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Wärtsilä is supplying a 6-cylinder Wärtsilä 34DF main engine for a new cement carrier being built at the Scheepswerf Ferus Smit yard in the Netherlands.
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Wärtsilä is supplying a 6-cylinder Wärtsilä 34DF main engine for a new cement carrier being built at the Scheepswerf Ferus Smit yard in the Netherlands.

Preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup are expected to help increase the value of Russia’s infrastructure construction market, although the current political situation could dampen growth estimates.

Cemex UK is working with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds on a 3-year conservation project at Cemex quarries in central England.

Domestic cement consumption increased by 4.6% m/m in Argentina in August 2014, while ASOCEM’s member companies sold 908 553 t of cement on the Peruvian national market.

The use of pozzolanic and/or latent hydraulic cement constituents instead of Portland cement clinker represents a key leverage factor for the environmentally important reduction of CO2 emissions within the cement industry.

The Flying Fork-Lift from FLSmidth Ventomatic SpA has been designed to guarantee a high level of automation and efficiency.

Tororo Cement Limited (TCL) has become the latest company to join the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP).

Pakistan’s DG Khan posted net profit of Rs.5.96 billion for the year ended 30 June 2014, an 8% increase compared to the same period a year earlier.

ABB has appointed Dave Hawley as Local Business Unit Manager for Motors and Generators in the UK; Justin McMath will take up the role of Product Manager – Concrete Mechanical Anchoring and Calculation Software at ITW CCNA.

Oficemen has released the latest statistics from the Spanish cement sector, noting that domestic consumption fell by 2% y/y to 7.1 million t in the first eight months of 2014.

A new report from the Portland Cement Association calls for policymakers to take road surfaces into account when developing fuel standards for heavy-duty trucks.

China National Building Materials Group Corp, China United Cement Corporation and Mitsubishi Materials Corp met to exchange ideas on industrial development and environmental protection.