
SCHADE wins contract with Brazilian cement plant
SCHADE has been appointed to supply the cement plant following an earlier contract for a bridge scraper.
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SCHADE has been appointed to supply the cement plant following an earlier contract for a bridge scraper.

MSHA publishes its 1Q14 fatalities analysis for the US mining industry; Cemex UK provides an update on the incident at the South Ferriby cement plant.

Lafarge North America supports ‘Designing for Disaster’ exhibition in Washington; Holcim Canada sponsors the Canada Green Building Council; the US Energy Department invests in zero-emission cargo transport research.

China Triumph International Engineering Group Co., Ltd. has announced the successful launch of the 5000 tpd clinker production line in Azerbaijan.

At its annual general meeting of shareholders, Lafarge was able to review its 2013 results and confirm its goals for 2014.

Despite a fall in domestic cement consumption in Portugal, the value of cement exports increased in 2013.

The ‘Access All Area’s event will help cement ties between industry and the academic community.

Cement dispatches to Pakistan’s domestic market improved by 2.7% y/y in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year, with capacity utilisation reaching its highest point in five years.

Vulcan Materials Company’s net sales were 9% higher in January – March 2014 than they were in the corresponding period in 2013.

A torrefaction system producing torrefied biomass has been sold to a European corporation by Konza Renewable Fuels and Aeon Energy Solutions. Delivery is scheduled for early 2015.

The Governor of the State of Falcón, Venezuela, has granted Industria Venezolana de Cemento a permit to quarry limestone and clay for the next 20 years.

Some key facts from the cement markets in MENA and Turkey, the subject of the regional report in World Cement’s May 2014 issue.