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FLSmidth and Sino Environment Engineering Development Company Ltd are to launch a joint venture to sell air pollution control products to China’s cement industry.
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FLSmidth and Sino Environment Engineering Development Company Ltd are to launch a joint venture to sell air pollution control products to China’s cement industry.

Yunnan Sparton Environtech Co. Ltd. (YSET) has executed a Letter of Intent and cooperation agreement with Lafarge Shui On (Beijing) Technical Services Co., Ltd (LSOC).

Hanson UK has invested £1.3 million in its Acton concrete plant to help meet the increasing demand in the London construction market, which is being driven by large high profile contracts, such as Crossrail.

The Beumer Group, based in Beckum, Germany, has established an independent company in Australia.

Replacing steel liners with Sandvik ceramic inserts increases efficiency at Hanson UK’s Ingleton quarry

The MPA’s 3rd Sustainable Development Report highlights industry improvements in sustainability.

The deal relates to all the activities of concrete admixtures and cement grinding aids in Italy, France, USA, Canada, Morocco and Spain with sales of around 61 million euro (CHF75 million) in 2010.

Adelaide Brighton Cement opts for a Siwertell shiploader from Cargotec, attracted by the unit’s environmental credentials.

In an unexpected end to the COP17 summit in Durban South Africa, the US, China and India have agreed to be included in a new legal framework for emissions reduction that will come into force in 2020, although the details of the deal are yet to be agreed. COP17 also agreed to an extension of the Kyoto Protocol to 2017.

Cemex in the UK has invested US$5.5 million in a new cement bagging plant at its Rugby plant in Warwickshire.

Dalmia Cement is poised to open new cement plants in Meghalaya and Karnataka, India, as part of its expansion plans.

This report provides monthly data on the shipments of cement to final customers, and the production of clinker, in the United States from January 2010 through the current month.1 Data on the imports of cement and clinker for the current month are also provided.