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ACC: ready for the upturn

American Cement Co offers a plant tour of its 1.2Mst works in Florida, USA.

Akmenes Cementas reports encouraging start to 2013, Lithuania

Lithuania’s sole cement producer Akmenes Cementas reported a 13 per cent rise in revenues for the first two months o...

Vietnam first-quarter cement sales rise 15% YoY

Vietnam cement producers have reported a 15 per cent YoY rise in sales in the first quarter of 2013 to 7.55Mt, the M...

Conch Group to issue short-term bills, China

The Anhui Conch Group said it plans to issue CNY1.5bn (US$241m) in unsecured bills with a maturity of 365 days on th...

Votorantim Cimentos sees gains in Brazil, USA

Votorantim Cimentos’ turnover was nine per cent higher at BRL9800m (US$4.85bn) in 2012 and the EBITDA improved by ar...

Valderrivas names new President and CEO

The Board of Directors of Cementos Portland Valderrivas has agreed to appoint José Luis Sáenz de Miera as Chairman a...

Cemex UK wins Gold Status for fleet system

From over 1900 companies, Cemex UK is one of 10 companies to achieve Gold Status in the Fleet Operators Recognition ...

Microscopy & practice

Arthur Harrisson analyses observations of clinker and cement microscopy with reference to kiln burning.

Spotlight on the Sun Belt

Rob Roy gives a detailed insight into the competitive cement market of the US southern states that have seen large ch...

Colombia’s cement demand down 2.7% in February

Cement consumption in Colombia slipped 2.7 per cent YoY to 823,700t in February, according to Dane, the country’s na...