Australian construction growth hits nine-year high
The Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association Australian PCI® increased by 4.1 points to 59.1 in September 2014.
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The Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association Australian PCI® increased by 4.1 points to 59.1 in September 2014.
Students at the University of Manchester picked up the top prize in this year’s Structural Concrete Competition, which concluded with a prize giving ceremony in London.
Twelve Latin American projects were recognised at a prize giving ceremony for the Holcim Awards 2014 held in Medellín, Colombia.
Holcim has announced that it has not yet received the final installment of compensation from Corporación Socialista del Cemento S.A. relating to the nationalisation of Holcim Venezuela in 2008.
Local cement dispatches improved by 7.08% y/y in Pakistan in September but exports were down by 10.6% y/y to 730 000 t.
Rakesh H. Mehta has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Saurashtra Cement, effective from 1 October 2014.
Eurocement’s Podgorensky plant, located in Russia’s Voronezh region, has produced 1 million t of cement.
According to the latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI® Survey, strong output growth was maintained across the UK construction sector in September 2014.
The US Energy Department has recognised 11 companies, including cement giant Holcim, for their efforts to reduce energy intensity.
OHL Industrial has won its first contract in Vietnam – an overland transportation line for Cong Thanh Cement.
A handy round-up of some of this week’s key cement industry news: from sustainability to company management changes.
The American Society of Civil Engineers and the Eno Center for Transportation has published a report calling for life cycle cost analysis to be tied to federal discretionary funding.