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Inflated energy costs weigh on cement, steel industries

Rising energy costs over the past three months have forced Vietnamese producers to keep steel and cement prices high,...

Cement factory blaze investigated

A fire at a cement factory in Flintshire is being investigated by the Environment Agency. The blaze at the Castle Cem...

Obajana Cement’s new production lines

Obajana Cement PLC’s new production lines 3rd and 4th will require about US$1.6bn, according to the company’s Chairma...

Russia’s Novoroscement plants sold

Russia’s leading export facilities and an important regional producer along Russia’s southern market, the Novoroscem...

HeidelbergCement offers EUR11,700m for Hanson

The agreed bid by HeidelbergCement for Hanson will create the world’s largest aggregates producer and the at th...

Polish producers warn over cement shortages

A potential lack of construction materials in Poland has been highlighted in the local Polish press, following recent...

Barloworld’s DRC unit a potential cash cow

Barloworld’s newly established joint venture in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had a potential to generate ab...

China’s Sinoma wins US$162m contract from Yemeni Saudi Cement

Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd said it won a contract, valued at US$162m, to design and provide equipment to...

Rural housing turns best bet for cement, India

With increasing rural affluence, demand for cement for construction of houses in villages has gone up significantly o...

Foreign cement makers line up for BIS approval, Pakistan

The Pakistan government’s effort to fight inflation by removing import duty on cement has had the desired result: a c...

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