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AUCBM: energy & emissions

ICR reports on the AUCBM’s 17th Arab-International Conference & Exhibition in Dubai, UAE, at end-2012.

Indian prices see improvements in January

Indian cement prices have improved through January following a sharp fall in December, the Economic Times of India r...

Loesche acquires majority stake in aixprocess and aixergee, Germany

Loesche announced it has acquired the majority of stakes in the aixprocess and aixergee engineering companies based ...

Cementir improves profits in spite of lower volumes   

Cementir Holding saw turnover advance by 4.6 per cent to €976.2m, helped by better prices, and the EBITDA improved b...

ABB wins energy optimisation contract from CRH

ABB has recently won a contract with CRH Europe Materials to provide process optimisation solutions for 12 of its pl...

Holcim France to close Dannes kiln

As western Europe is faced with overcapacity in cement capacity, Holcim France has announced the closure of its wet-...

Bolivia expects to double cement imports in 2013

State-owned Insumos Bolivia (IB) expects to double the import of Peruvian Yura cement this year from 1.3m bags in 20...

Kenya set to see decline in 2012 consumption

Kenyan cement consumption is set to register the first decline in three years. Provisional data for 2012 from the Ke...

Colombia’s cement output drops 1.3% in December 2012

Colombia’s grey cement production fell 1.3 per cent YoY in December 2012 as output slipped to 948,400t, according to...

South Korean producers to initiate cement price hike

Leading cement producers in South Korea are set to initiate a cement price increase from next month in an effort to ...