
Lafarge sells Russian cement plant to Buzzi Unicem
Buzzi’s Dyckerhoff has purchased the 1.1 million tpa wet process plant in Korkino for an enterprise value of €104 million.
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Buzzi’s Dyckerhoff has purchased the 1.1 million tpa wet process plant in Korkino for an enterprise value of €104 million.

Further to the decision at the beginning of this year that Lafarge must sell another of its UK cement plants, which was subsequently appealed by Lafarge, the Competition and Markets Authority has decided to wait and see how the Lafarge-Holcim merger pans out.

UK firms comment on the ONS statistics for output in the construction industry in July 2014 and new orders in 2Q14.

UK construction output remained flat in July 2014 compared with June 2014, but increased by 2.6% y/y, according to the latest ONS data.

Eurocement’s Lipetskcement participated in the environmental cleanup campaign Green Russia on 29 – 30 August 2014.

New data from Barbour ABI shows that over £7 billion of planned construction works could be in jeopardy if Scotland votes to leave the UK.

The major players in the UK construction industry are set to meet next week to further their discussion on resource efficiency in the built environment.

Cross-party consensus on how best to deliver new housing and infrastructure projects could result in up to 200 000 new jobs in the UK construction sector.

EU antitrust regulators have approved Cemex’s proposed purchase of Holcim’s assets in Spain.

The open day, celebrating the plant’s 85th birthday, was well attended by the local community and enjoyed by all.

The following lists highlights from the 2Q14 report presented by Cembureau, the European cement association.

Famous architect Daniel Libeskind has chosen Italcementi Group products for the construction of a large residential centre in Albania.