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Cementir Holding’s Board of Directors has approved the 2014 financial results.
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Cementir Holding’s Board of Directors has approved the 2014 financial results.

Cement consumption increased to 27.1 million t in Germany in 2014, and further growth is expected this year.

The new report analyses the oil well cement market to 2020.

The UK’s CITB has released the results of a survey into apprenticeships in the construction sector. The publication of the poll results coincides with National Apprenticeship Week.

The Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index® has been announced at a seasonally adjusted rate of 52.0 for February 2015.

CITB survey found that 73% of respondents believe that the perception of a sexist culture is one of the main reasons why women are under-represented in the construction industry.

The new infrastructure sustainability resource aims to help the supply chain meet the sustainability aspirations of both contractors and clients.

The UK concrete industry’s 7th Sustainability Performance report was launched at Ecobuild this week, indicating that progress has been made.

Cemex shared its experience of successfully exporting goods to Maghreb, Northern Africa, at an Arex Network meeting in Aragon, Spain.

The UK Mineral Products Association (MPA) has urged the government to end the loopholes that enable volumetric concrete mixers to sidestep HGV regulations.

Devendra Mody, Industrial Director of Lafarge Tarmac, and Mark. H. Durkan, Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister, have signed a Prosperity Agreement for the use of waste-derived fuels at the Cookstown cement plant.

A round-up of this week’s news from the global cement industry, from sustainability to new contracts.