Europe & CIS - 31 July 2014

Cementir Holding saw improvements in Scandinavia, Turkey, China and Egypt, but growth in revenues was offset by currency depreciation against the euro.

According to the IET’s latest Engineering and Technology: Skills and Demand in Industry Report, more than half of employers are concerned about the skills shortage and the number of women in engineering remains low at 6%.

Eurocement’s Pikalevsky Cement produced 822 700 t of cement in the first half of 2014, a 6.2% (47 862 t) increase compared to the same period last year.

Italcementi’s cement and clinker sales totalled 21.7 million t in 1H14, in line with the corresponding period in 2013.

The Italian cement company has transferred ownership of the Cadola cement plant to the Austrian building materials company in exchange for a 25% stake in two Wietersdorfer subsidiaries.

Since the Health and Safety at Work Act was introduced 40 years ago in 1974, fatal and major injuries in the workplace have dramatically reduced.