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Holcim to reduce its global data centres to 4

Holcim is planning to reduce its global data centres from 10 to four, expecting to save over US$20m in the move. IBM...

Hungary: HCM needs help to relaunch cement production

Hungarian cement producer Hejocsabai Cement es Meszmu (HCM) will need government support to restart cement productio...

Taiwan Cement hikes prices 3.2%

Taiwan Cement announced a rise of cement prices in Guangdong and Guangxi, China, by CNY10 (US$1.63)/t or 3.2 per cen...

August 2014 issue

Vulcan generates strong profit recovery, cost controls and favourable weather boost Saint-Gobain, Martin Marietta po...

FLSmidth wins DR Congo plant project

FLSmidth has won a contract worth EUR68m from Nyumba Ya Akiba SARL to supply a complete package of equipment and eng...

Exshaw achieves environmental milestone

Lafarge Canada Inc announced its cement plant in Exshaw, Alberta, has met its target to reduce emissions of dust, su...

Moody's: WCC results in line with expectations

Moody's Investors Service says that West China Cement Ltd's (WCC) first-half results are in line with Moody's expect...

Saudi imports 3.1Mt in past nine months

Saudi Arabia imported some 3.1Mt of cement in the past nine months valued at SAR750m, according to a financial repor...

Fauji Cement full-year net profit rises 27% YoY

Pakistan-based producer Fauji Cement reported a net profit of PKR2.39bn (US$23.7m) for the fiscal ending 30 June 201...

Chile's Cementos Bío Bío restructures Corpbanca and BCI loan

Chilean cement producer Cementos Bío Bío has reached a finance agreement with Corpbanca and BCI to restructure a loa...