Europe & CIS

The Swiss cement giant has reported that its 2011 profit may not grow after a decline in Q2 earnings due to slow demand in the US and higher raw material costs.

Irish Cement Limited has become the first company in the Republic of Ireland to gain certification to the Building Research Establishment BES 6001 Environmental & Sustainability standard for its Eco-Efficient CEM II range of products.

According to the Markit/CIPS Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index® (PMI®), UK construction companies reported a seventeenth successive rise in new business received during July.

Kahramanmaras Cimento Beton Sanayii Ve Madencilik Isletmeleri (KCS) awarded KHD Humboldt Wedag the contract to engineer and deliver equipment for its second cement production line with a capacity of 4500 tpd clinker.

After having sold a Loesche coal mill type LM 28.3 D for the coal upgrading plant located in Niederaussem to RWE Power AG, Loesche received a repeat order for the same mill type for the facility at Ville/Berrenrath, Germany.

After the successful commissioning of its three Pfeiffer vertical roller mills in 2009, Turkey-based Kahramanmaras Cimento (KÇS) placed a follow-up order in June 2011 for the supply of another three identical vertical roller mills.

Dos Santos International has received two orders for its DSI Snake Sandwich High Angle Conveyor in Spain.

FLSmidth has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% shareholding in Darimec S.r.L., an Italian company that designs and manufactures girth gears, pinions and custom made reducers mainly for the cement and minerals industries.

Ciment Francais has reported its second quarter results, which show a very slight decrease in overall cement sales. Some markets show significant increases, while others – most notably, Egypt – have suffered losses.

HeidelbergCement has reported a decline in second quarter operating income, due to rising energy costs.

Lafarge recently released its 2011 second quarter report, which showed strong cement volume growth in emerging markets in the context of a high cost inflation environment.

Risks associated with business energy use are increasing. npower, UK, presents an integrated energy management and procurement strategy.

A new range of heavy duty conveyor chains specially designed for harsh environments is now available in the UK.

Lafarge Zementwerke GmbH has awarded Siemens an order to supply state-of-the-art electrical equipment for the new substation of its cement plant in Mannersdorf, Austria.

On 13 July, HeidelbergCement officially opened its newly built cement plant TulaCement in the presence of numerous guests. The plant, which is located approximately 150 km south of Moscow in the city of Novogurovsky, in the Tula region, has a production capacity of 2 million t of cement.