GHACEM says stabilisation of the cedi would help bring cement prices down
Ghana Cement Company says that the appreciation of the local currency would help bring down cement prices, though power shortages are still an issue.
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Ghana Cement Company says that the appreciation of the local currency would help bring down cement prices, though power shortages are still an issue.
Zuari Cement, through its subsidiary Gulbarga Cement, is setting up a 3.23 million tpa cement plant and a 50 MW captive power plant in Gulbarga, Karnataka.
Jean-Carlos Angulo, Executive Vice President, Lafarge Group, will replace Uday Khanna as Non-Executive Chairman of Lafarge India.
Cemex has entered into a new credit agreement for US$1.35 billion with nine of the main lending banks from its Facilities Agreement dated 17 September 2012.
The Cement Association of Canada has announced its support of the government of Ontario’s renewed commitment to developing “new alternative fuel rules in 2014 to help big, energy-intensive industries reduce their GHG emissions.”
A report from the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) calls for investment in infrastructure to maintain competitiveness with other nations.
DANE has released the latest cement statistics for Colombia, which indicate a rise in grey cement production and domestic dispatches in August 2014, the January – August period, and over the last 12 months.
As its Mastersizer 3000 celebrates its 3rd birthday, Malvern launches the Hydro Sight and Hydro SV.
According to researchers at Rice University, MIT and Marseille University, concrete can be better and more environmentally friendly by paying attention to its atomic structure.
Urs Bleisch has been nominated to join the Holcim Executive Committee and Alain Bourguignon has been seconded to the joint Divestment Committee that has been set up to deal with the proposed asset disposals following the announcement of the LafargeHolcim merger.
ABB has built a second factory in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, and has inaugurated its new office in Yangon, Myanmar.
Taiwan Cement has hiked prices in Guangdong province, China, on the back of rising demand from infrastructure projects.