
Cementos Cosmos enhances efficiency at its Toral cement plant
A €2 million investment project at the Toral cement plant in Spain has enabled Cementos Cosmos to reduce energy consumption and increase efficiency.
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A €2 million investment project at the Toral cement plant in Spain has enabled Cementos Cosmos to reduce energy consumption and increase efficiency.

Around 764 011 t of cement was sold in Spain in January 2014, representing a y/y decline of 13.6%, almost double the contraction rate forecast for 2014.

Buzzi Unicem and Wietersdorfer have entered into a strategic agreement involving the transfer of one or two cement plants in exchange for share capital.

Mr Henk Rottinghuis joins the board of the Irish cement producer as a non-executive Director.

Lafarge’s cement sales volumes reached 34.9 million t in 4Q and 136.8 million t in 2013.

HeidelbergCement has increased its participation in Kerpen & Kerpen GmbH & Co. KG from 30% to 100% in exchange for new shares.

‘Reality bites as 2014 dawns, but the demand base is stronger than ever’ states Peter Sand, BIMCO Chief Shipping Analyst, in this extract from the latest BIMCO report.

In this extract from the report, Peter Sand, BIMCO Chief Shipping Analyst, explains that fundamental changes are ongoing, and that there is a positive outlook materialising around the world.

The contract covers process optimisation for the Hope cement plant in Derbyshire, UK.

According to the latest figures from the ONS, construction output improved by 1.3% y/y in 2013.

Machinery and tool orders were down by ~2% over 2013, while a new energy surcharge could push the German cement industry to breaking point.

Geometrica outlines a project carried out at Carthage Cement’s new plant in Djebel Ressas, Tunisia.