Asia & Pacific Rim

The 800 tpd cement plant will be inaugurated on 13 July and will produce OPC, PPC and Portland Slag Cement.

Sanghi Industries Ltd has announced plans to invest up to Rs 1500 crore in the next two to three years.

The mandate of the new Board of Directors and of the new Executive Committee with Eric Olsen as CEO will become effective.

A round-up of some of this week’s key news items from the international cement industry, from the introduction of World Cement’s yearly World Review to the latest corporate affairs.

Holcim has announced Bernard Fontana will step down from his position as CEO of Holcim Ltd.

The new cementitious material uses normal pour and form techniques to achieve a compressive strength of 464 N/mm2.

Japan’s construction industry is set to see an increase over 2015 – 2019. According to Timetric’s Construction Intelligence Center, many factors will support this, including investment in public transport infrastructure.

The company anticipates increased demand for cement and intends to meet this demand with 4 million t of additional production capacity.

Paul Maxwell-Cook briefly describes the effects of falling oil prices on the cement industry in Central Asia.

Andreas Leu and Bernard Terver will step down from the Holcim Executive Committee.

Paul Maxwell-Cook continues his round-the-world cement industry overview, this time examining the cement industry in Asia.

The Autorité des marchés financiers has published the interim results of the public exchange offer initiated by Holcim Ltd for the shares of Lafarge S.A.

Digital technologies and new business models are transforming traditional value chains in the construction equipment industry.

Graymont has finalised the acquisition of two lime companies in New Zealand from Holcim.

Government spending on infrastructure development is set to start soon.