Cement news highlights: 15 – 19 December

World Cement, Friday, 19 December 2014 11:45

LafargeHolcim merger update: the European Commission has approved the proposal with only a slight change in the divestment plans in France.

Latin America

Samuel Doria Medina has sold his controlling stake in Bolivian cement manufacturer Soboce to Holding Cementero S.A., part of Peru’s Grupo Gloria.
Bolivia’s Itacamba Cemento S.A. has ordered an MPS 3750 B raw mill from Gebr. Pfeiffer for its new cement plant in Yacuces.
Cemex Latam Holdings has announced plans to increase the production capacity of its Colorado plant in Costa Rica to 1.1 million tpy by 2017.
Domestic cement sales totalled 929 000 t in Peru in November, while dispatches were up 0.57% y/y in the first 11 months of 2014.

Ambuja Cement plans to train 18 000 masons and 15 000 contractors across India by 2020.
Dalmia Cement is increasing its presence in eastern India, announcing that it will serve the markets in Jharkhand, Bihar and Bengal with PSC produced at the Bokaro cement plant.
Shree Cement awards new contract to Petron Engineering.

The European Lime Association (EuLA) has published a roadmap for reducing emissions. The following is an excerpt from that report.
Registration opens for 57^th IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference.

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