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Eagle Materials improves cement profit

Including its share of the jointly-owned Texas Lehigh Cement, the turnover of Eagle Materials for the first nine mon...

Tunisia: Carthage Cement reduces debt

The overall turnover of Carthage Cement, all activities included, posted a positive growth of +55, reaching TND56.77...

HeidelbergCement to modernise Schelklingen

HeidelbergCement will invest EUR100-150m in its Schelklingen works, Germany, according to Hans Georg Kraut, director...

Thai SCG approvals proposals to buy out Vietnam tile firm

Siam Cement Group (SCG) plans to wholly acquire Vietnam’s ceramic tile manufacturer. Siam Cement Group (SCG) has app...

Spain: Cemex Lloseta sees 13,730t CO2 reduction

Cemex’s Lloseta plant in Spain reduced its CO 2 emissions by 13,730t in 2015, the company announced on the occasi...

Ghana: Ministry on cement-trade-war alert

Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Ghana's Minister of Trade and Industries, says his Ministry is undertaking a thorough evaluat...

Pakistan: Kohat half-year profit up 54%

Kohat Cement Company Ltd’s profit climbed 54 per cent to PKR2.10bn (US$20m) in the half-year ended 31 December  2015...

Lafarge Zambia boosts Ndola plant by 100,000tpa

Lafarge Zambia has successfully commissioned a plug-and-grind cement plant in Ndola which will produce 0.1Mta of cem...

CPA: construction fundamentals remain positive

UK construction output was marginally weaker in the final three months of 2015, but the Construction Products Associ...

Angolan government maintains import ban

The government of Angola has decided to maintain the cement import ban in 2016 in 15 provinces, claiming that the in...