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LH merger: Galchev demands improved terms

Russian billionaire, Filaret Galchev, who holds 10.8 per cent of Holcim through Eurocement holding, is demanding a r...

Votorantim announces 2015-18 investment plan

Votorantim Cimentos announces a new investment package which will see BRL5bn (US$1.6bn) invested in five new factori...

US market picks up 12% YoY in January 2015

US market demand reached 5,355,378t, representing a 12.1 per cent increase on January 2014, according to preliminary...

India: CREDAI to import Chinese cement

Following the Telangana government's decision to impose a road tax on trucks from Andhra Pradesh and the spiralling ...

Algeria: construction on Hodna-PPC M’sila plant to start

Construction on the 2.2Mta plant in M'sila, a joint venture between Hodna Algerian Cement Co (HACC) and PPC (South A...

Vietnam cement sales down 0.5% in 1Q15

Vietnam's cement sales in 1Q15 slipped 0.5 per cent YoY to 10.6Mt as many projects started late after a long holiday...

Holcim

Holcim has sold its remaining 27.5 per cent stake in Siam City Cement for CHF655m (EUR624m) in a share placement tha...

Lafarge

Lafarge Zimbabwe saw volumes decline by 7.4 per cent in 2014 to 0.31Mt as a result of reduced commercial and residen...

HeidelbergCement

HeidelbergCement's turnover increased by four per cent last year to EUR12,614m, or by 8.4 per cent on a comparative ...

Italcementi

Italcementi's 2014 turnover declined by a further 1.8 per cent to EUR4155.6m, but the underlying EBITDA did improve ...