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Cement Australia stake up for sale?

One of the two main shareholders of Cement Australia is reported to consider a potential sale of its 50 per cent stake, according to market sources. The value of Cement Australia is being discu...
News - 21 March 2016

Glenwood PE to acquire Lafarge Halla

South Korea’s Glenwood Private Equity (PE) has inked a deal to acquire Lafarge Halla Cement Corp. from LafargeHolcim Ltd. for about KRW630bn (US$542m), said the company Thursday. LafargeHolcim s...
News - 18 March 2016

Philippines: Norzagaray plant inaugurates Horomill grinding mill

Republic Cement & Building Materials Inc inaugurated a 0.85Mta grinding mill at its cement plant in  Norzagaray, Bulacan province, Philippines, on Tuesday. Renato Sunico, president of Republic Ce...
News - 16 March 2016

Indian government clears proposal to amend MMDR Act

The Indian government has cleared a proposal to amend the mines and minerals law (MMDR Act) to allow the transfer of captive mines granted through non-auction routes, which of late has proved to b...
News - 14 March 2016

Court annuls information request by EC into cement company competition probe

The European Court of Justice has annulled a request for information the European Commission had made to several cement makers in a cartel probe. The European Commission in 2010 opened an inve...
News - 14 March 2016

Philippines: redefining the future?

With preparations in full swing for Cemtech Asia 2016, to be held in Manila, Philippines, in June, ICR provides an update on recent activity in this thriving market. Cement sales demonstrated anot...
Articles - 07 March 2016

LafargeHolcim

LafargeHolcim has inaugurated 0.1Mta of additional grinding capacity at the Ndola cement works in Zambia, taking the annual capacity there to 0.5Mt. In addition to supplying the domestic market, t...
Corporate - 02 March 2016

Lafarge Malaysia sees stable 2015 pretax profit

Lafarge Malaysia Bhd reported a pretax profit of MYR345.157m (US$82.86m) for the financial year ended 31 December 2015 versus MYR345.183m a year earlier. Revenue rose to MYR2.75bn, up from MYR2....
News - 01 March 2016

CMA consults on draft GB cement market data order and undertakings

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is consulting on measures to restrict the disclosure and publication of Great Britain cement production and sales volume data. The measures are contain...
News - 29 February 2016

Kenya: EAPCC issues profit warning

Kenya-based East African Portland Cement Co (EAPCC) expects its profit to fall by more than a quarter in the financial year ending June 30 citing year-earlier gains on land sales, Reuters reported...
News - 26 February 2016