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Germany: Refratechnik appoints new managing director

Mr Wolfgang Tabbert, managing director of Refratechnik Cement GmbH, has handed over his duties to his colleague Dr S...

USA: Survey to find most commonly-produced cement

Type II cement is the most common Portland cement type produced in the US and Type IL is the most common blended cem...

Holcim Romania launches new products

Holcim Romania has launched a new range of bagged cement products designed to meet the needs of the country’s constr...

USA: PCA warns tropical storms to affect Florida's cement consumption

Heavy rains in Texas and Tropical Storm Colin in Florida may have a detrimental effect on national cement consumptio...

PPC sees six-month revenues and volumes flat

In its trading figures for the six months to 31 March 2016, PPC saw its operating profits fall by three per cent to ...

Brazil: Sobradinho plant starts tyre collection point

Votorantim Cimentos has set up a collecting point for used tyres from local rubber shops on its Sobradinho cement pl...

Vietnam Building Materials opens new plant in Dong Nai province

Vietnam Building Materials (VCM) has officially opened a cement factory for its StarCemt brand in the Bien Hoa Indus...

Mexico: Moctezuma appoint new general director

Fabrizio Donega will be Corporación Moctezuma's new general director from 3 October 2016. Donega will replace Pedro ...

Shipping market set for multi-year recovery

Despite bouncing back from the historic lows seen in February 2016 (290 points on 10-11 February), the Baltic Dry In...

Egypt: CDI wins EUR1bn worth of orders

Chengdu Design & Research Institute of Building Materials Industry Co Ltd, a Sinoma company, has signed a EUR1.053b...