Europe & CIS

Ersagun Çabuk, Turkey, describes the current state of Turkey’s Cement Industry.

Hope Construction Materials has opened its Apprenticeship Academy for the second year, seeking three apprentices for positions in its quarries and cement plant.

The Boards of Directors of Holcim and Lafarge have nominated their candidates to sit on the board of LafargeHolcim.

Renk and Loesche have jointly developed the COPE gearbox, which visitors to Hannover Fair will be able to see at the Renk AG stand.

Shareholders approved all motions proposed by the Board at Holcim’s AGM. The merger with Lafarge was not discussed at this meeting.

The European Cement Research Academy looks at sorbent supported dust shuttling in the final part of this three-part article.

The European Cement Research Academy outlines investigations into mercury emissions reduction in the cement industry.

The European Cement Research Academy discusses the global abatement strategies to reduce mercury emissions in this three-part article.

According to estimated figures released by the ONS, output in the UK construction industry declined by 1.3% y/y in February 2015.

The European Cement Research Academy studies whether reuse of captured CO2 is feasible in the cement industry in the second part of this two-part article.

The European Cement Research Academy outlines the latest developments in its research on oxyfuel kilns.

Following the very successful Symposium in 2014, Loesche is introducing a new series of seminars covering specific topics. The first seminar will focus on “Alternative Fuels” and will take place from 7 – 8 May 2015 at the Hilton Danube Hotel in Vienna.

Winterhill is to value and dispose of more than £35 million of construction and mining equipment in a new contract with a multinational client.

Salford University students visited the plant near Buxton to learn more about the use of natural gas in a modern cement plant.

Eric Olsen has been chosen to lead the companies after the merger is closed.