Asia & Pacific Rim

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.

Tyre components can be reused in concrete to make buildings 'greener', tougher and more resistant to earthquakes.

A round-up of some of this week’s key news items from the international cement industry, from development and distribution to the latest corporate updates.

Sinoma E & E has awarded a contract to Claudius Peters for the delivery of an ETA cooler with a capacity of 5500 tpd.

Concrete cured with carbon dioxide (CO2) performs comparably or better than traditional Portland Cement-based concrete.