The UK’s Hope Construction Materials, which is celebrating its second birthday today, is investing £14 million in a number of projects that will enhance production at the Hope cement plant in Derbyshire.
Cementos Cosmos, part of the Votorantim Group in Spain, has announced that its Toral de los Vados plant achieved a year without accidents in 2014.
Holcim and Cemex have announced the completion of their series of transactions in Europe, which includes operations in western Germany, the Czech Republic and Spain.
According to the Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Mangers’ Index®, the pace of growth slowed in December 2014 but remained above the long-run series average.
China Triumph International Engineering Group Co. Ltd (CTIEC) was contracted to deliver the 3200 tpd clinker line for Italcementi’s plant in Kazakhstan.
13 Eurocement plants were recognised at the All-Russian Mark (III millennium) Quality Mark of XXI Century awards.
The refractory producer won ‘The Best Environmentally Aware Enterprise of the Region in 2014’ at RosPromEco2014 in Moscow, Russia.
With the mega merger between the two cement giants going ahead, the companies have announced the line-up for the future Executive Committee under CEO Bruno Lafont.
World Cement provides a round-up of the biggest news stories of the year.
We wanted to know what your favourite cover was from the past two years (January 2013 – December 2014), and the winner is the June 2014 cover from ABB!
German machinery and plant manufacturers confirm forecast of 1% for 2014, as issued earlier this year.
HeidelbergCement has announced that it is selling property in Lövholmen, Stockholm, relocating the cement terminal that is currently at the site.
As part of its commitment to support the UK government’s ‘Your Life’ campaign, London’s Science Museum has opened a free, interactive exhibition – ‘Engineer Your Future’.
According to Oficemen, 2014 is expected to close with similar levels of cement consumption as 2013, at under 11 million t.
This is the second excerpt from the European Lime Association (EuLA) roadmap for reducing emissions. This section looks at ways to change the fuel and energy mix.