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Fabrica Nacional de Cemento experiences bagging shortage

Venezuela’s Fabrica Nacional de Cemento has halted bagging cement at its key Pertigalete plant, the country’s larges...

CRH announces US management changes

CRH plc announces that Doug Black, chief operating officer of Oldcastle, Inc (the holding company for CRH's interest...

HeidelbergCement looks to increase Indian capacity

HeidelbergCement India is looking to raise its capacity in India over the next few years to 15Mta including acquisit...

Japanese cement producers hike prices

Prices for building materials in Japan, including cement, are being hiked on the back of post-earthquake reconstruct...

Iraq bans white cement imports from Iran

Iraq has placed a ban on imports of Iranian white cement from the Shalamcheh and Chazabeh borders, Sadeq Sava'edi, t...

Refratechnik Group acquires Burton GmbH, Germany

The Refratechnik Group, a leading manufacturer of ceramic refractory products has acquired the facilities of Burton ...

Lucky Cement full-year profit rises 47%

Pakistan-based producer Lucky Cement reported a 47 per cent increase in full-year profit and is optimistic on the ou...

Vicem eight-month sales rise 9.5%

Vietnam Cement Industry Corp (Vicem), domestic market leader, said cement and clinker sales rose by 9.5 per cent YoY...

Bolivia authorises Ecebol new plant spend

The government of Bolivia has authorised the release of US$244,928,439 to Empresa Pública Cementos Boliviana (Ecebol...

British Columbia industry reaching milestone

Just two years after its launch in Canada, a new cement type that results in 10 per cent lower CO2 emissions is rapi...