Europe & CIS

The company is building a 3 million tpy dry process cement plant in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia.

HeidelbergCement has announced that it would increase its dividend payout ratio and consider share buybacks.

There has been a marked rise in the number of women working in construction roles over the last year.

Contracts granted for new build residential units plummeted to the lowest level of the year in May.

Cemex has placed itself as a leading user of alternative fuels in the cement industry.

New report calls for coordinated international effort to make renewables less costly than coal within 10 years.

The new solution will help increase the Hope plant’s utilisation of waste-derived fuels to more than 50%.

ICC has begun a technical collaboration with McLellan enabling the company to offer clients a broader perspective.

Cemex, the International Union for the Conservative nature (IUCN), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), and the WILD foundation join to promote protection of natural sites.

Katherine Guenioui provides a round-up from the second day of the Loesche symposium, which was co-hosted by A TEC and sponsored by Scheuch.

This article continues the summary of papers, discussions and plant visits that took place during the Loesche seminar on alternative fuels.

Katherine Guenioui reviews the Loesche symposium, co-hosted by A TEC and sponsored by Scheuch.

Almost 50 000 t of cement was bagged in May 2015, beating the August 2013 record of around 46 500 t.

The Eurocement company sent 5675 t of cement by truck in one day.

Richard Farnish, The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology, UK, examines typical problems arising from segregation.