthala operations

Malabar Cements Limited (MCL) will resume operations at its Cherthala unit in the Indian state of Kerala, by the end...

Egypt: Qena Cement sees 15.3% rise in net profit

Qena Cement posted a 15.28 per cent rise in 2014 net profit, according a stock exchange filing on Thursday. Full-yea...

LH: potential merger of Indian operations on the cards?

Lafarge and Holcim may bring together their local Indian interests as part of the merger process between the two glo...

Tunisia: Carthage Cement cuts cement price

In the past few days, Carthage Cement has lowered the price of cement by TND6/t for bagged cement and TND10/t for bu...

Cemex creates Cemex Energia

Cemex announced today the creation of Cemex Energia, an energy division that aims to develop a portfolio of power pr...

EAC producers call for review and uniformity of standards

Regional producers in the East African Community are calling for cement and limestone standards to be reviewed and h...

Cement Association of Canada welcomes BC government action on Carbon Tax

The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) welcomes the British Columbia (BC) government's efforts to improve the provin...

Eurozone construction output down 0.8% in December

Construction output in the eurozone contracted in December, led by falls in Germany and Spain, according to the Euro...

US December shipments – preliminary data

Portland and blended cement shipments in December 2014 reached 6.24Mt, preliminary data from the US Geological Surve...

Ghana: calls for end to bagged imports

The Strategy and Corporate Affairs Director of GHACEM, Dr George Dawson-Ahmoah, has called on the country’s governme...