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Holcim plans service centre in Slovakia

Holcim is considering the creation of a European service centre in Kosice, Slovakia. The "Shared Service Center" wil...

Venezuela: state companies to restrict cement sales

Venezuela's state cement companies have started to regulate the sales of cement. Building companies can only buy cem...

TCL second-quarter revenue up 9%

Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) saw second-quarter revenue rise by nine per cent to TTD560m (US$88.3m) as demand remained ...

Vicem cement output rises 4.7% YoY

State-owned Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem), the country’s leading cement producer, produced 10.24Mt of ...

FLSmidth selected as supplier for Holcim (US) Ada modernisation

FLSmidth has been selected to supply the major equipment pieces needed as Holcim (US) looks to modernise its Ada, Ok...

Lafarge Zambia considers review of headcount

Lafarge Zambia is considering reducing its workforce of 670 employees by around 30 per cent, according to a memorand...

SCG Philippine operations post higher sales

Siam Cement's operations in the Philippines posted stronger sales of cement, building materials and tiles in the fir...

Birla HomeTech mulls Kurnool plant project, India

Birla HomeTech are considering setting up a cement factory in the Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh (AP). N Chandr...

CRH returns to first-half pretax profit

CRH's first half turnover advanced by four per cent to EUR8,324m and the EBITDA improved by 27.2 per cent to EUR505...

Morgan Stanley raises Buzzi Unicem rating

Morgan Stanley has raised its rating on Italy's Buzzi Unicem to "overweight" from "equal weight", on a strong upside...