Europe & CIS

BILIM Makina has ordered mills for petcoke grinding and raw meal grinding from Gebr. Pfeiffer.

Positive results from its North American and European business saw CRH post earnings of €3.3 billion in 2017.

Growth in Northern and Eastern Europe offset a more mixed set of results from Western and Southern Europe.

CEMEX reported positive net sales and earnings in 4Q17, although earnings were down over the full year and prices weakened in the region.

The Kendall Group, a leading aggregates and ready-mix concrete manufacturer, has been acquired by LafargeHolcim.

Eddie Stobart has been awarded a £15 million contract by building materials company CEMEX UK.

Fives has been selected by Eqiom to revamp its kiln at Lumbres plant, France.

HeidelbergCement reported cement and clinker sales of 126 million t in 2017, as the company saw a broad-based increase in demand across its geographies.

The world’s leading white cement maker, Cementir, posted positive results in 2017, as revenues rose 23.1% and earnings grew 7.5%.

Irish Cement has returned to the Irish EPA’s list of sites for priority enforcement, after a release of raw meal dust in December.

Deuna Zement GmbH, a subsidiary of Dyckerhoff, will use alternative fuels (AFs) to improve operations.

A second Windmöller & Hölscher paper bag line will be delivered to Ukrainian bag manufacturer, Pamibro.

Lafarge Holcim Côte d’Ivoire commissions sixth mill, growing its cement production capacity.

The co-processing of waste plastics in cement production should be recognised and supported in any European plastics strategy.

The European Cement Research Academy has initiated an industrial-scale project to test the potential for oxyfuel kiln technology at two cement plants.