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China's first-half output growth slows

Cement output rose 3.6 per cent YoY to 1.14bnt in the first half of 2014, slowing 6.1 percentage points from the exp...

Holcim Philippines 1H14 net profit up on strong sales

Holcim Philippines booked a net profit of PHP3.32bn (US76.5m) in the first half of 2014, up 8.7 per cent compared to...

PPC Zimbabwe set for Harare plant construction

PPC Zimbabwe said that preliminary work for a new plant in Harare is complete and construction is scheduled to begin...

Israel: antitrust moves to increase competition

Israel’s antitrust authority is taking steps to introduce competition in the domestic cement market by calling on th...

Chettinad increases holding in Anjani Portland Cement, India

Chettinad Cement Corp has increased its holding in Anjani Portland Cement to 66.08 per cent by acquiring a 17.08 per...

Talks held on proposed Russian Karachay-Cherkessia plant

Rashid Temrezov, the head of Karachay-Cherkessia Republic, and Filaret Galchev, a member of the board of directors o...

Adelaide Brighton acquires Penrice quarry, Australia

Adelaide Brighton has acquired the Penrice limestone quarry in Angaston for an undisclosed price. The quarry, which...

Double-digit rise in Colombian dispatches

In the first half of 2014, national cement demand in Colombia reached 5.690Mt, up 11.2 per cent when compared with ...

Oxyfuel: prospects and limits

VDZ reports on initial studies on using oxyfuel combustion for carbon capture and storage.

Mind the gap

InterCem installs a new kiln sealing system for Cimenterie de Lukala (HeidelbergCement)in the DR of Congo.