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Lafarge Nigeria pretax profits more than doubles

Lafarge's Nigerian unit, WAPCO, said its full-year pretax profit more than doubled to NGN21.26bn (US$134.26m), compa...

Fritz & Macziol wins another Southeast Asia order from Holcim

Fritz & Macziol have received an order from Holcim Indonesia for its VAS logistic solution to be implemented at its ...

Kuwait Cement Company net profit edges higher

Kuwait Cement Company recorded a net profit of KWD14.78m (US$51.9m) in 2012, up 3.6 per cent from KWD14.27m a year e...

Heracles to permanently close Halkis cement works, Greece

Heracles Cement, the largest cement producer in Greece, is to permanently close the doors on its Halkis cement plant...

SRF - a class of its own?

Untha investigates the case for reclassifying solid recovered fuels (SRF) as a product or a fuel rather than waste ma...

MacGregor wins order for cement handling systems in China

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured an order with Shanhaiguan New Shipbuilding Industry in China for advanced ...

Eurocement Ukraine swings to profit

Eurocement Ukraine has reported a rise in net profit for 2012 of UAH37.433m (EUR4.6m) compared to a loss of UAH46.04...

Deutsche Bank: Conch to gain greater pricing power, China

In light of slowing demand growth and severe overcapacity in East China, the operating landscape has changed in favo...

South Africa cement project secures loan

South Africa-based Nedbank and Bank of China have agreed to provide a ZAR800m (US$86m) loan for a 1Mta  greenfield c...

TernaCem – a new alternative binder concept

In an effort to tap the further potential for CO2 reduction, HeidelbergCement Technology Center (HTC) has been worki...