
Zuari Cement breaks ground on new terminal
Zuari Cement is building a new port-based cement packing terminal in Kochi to extend its reach in western and southern India.
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Zuari Cement is building a new port-based cement packing terminal in Kochi to extend its reach in western and southern India.

Nigerian cement giant Dangote has expressed an interested in partnering with the Lagos State Bricklayers Association (LSBA) to tackle the issue of building collapse in Nigeria.

The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether the planned acquisition of the Spanish operations of Holcim by Cemex is in line with the EU Merger Regulation.

PPC Ltd has awarded Tenova TAKRAF Africa with contracts to replace ESPs with reverse pulse bag filter technology at its De Hoek cement plant in Western Cape and its slurry facility near Mahikeng.

According to Eurostat data, seasonally adjusted production in the European construction sector saw a slight improvement in both the euro area (EA18) and the EU28 in February 2014.

Donaldson Company, Inc. will increase its support of customers in Russia, Central, East and Southeast Europe, with a new distribution centre in Bratislava, Slovakia.

South Africa’s PPC has won the 2014 Diamond Arrow prize in the ‘Cement and Concrete/Ready-Mix Suppliers’ category at the PMR.africa Awards.

Siam City Cement Plc (SCCC) reported a surge in net profit and sales for the first quarter of 2014, compared to the same period a year earlier.

The Portland Cement Association has applauded the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for its support of the EPA’s revised Portland cement NESHAP standards.

Cementos Cosmos de Toral de los Vados plant marks its 90th anniversary; Spanish cement association Oficemen releases the latest cement consumption statistics.

Savannah Cement is planning to invest approximately KES17.3 billion in the construction of a new clinker production facility in Kenya.

The latest cement sales volumes from Ecuador, Brazil and Peru.