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Peru: cement market expands 7.15% in 2013

Cement deliveries in Peru reached 10,256,359t in 2013, up 7.15 per cent YoY when compared with the 9,571,920t dispat...

FLSmidth wins order from Oman Cement

FLSmidth has received an order worth US$38m from Oman Cement Co for the supply of milling equipment for a grinding p...

Southern Province posts flat full-year profit

Southern Province Cement posted a SAR1.006bn (US$268m) net profit in 2013, almost flat from SAR1bn the year before. ...

Kazakhstan set to see the launch of two new plants in 2014

Two new plants are set to be launched in Kazakhstan's southwestern and northern regions this year, helping the centr...

Brazilian cement sales seen reaching 70Mt in 2013

Brazilian cement sales in during December 2013 remained stagnant at 5.1Mt compared to the same month of the previous...

Understanding dependency

Dr Clark offers a Technical Forum with a difference. This month he draws up the imaginary landscape of Ruritania wher...

Alternative fuel characteristics

Arthur Harrisson takes a detailed look at the presence of microstructures in clinker produced with alternative fuel u...

EUR16m investment in Quinn SRF project

Aventas Group, formerly Quinn Manufacturing Group, is to invest EUR16m in an alternative fuels project at its Quinn ...

Steppe Cement revenue rises as Kazakh demand rises 13%

Kazakhstan producer Steppe Cement said its 2013 revenue was 8.7 per cent higher YoY, as demand in the central Asian ...

Kenyan prices hiked on new mining levy

Kenyan producers have raised cement prices following a new levy imposed by the Ministry of Mining. Najib Balala, ...