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Lebanon demand falls, brighter times anticipated

Despite a slowdown in current market activity, a bright future lies ahead for Lebanon’s cement industry, according t...

Asia Cement to build plant in Northern China

Asia Cement has announced plans to build a new plant 10Mta plant in Handan, Hebei province, marking the Taiwan-based...

Loesche wins new orders in Benin and Africa

Loesche has received new contracts for two plants in Africa, one of which is for a new clinker line and the other in...

Taiwan Cement: cautiously optimistic on second-half prospects

The implementation of various infrastructure projects in Taiwan is expected to help improved market conditions in th...

Tangshan Jidong Cement acquires majority stake in Wubao Jidong, China

Tangshan Jidong Cement announced it has acquired a 51 per cent stake in Wubao Jidong Special Cement for CNY173m, rep...

Concerns over Ghana’s cement duopoly

The World Bank has expressed its concern over the dominance of Ghana Cement Company (Ghacem) and Diamond Cement Comp...

Indian producers issued with record fine on price fixing

Eleven Indian cement producers have been issued a total fine of INR60bn (US$1.1bn) for price fixing, the highest eve...

June 2012 issue

Monthly construction output in the Eurozone declines, Martin Marietta loses appeal of Vulcan bid ruling and Boral CE...

Qatar National Cement to build new plant

The board of directors of Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC) has approved the construction of a new plant with a c...

Lafarge Canada plans Exshaw expansion

Lafarge Canada plans to expand its Exshaw cement plant which will involve a new kiln line as well as upgrades to mee...