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Akranes cement plant to be demolished

The cement plant in Akranes, west Iceland, will be demolished, according to reports by the country’s broadcaster RÚV...

Cementos Argos, Cemex and Holcim fined COP200bn

Colombia has fined Cementos Argos, Cemex and Holcim over COP200bn (US$66m) for fixing prices, according to Reuters. ...

Uzbekistan cement only to be sold through exchanges

Uzbekistan’s monopoly enterprises will sell cement only through exchange auctions from 1 January 2018, according to ...

LafargeHolcim Sagunto to return to full operation

LafargeHolcim’s Sagunto works in Spain will return to full operation for the first time since 2007. Following a year...

December 2017 issue

UK industry units to warn of Brexit skills crisis. Breedon delivers solid performance in 10M17 while at Vulcan Mater...

Tanga Cement wins awards from the NBAA

Tanga Cement has won an award for the ‘Best Presented Financial Statements’ from the National Board of Accountants a...

Puerto Rican cement sales fall 16% in November

Overall cement sales in Puerto Rico fell by 15.8 per cent YoY in November, representing a modes improvements when co...

Fairfax drops plans to buy 23% of PPC

Canada's Fairfax Africa Investments Proprietary Ltd has pulled out of its attempt to buy 23 per cent of South Africa...

Cement plants in Pakistan reach 95% capacity utilisation

Cement plants in Pakistan reached 94.65 per cent capacity utilisation during the July-November period of 2017, accor...

Vietnamese cement sales rise by 3.5% in first 11 months

Vietnam sold 72.79Mt of cement in the first eleven months of this year, a rise of 3.5 per cent from a year earlier a...