Europe & CIS - 30 January 2015

FLSmidth has announced that it has now successfully closed the divestment of Cembrit Holding A/S, following an agreement signed on 12 January 2015 with a company in the Solix Group AB.

Catch up with the latest industry news via World Cement’s weekly round-up, from new equipment contracts to initiatives addressing the skills gap.

With construction output up 6%, sales volumes for aggregates, asphalt and ready-mixed concrete grew.

SCCS has published a report entitled 'A CCS Future for Europe: Catalysing North Sea Action', which has found that North Sea nations have the skills and storage capacity to deliver a carbon capture and storage industry.

UK ministers have launched the #NotJustForBoys initiative in an effort to encourage young women to enter sectors such as construction and manufacturing.

Lafarge Tarmac welcomed Roger Williams CBE to Dolyhir and Gore Quarries to discuss the economic and community benefits.

David Ball, past President of the Concrete Society, Founder and Chairman of David Ball Group PLC, UK, announces the launch of a new zero cement structural concrete that could reduce the global CO2 legacy of concrete by up to 25% and has the potential to mark the start of the green construction revolution.

Kading Companies, has signed an agreement to acquire 70% of System Cement Group, which owns 100% of SCG – Ukraine, LLC.