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Zimbabwe: PPC's Harare plant is half-way completeThe construction of a new cement plant by Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) in Harare is progressing as planned and is now 55 per cent complete. The plant is expected to produce 70.7Mta of cement w...News - 15 April 2016 |
Chinese to build plant in ChhattisgarhJinyuan Cement Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Hong Kong Jinyuan International Development Ltd, is proposing a new cement plant in Chhattisgarh, India. “The company inked a memorandum of understanding ...News - 11 April 2016 |
Pakistan: amalgamation of Bestway Cement and Pakcem completeThe Board of Directors of Bestway Cement Ltd (BCL) and Pakcem Ltd (formerly Lafarge Pakistan Cement Ltd) in their meetings held on 7 April 2016 have approved the scheme of amalgamation of Pakcem L...News - 11 April 2016 |
Nigeria: cement standards may need revisionNigeria's government is expected to revisit the review of cement standards to address restrictions placed on the use of certain classes of the commodity. Nigeria has witnessed at rise in building ...News - 06 April 2016 |
Dangote: a paradigm shiftICR took the opportunity to meet with Dangote Cement’s new CEO, Onne van der Weijde, during the recent Cemtech Middle East & Africa conference in Dubai. The former area manager for Holcim with res...Articles - 06 April 2016 |
Deadline nears for LafargeHolcim India assets bidsAdvisors to the sale of LafargeHolcim's 11Mta Indian cement production capacity say that they expect to receive seven to eight bids before next week's deadline. The sale - which was a required ...News - 05 April 2016 |
Lafarge inaugurates new solid waste grinding unit in FranceLafarge has inaugurated a new solid waste grinding facility at its Saint-Pierre-la-Cour cement works in Mayenne, France. The new unit will help the French cement producer to increase its thermal s...News - 31 March 2016 |
LafargeHolcim’s US$3bn spin-off in the making?LafargeHolcim is reported to have chosen Citi and JP Morgan to explore the sale of its US$3bn Australasian operations, according to the Business Spectator. The news follows Dataroom’s disclosur...News - 30 March 2016 |
LafargeHolcim to target emerging marketsLafargeHolcim Ltd is confident that a rally will continue in emerging markets this year. Higher cement buying in countries such as India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam is offsetting slowe...News - 29 March 2016 |
Lafarge India initiates sale of cement unitsFrench cement-maker Lafarge's India arm has initiated the process of sale of its India business with the appointment of two investment bankers. The business comprising cements plants with a produc...News - 22 March 2016 |