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Indian cement sector falters

The Indian cement industry has hit its lowest growth in over a decade, as the Cement Manufacturers’ Association relea...

Lafarge puts gypsum division up for sale

Lafarge Group has launched the sale of its gypsum business...

Dyckerhoff plans new Russian plant

Dyckerhoff, part of the Buzzi Unicem Group, plans to build a EUR450m cement plant at Akbulak...

US cement shipments up 7.4% in February

Preliminary estimates released by the US Geological Survey indicate that US cement shipments in February 2011 reached...

Gebr Pfeiffer to supply VRMs to Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Syria

In January 2011, Sinoma (Suzhou) Construction Co. Ltd. acting as General Contractor placed a repeat order for an MPS ...

Holcim (US) plant receives energy and environment award

Holcim (US) Inc has announced that its Theodore plant, located in Theodore, AL, is the recipient of the 2011 Cement I...

India: record profit for Malabar Cements

Publicly-owned Malabar Cements Limited has made record profit of INR51.23 crore (US$11.57m) during the financial year...

Eritrea: Gedem Cement Factory ready to supply market

Gedem Cement Factory has successfully carried out a production trial and will be soon supplying products to the marke...

Québec cement companies to burn used tyre stockpile

The government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, aims to reduce a huge stockpile of used tyres from a storage sit...

Brazil’s BRC to file for public company registration

Brazilian cement project BRC Cimentos plans to file for a public company registration in the next 30 days, Chairman F...