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LH merger markets

The Lafarge Holcim merger requires both companies to divest assets in a a range of markets to satisfy market regulato...

Costa Rica: cement price rises up to 5% at end-2014

The price of cement rose by 4.3-5 per cent at the end of December 2014, depending on supplier, according to the nati...

Puerto Rico: Cemex cement sales hit 55-year low

In 2014, Cemex cement sales in Puerto Rico fell 10.6 per cent YoY to 24,000t, according to Enrique García, president...

Paraguay: INC plans to raise capacity

Paraguay’s Industria Nacional de Cemento (INC) plans to increase its production capacity from 50,000 to 70,000 bags/...

Arabian Cement Co names chairman

Arabian Cement Co’s board of directors on Thursday approved the appointment of Abdullah Mohammed al-Eissa as board c...

Belarusian government to acquire additional shares

The Belarusian government will acquire additional stakes in three cement companies in exchange for helping them to r...

Semen Indonesia outlines 2015 capex plans

PT Semen Indonesia Tbk has prepared capital expenditures worth IDR7-9trn (US$550m-706m), to fund new plants, upgrade...

Positive outlook for Polish sales

Cement sales in Poland are expected to have increased to around the 15Mt mark in 2014 from 14.3Mt in the previous ye...

CRH

CRH has agreed the sale of its clay and concrete activities in Great Britain and its Glen Gery clay operations in th...

Votorantim

Votorantim’s Spanish subsidiary Cementos Cosmos has announced that the Toral de los Vados cement works is set to inc...