Europe & CIS

LIMAK Cement Group has placed an order with Gebr. Pfeiffer SE for seven vertical roller mills.

Both cement production and consumption experienced double digit declines in June and 1H13.

The VDMA’s Association for Construction Equipment and Building Material Machinery has provided an update on the performance of the industry, following its earlier 2013 forecast in February.

Data from the 2011 Getting the Numbers Right programme shows improved performance.

Kazakhstan’s Steppe Cement releases 1H13 results; cement import duties in Turkmenistan; rising gas and electricity costs may impact cement prices in Armenia.

Highlights from the UK Construction Products Association’s latest State of Trade Survey.

Schade has developed a special system for rail and road intake at the new Kaluzhskiy plant in Russia, due for commissioning in 2014.

Lafarge Cement’s Ferzikovo plant in Russia is to be equipped with an MPS 5300 BC mill for cement grinding in addition to its MPS 5000 B raw mill.

Donaldson Company, Inc. has announced plans to open a filter manufacturing facility in Skarbimierz, Poland.

The new line at the Gazakh Cement plant was officially opened by Azerbaijan’s cement plant last week.

The highs and lows of the European cement industry are summarised by Paul Maxwell-Cook.

MPA confirms that CE marking of all construction products excludes ready-mixed concrete and reinforcement.

Recent reports and analysis have found that Britain’s industrial sector is overpaying on energy bills, while energy cost savings could be made by implementing variable speed drives.

Cemex introduces Cemex Global Solutions, which will provide technical support for the cement, ready-mix concrete and aggregates industries.

The UK Minerals Product Association hopes the categorisation will help give quarry operators confidence in new investments and will streamline the permitting process.