Europe & CIS

The company’s ‘Safety Days’ series will continue via video conference, featuring regular presentations from experts on the topics of explosion and process safety.

The company forecasts that the worst of the pandemic’s impact on the UK construction industry is still to come.

The Covid-19 pandemic is expected to contract the Swedish construction industry by 4%, says GlobalData.

It is anticipated that the proposal may result in redundancies of all the employees currently based at the South Ferriby cement plant.

The company has seen orders almost double this week as the UK construction industry gears up to return to work.

The company has launched two pocket guides which are designed to keep workforces safe as site operations adapt to the restrictions of COVID-19.

The results show that shareholders supported the motions proposed by LafargeHolcim’s Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting.

By 2030, CEMBUREAU aspires to be in line with the Paris Agreement’s two degrees scenario, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 30% for cement and 40% down the value chain.

The World Cement Association has welcomed the Cement Producers Association of Iraq (CPAI) as an Affiliate Member of its international network.

The company has recently released the new CIC 2025 Market Report with the title ‘COVID-19 impact analysis on the global cement production.’

The company’s performance in the 1st half of the current fiscal year 2019/2020 was significantly impacted by the initial effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

The company is supporting groundworks contractor, ENTEX, to help fast-track the construction of the UK’s first Vaccine Manufacture and Innovation Centre (VMIC).

The company has commissioned the XR3000C shredder supplied by UNTHA Iberica to help transform 15 000 tpy of hazardous solid waste into pre-treated waste with the right granulometry for coprocessing in cement kilns.

To be prepared for the impacts of COVID-19 on its businesses, Metso has obtained new funding totalling EUR 290 million.

The company has had a positive start to year, although due to the impact of the coronavirus its 2020 outlook remains uncertain.