
DG Khan underperforms in the first nine months of FY14
Pakistani cement producer DG Khan recorded a 7% y/y decline in profit in the first nine months of the current fiscal year.
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Pakistani cement producer DG Khan recorded a 7% y/y decline in profit in the first nine months of the current fiscal year.

In the May issue of World Cement, we include an interview with Gebr. Pfeiffer’s Robert Schnatz and Gerold Keune on the occasion of the company’s 150th anniversary. The following provides an introduction to that interview, with details of the company’s impressive history.

K&G Industrial Services provides fast, quality refractory installation with help from Blastcrete equipment.

Fayrouz Saad talks to Bruno Carré, CEO of Suez Cement, Egypt, about the company’s operations in Egypt. This is an abridged version of of the full article, which appeared in the May 2014 issue of World Cement.

Cement sales volumes grew by 4% y/y for Peru’s Cementos Pacasmayo in 1Q14, although EBITDA and net income declined y/y.

Kenya’s Savannah Cement held an event at its Kitengela site to mark World Day for Safety and Health 2014, supporting the promotion of safe chemical management in the workplace.

Haver & Boecker introduces its ‘Time to Chain’ philosophy, demonstrating how the innovative machine technologies of different brands can be linked together to form complete systems.

GE and Siemens are both reported to be in talks with Alstom and the French government over a possible takeover bid.

Expenditure offsets rise in sales for Shree Cement in January – March 2014, leading to a 19% y/y decline in profit.

MIT, home of the Concrete Sustainability Hub, is investing US$350 million in new facilities for nanotechnology research to support 2000 researchers.

CEMBUREAU has responded to an EU public consultation on the review of progress towards the 2020 energy efficiency objective and the 2030 energy efficiency policy framework.

Cement sales in the Philippines increased by 8.6% y/y in the first quarter of 2014, driven by reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in the wake of Typhoon Yolanda.