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Moctezuma to double Apazapan capacity

Cementos Moctezuma announced investments of US$200m to double capacity of its Apazapan works in Veracruz, Mexico. T...

Venezuela: Cemento Andino dispatches 1.1m bags of cement in April

Venezuela’s Cemento Andino dispatched 1,138,326 bags of cement in April. Cemento Andino operates a cement works in...

Lafarge denies claims of market dominance, Kenya

Lafarge has denied claims by Kenya’s antitrust authority that the cement producer may be flouting domestic competiti...

Australia's changing dynamics

Australia's cement industry is going through a major transition period with up to 30 per cent of its cement now begin...

Specifying raw materials

Arthur Harrisson considers the impact that raw material changes can have on cement production, including raw material...

CO2 - a catalyst for change

Joule examines the challenge of making captured CO2 into a fuel to help meet increasing energy demands. Could a Solar...

Revamping Rioclaro

Cementos Argos has invested US$100m in modernising its Rioclaro cement plant, Colombia.

Crossing the Andes

Grupo Bancolombia assesses the possibilities for further growth in Colombia's cement market and offers an overview of...

Brazil: a view on the future

Brazil has a long tradition of environmentally-friendly cement production and looks forward to meeting future challen...

Iran monthly production update

Iran produced 4.501Mt of cement in the first calendar month of the current Iranian calendar year (21 March 2014 - 20...