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New South Africa industry body announced

A newly-constituted industry body, The Concrete Institute, funded by AfriSam, Lafarge and a new cement producer, Sep...

Spanish cement consumption falls by a quarter

Spanish cement consumption fell 25.5 per cent over the first four months of 2012, down to 3.472Mt, latest data from ...

Eastern Province net profit rises 4.8% YoY

Eastern Province Cement Company (EPCC) posted a 4.8 per cent rise in net profit for the first quarter of 2013, which...

EU construction output falls in March

Construction output in the EU27 fell by 1.7 per cent in the euro area and 1.1 per cent in March 2013, compared with ...

HeidelbergCement to sell stake in Indian unity to private equity investors?

HeidelbergCement is reported to be in talks with private equity investors to sell a minority stake in its Indian arm...

Saudi Arabian port authorities prepared for cement imports

The Saudi Arabian Ports Authority (PA) has said the kingdom’s commercial ports are prepared to receive cement and cl...

ACCTA 2013 success leads to a biannual conference

The first conference on Advances in Cement and Concrete Technology in Africa (ACCTA 2013) was held at the Emperor’s...

Indian producers directed to pay 10% of CCI penalty

India’s Competition Appellate Tribunal has said that cement companies must pay 10 per cent of the INR6307 crore pena...

Lafarge WAPCO's debt reduction plans

Lafarge WAPCO plans to pay off a NGN6bn (US$40m) in local debt this year, according to reports by Reuters.   The com...

Norcem signs carbon capture project with Aker Solutions, Norway

Aker Solutions has won a contract to test and study the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from flue gas emitted by th...