Steady production growth for Eurocement’s subsidiaries
Eurocement’s Belgorodskiy Cement and Mikhailovcement witnessed an increase in production levels in April and May 2014, respectively.
Eurocement’s Belgorodskiy Cement and Mikhailovcement witnessed an increase in production levels in April and May 2014, respectively.
Italmobiliare, the parent company of Italcementi, has tendered all of its shares in Ciments Français at the price of €79.5 per share.
The Financial Times is reporting that HeidelbergCement is in talks with banks regarding the sale of its building products assets.
Loesche has won an award for training and talent management best practice in the ‘Production: small and medium-sized enterprises’ category at the German Education Awards.
CEMBUREAU’s Activity Report 2013 is now available, giving an overview of the European cement association’s activities and achievements over the year.
The UK Mineral Products Association held its 5th Annual Members’ General Assembly in London, where it launched the latest edition of its ‘Facts at a Glance’ booklet.
According to estimates from the UK’s Office for National Statistics, seasonally adjusted construction output increased by 1.2% m/m and 4.6% y/y in April 2014.
A round-up of some this week’s key cement news stories: orders and contracts, awards, alternative fuel and energy sources.
The UK’s Environment Agency has drawn up a draft permit for a new SRF facility, which will be run by SITA and produce Climafuel for Cemex’s Rugby cement plant.
Gebr. Pfeiffer has won a follow-up order from the Turkish company, which already ordered three MPS mills in December 2013.
Amit Bhatia, Chairman of Hope Construction Materials, has been named ‘Young Director of the Year for London and the South East’ at the Institute of Director’s Director of the Year awards.
A Malaysian government delegation has visited the Lark Energy solar farm at Hanson Cement’s Ketton plant as part of a fact-finding mission to see how different energies are deployed in the UK.
More than 700 exhibitors from the powder and bulk solids processing industry will take part in POWTECH 2014 in Nuremberg, Germany.
Although rates of expansion in activity, new orders and employment all eased from the highs seen in April 2014, the recovery in the Irish construction sector continued in May.
Proxibid, an online marketplace for construction, commercial and industrial equipment, has expanded into the UK market with new offices in London.