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Egypt doubles value of cement exports in 9M17

Egypt’s cement exports rose 88 per cent during the first nine months of 2017, reaching around US$72m compared to US$...

October 2017 issue

Favourable growth in the US drives Ferguson plc. Scandinavian markets level off and UK construction is in reverse ge...

Fixing Italy's broken market - consolidation is the key

Like Spain, Italy's cement market collapsed dramatically after the global financial crisis, with cement consumption...

Thomas Gruppe to buy Gebr Seibel Zementwerke

Thomas Gruppe (revenues estimated at EUR300m) confirmed on Thursday 12 October 2017 that it was taking over Portland...

Cemex fleet first to achieve carbon neutral certification in Colombia

Cemex announced that it has received de Sello Verde de Verdad (True Green Label), granted by Colombian company Ecolo...

Umm Al-Qura Cement secures US$13.3m bank loan

Umm Al-Qura Cement Company of Saudi Arabia has signed a key Islamic financing agreement with Riyad Bank to secure a ...

Himachal cement companies shelve price hike plans

An intervention by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has forced two subsidiaries of LafargeHolcim with cement plants in...

Loma Negra sets out the terms of its IPO

Argentina's Loma Negra the announced terms for its IPO on Thursday. The company is planning a global offering and in...

PPC is a new target for CRH

CRH is among companies considering a counterbid for PPC that could trump an offer by Canada’s Fairfax Financial Hold...

Dominican Republic cement production tops 2.6Mt in 1H17

In the first half of 2017 cement production in the Dominican Republic reached 2,612,099t, according to data released...