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Australia: Adelaide Brighton sees power bill rise by US$2.2m

The price spike in July added around AUD3m (US$2.26m) to Adelaide Brighton's power bill, mainly attributed to operat...

Competition Commission of India imposes US$944m fine for cartelisation

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has levied a fine of INR63.2bn (US$944m) on 10 cement companies whom it ac...

India: My Home Industries set for 10Mta capcity

With its 1.5Mta Tuticorin plant, Tamil Nadu, expected to be commissioned in January 2017, My Home Industries is set ...

Dangote announces price rise, starts coal mining in November

Dangote Cement's sales growth remains robust with Nigerian vollumes up 15 per cent in July and August. However, in t...

LafargeHolcim Martres-Tolosane plant installs whole-tyre injection system

LafargeHolcim has installed a whole-tyre injection system at its plant at Martres-Tolosane, near Toulouse, France. ...

Holcim Philippines appoints COO

Holcim Philippines announced Thursday that its board has appointed Sapna Sood as Chief Operating Officer (COO), effe...

Sweden: Swerock to acquire HeidelbergCement operations in Western Götaland

Swerock AB has signed a deal with HeidelbergCement Northern Europe to acquire the latter’s gravel and rock operation...

Best practice in karst mining

The high biodiversity and ecological sensitivity of karst areas presents additional challenges in terms of sustainab...

Nigeria: cement prices in Lagos rise by over a third

The price of bagged cement in Lagos has risen sharply overnight, according to reports in The Nation. A 50kg bag now ...

Lafarge Iraq signs transportation deal

Lafarge Iraq have signed an agreement with Iraq’s General Company for Land Transportation (GCLT), which is owned by ...