Asia & Pacific Rim

India’s Ambuja Cements Limited experienced a 9% y/y fall in cement sales volumes in the quarter ending 31 March 2015.

Boral CSR Bricks Pty Limited, the joint venture formed by Boral Limited and CSR Limited commenced operations on 1 May 2015.

India’s core sector growth contracted by 0.1% in March 2015, with cement output falling by 4.2%.

According to Timetric’s Construction Intelligence Centre (CIC), construction output in Australia is forecast to decline by an annual average of 3.5% over the next five years.

Lafarge and Solidia sign an agreement to commercialise a new low-carbon solution for the construction sector.

Group Finance Director to assume global group transformation role in January 2016.

Indonesia’s construction industry will expand at an annual rate of 7.9% in 2015-2019.

Volvo Construction Equipment total sales were reduced by 5% during the first quarter period, compared to the previous year.

Bestway Cement Limited has acquired management control of Lafarge Pakistan Cement Limited, becoming the largest cement manufacturer in Pakistan.

CEMEX announced a consolidated net sales of US$3.4 billion during the first quarter of 2015.

The provisional acceptance certificate has been issued to contractor TCDRI for this 5000 tpd project.

The Birla family-owned businesses are reported to be in the final stages of merger talks that would bring UltraTech’s cement capacity to 87 million t.

Industry needs effective guidelines to stay competitive in a global environment.

Shandong Lingong Construction Machinery Co., Ltd has launched the 2015 China Top Driver campaign.

The Port of Mumbai Trust, India, will lease 2.5 hectares of land to UltraTech Cement Ltd for the construction of a cement terminal.