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Turkish majors eye LafargeHolcim divestment opportunities

Turkish cement producer are keen on acquisition opportunities that may arise from the Lafarge and Holcim merger, acc...

Steppe Cement 1Q14 market update, Kazakhstan

Steppe Cement Ltd said it sold 198,607t of cement in the 1Q14 for KZT2486m (US$13.7m), compared to 166,121t of cemen...

USA EPA: cement CO2 emission rose 9.4% in 2012

CO 2 emissions from US cement plants increased 9.4 per cent to 35.051Mt in 2012 from 32.010Mt the previous year, ac...

Semen Baturaja sales up 24% in first three months

Indonesian state-owned cement maker PT Semen Baturaja's first-quarter sales rose 24 per cent to 305,000t from a year...

Brazil’s first quarter sales rise 6.4% YoY

Brazil’s first quarter sales rose 6.4 per cent YoY to 17.1Mt, preliminary data from SNIC shows. Sales in March reac...

CEO Dr Scheifele: LH merger no threat to HeidelbergCement

The announced mega-merger of Lafarge and Holcim is expected to change the competitive landscape in the cement indust...

1st CementIran International Cement Industry Exhibition

The 1st CementIran International Cement Industry Exhibition will be held in Isfahan, International Exhibition Center...

April 2014 issue

Continental Building Products experiences improved demand and pricing, Wolseley reports good growth in the UK and US...

Congo Rep to benefit from rising investment

The Republic of Congo is increasingly attracting foreign investment into its cement industry. By 2016 three further ...

Holcim Spain to cut staff by 122

Holcim Spain and unions have reached a preliminary agreement to reduce the company’s staff of 650 by 18.7 per cent, ...