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Cementir announces record revenues of EUR1721m in 2022

10 March 2023, Published under Cement News

Cementir announced historical group revenues in 2022 from sales and services totalling EUR1720.9m, up 26.5 per cent on EUR360m in 2021. The increase in revenue is mainly due to the price policy to mitigate the exceptional increase in the costs of fuel, electricity, raw materials, transport and services. It should be noted that at constant 2021 exchange rates revenue would have been equal to EUR1854m, up by 36.3 per cent compared to the previous year.  EBITDA reached an all-time r...

Breedon records revenue of GBP1396m in 2022

09 March 2023, Published under Cement News

During 2022, Breedon Group Plc   grew revenue by 13 per cent to GBP1396.3m (EUR1566.7m/US$1658.4m) in 2022 (2021: GBP1232.5m) and the company’s underlying EBIT rose by 16 per cent to GBP155m (2021: GBP133.6m).   The company completed three strategically significant bolt-on acquisitions and increased its net capital expenditure to GBP102m (2021: GBP71m) as bottlenecks in the supply chain relaxed while reducing Breedon’s Covenant Leverage to 0.7x (2021: 0.8x).   Volumes reduced in the...

Holcim Switzerland start deliveries with Hugelshofer Logistik electric truck

09 March 2023, Published under Cement News

A fully-electric truck from Hugelshofer Logistik AG is supplementing Holcim Switzerland’s fleet of electric vehicles and delivering cement quietly and without CO 2 emissions to concrete plants in Thurgau. Electric mobility is an important step for Holcim Switzerland in the development of its sustainable transport solutions. “Two years ago, Holcim was one of the first building materials manufacturers in Switzerland to put electric mixer trucks on Swiss roads in the regions of Basel, ...

GCCA marks International Women's Day

08 March 2023, Published under Cement News

To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March 2023, the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) launched a campaign to highlight the essential role played by women in the global cement and concrete industry.  Over 120 women from across the industry made short films profiling the work they do, including engineers, sustainability vice presidents, executives, plant workers, human resources managers, drivers, etc. The films will be featured on social media and on the GCCA website over th...

Vassiliko Cement to build new alternative fuel storage site

08 March 2023, Published under Cement News

The Environment Service has given the go ahead for a designated new   alternative fuels storage site a year after a fire destroyed Vassiliko Cement plant’s original storage yard. The new site will be in Larnaca district’s Tochni, about halfway between the cities of Larnaca and Limassol, with the designated fenced site situated within an industrial zone, Philenews reports. The block is located within the island’s Vasiliko Energy Centre. However, Tochni Community Council has re...

Hoffmann Green gets Chinese patent for its clay-based cement

07 March 2023, Published under Cement News

Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies has been granted a Chinese patent for its clay-based H-EVA cement. One year after the granting of the Chinese patent for its H-P2A binder, the company is further developing its intellectual property in this territory with the granting of a patent for its zero per cent clinker H-EVA cement. After more than three years of analysis, the H-EVA patent has been validated by the Chinese Patent Office under the number CN 201880079822.X. H-EVA is a zero per ce...

Heracles Group set to acquire Larsinos SA

07 March 2023, Published under Cement News

Heracles Group ( Holcim group ), announces the agreement to acquire 100 per cent of Larsinos SA. This acquisition is part of Heracles Group’s growth strategy. The agreement is subject to the approval by the Greek Competition Commission. Larsinos SA is a fast-growing ready-mix concrete company with assets that include   commercial plants, on-site/jobsite ready-mix concrete, aggregates and quarrying. With this acquisition, in the ready-mix concrete sector, Heracles Group expands ...

Bedeschi opens materials handling excellence centre

07 March 2023, Published under Cement News

Bedeschi SpA is excited to announce the opening of the new Bedeschi materials handling excellence centre in Germany. This centre enriches the company’s already strong engineering backbone in Italy and will focus on the fields of port handling, stockyard equipment and wagon unloading. Dr Reza Poorvash will act as the CEO of the new subsidiary based in Saarbrücken, Germany. Together with the recently-established Australian branch, Bedeschi keeps increasing its know-how in engineerin...

CRH proposes moving stock listing to New York

06 March 2023, Published under Cement News

CRH is considering moving its main stock market listing from London to New York. According to the company, around 75 per cent of its income comes from the North American market. In 2022 its materials business reported 15 per cent YoY growth in the Americas, with the US Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Inflation Reduction Act and Chips Act all helping to fuel a boom in construction activity. "We would have higher levels of growth if we were to list our business in America. It'...

FCT's latest equipment deliveries and commissioned projects

06 March 2023, Published under Cement News

FCT has recently completed a wide range of projects for the global cement industry for kiln burners and hit gas generators.   Australasia FCT conducted a heat and mass balance of the 4200tpd cement kiln firing natural gas and alternative fuels at Adbri Ltd ’s Birkenhead cement plant , Australia. Europe A hot gas generator with accessories and control system has been commissioned  by FCT at Cimenterie CBR , Lixhe, Belgium. The hot gas will be used to preheat raw material a...