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UK: new orders indicate cautious optimism for construction

New UK construction orders for the final quarter of 2012, released on Friday by the Office of National Statistics (O...

HASLE Refractories opens India subsidiary

HASLE Refractories A/S, former FLSmidth company, has established a subsidiary in Hyderabad, India. HASLE Refracto...

Holcim ahead despite Europe slowdown

Annual results released by Holcim earlier this week show that cement sales for the Swiss major in 2012 were ahead in...

Siam Cement Group to construct 1.8Mta plant in Indonesia

Thailand's largest conglomerate, Siam Cement Group (SCG) has said it is to build a new 1.8Mta plant in Indonesia as ...

Bamburi Cement 2012 pretax profit down 15%

Bamburi Cement has reported a 15 per cent decline in pretax profit for full year 2012 to KES7.17bn (US$83m) as it is...

Vietnam Jan-Feb production rises 16%

Vietnam is estimated to have produced 8.2Mt of cement in the first two months of this year, up 16 per cent from a ye...

Russia’s Antimonopoly Service blocks Siberian deal

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has disallowed a deal for cement producer Russkyaya Tsementanaya Kompani...

Tongli Cements reports decline in 2012 profit

Henan Tongli Cement has reported a 2.38 per cent decline in operating revenue for 2012 to CNY4.12bn (US$661m). Th...

February 2013 issue

Vulcan full-year turnover edges ahead, looks for further improvements in 2013. Lagan and Quinn call off merger plans...

ICR March 2013

ICR March features an in depth report on the Chinese cement market, alongside plant construction articles from regio...