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Brazil bans 50kg bags for domestic use

The Brazilian cement sector has been given a decade to phase out 50kg bags of cement and replace them with 25kg sack...

CNBM adds 18.7% stake in Southwest Cement

China National Building Material (CNBM) said it agreed to purchase a 18.7 per cent equity interest in Southwest Ceme...

Indonesian cement plants to burn medical waste

Indonesia’s Environment and Forestry Ministry has asked four cement plants to burn untreated medical waste. In early...

Bosnia’s Banovici plans 1.1Mta cement plant

Bosnian state-controlled brown coal mine Banovici and the Federation’s privatisation agency will shortly seek a stra...

CRH announces completion of Ash Grove acquisition

CHR has now completed the acquisition of Ash Grove Cement Co. The Irish building materials producer announced on 2...

Will Peru's market pick-up persist?

The Peruvian cement market continues to return an improved performance when compared with last year, according to th...

June 2018 issue

While in Ireland construction activity accelerates, clouds gather over the UK. Cemex signals its success by being aw...

Vietnam’s dragon of growth

With strong economic growth fuelling infrastructure investment and China importing more clinker than ever, its not h...

Udayapur Cement suffers irregular supply of power

Nepal’s Udayapur Cement Industries Ltd (UCIL) is facing financial losses due to the irregular supply of electricity ...

State Council confirms penalties issued by SIC to Cemex Colombia

Colombia’s State Council has confirmed the COP923m (US$315,784) and COP138m penalties issued by the Superintendence ...