Europe & CIS

The use of CMMS and root cause analysis for improving reliability in cement plants.

Mark Mutter, Jamcem Consulting, UK, reviews approaches to reliability in cement plants.

Cement and clinker sales in 1H13 were slower than expected, resulting in a weaker than anticipated 1H performance.

Philippe Fonta, of the WBCSD Cement Sustainability Initiative, provides results from the Getting the Numbers Right programme that show the cement industry is reducing its CO2 emissions.

Buzzi Unicem is upgrading the calciner at its Cement Hranice, akciová spolecnost, plant in the Czech Republic.

Cemex and Holcim have announced a number of interlinked transactions involving cement, aggregates and ready-mix operations in Spain, Germany and the Czech Republic.

Highlights from Cimpor’s 1H13 and 2Q13 results.

FLSmidth saw orders down and revenues up in 2Q13, and has announced a sustainable efficiency programme to improve financial performance.

Highlights from Italcementi’s 1H13 and 2Q13 results.

World Cement visited the Hope cement plant in Derbyshire, UK, where it learnt about the plant’s training and apprenticeship schemes.

An insight into training and development at the Hope cement plant, and how a can-do attitude helps the site to enhance performance and achieve health and safety goals.

Irish cement major CRH has reported its financial results for 1H13, showing sales, EBITDA and operating profit all down y/y, though expectations for the full year are that results will be in line with 2012.

The President of Belarus is said to have approved the establishment of the Belarusian Cement Corporation.

The Restore project will invest £3.3 million in creating priority habitats at spent mineral extraction sites.

Holcim’s first half results show impact of poor performances in key markets, but restructuring in Europe improves margins there