Europe & CIS - 17 September 2014

Lafarge and Holcim are said to be talking to the EU to iron out any concerns over the merger ahead of giving an official notification of the deal.

Wärtsilä is supplying a 6-cylinder Wärtsilä 34DF main engine for a new cement carrier being built at the Scheepswerf Ferus Smit yard in the Netherlands.

Preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup are expected to help increase the value of Russia’s infrastructure construction market, although the current political situation could dampen growth estimates.

Cemex UK is working with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds on a 3-year conservation project at Cemex quarries in central England.

Pakistan’s DG Khan posted net profit of Rs.5.96 billion for the year ended 30 June 2014, an 8% increase compared to the same period a year earlier.