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Raysut sees sharp fall in operating profit

Oman-based Raysut Cement Co said operating profit fell sharply by 26.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2015 due to ...

CRH: good advance in North America

CRH's underlying sales in the first four months declined by around two per cent in Europe and increased by about eig...

Mexico: Elementia plans 1.5Mta expansion

Mexico’s Elementia conglomerate announced it will invest US$250m to expand capacity at its Atotonilco de Tula plant ...

South Africa: PIC increases stake in PPC

The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) had increased its investment in PPC to 15.165 per cent, the South African ce...

Vietnam Jan-April output climbs 5.3% YoY

Vietnam produced 19.9Mt of cement in the first four months of this year, up 5.3 per cent from a year ago, including ...

CEMBUREAU: future EU-ETS must ensure growth and competitiveness for industry

The Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries has recently outlined its views to the European Commission regarding the...

CMS grinding unit on track for 2016 commissioning

A new grinding plant by the CMS Group is progressing well with trial production scheduled for the end of 2015, acco...

Semapa acquires 50% stake in Supremo Cimentos

Semapa and Secil, through its Brazilian subsidiary, entered into an agreement for the acquisition of a 50 per cent s...

Holcim Indonesia's 1Q15 revenue declines on weak demand

Holcim Indonesia recorded a decline in sales revenue of five per cent to IDR2.25trn in the first three months of th...

Algeria: GICA to increase capacity to 18.5Mta by end-2017

State-owned Groupe Industriel des Ciments d’Algérie (GICA) will invest DZD154bn (US$1.6bn) to increase its productio...