Three Decades of Prominence on the Indian Subcontinent
KHD celebrates 30 years of operation on the Indian subcontinent with a look back over its successes, significant highlights and recent alliances.
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KHD celebrates 30 years of operation on the Indian subcontinent with a look back over its successes, significant highlights and recent alliances.
Lafarge is waiting on the outcome of a feasibility study before deciding whether to expand its operations in Zimbabwe by building a new cement plant.
Ghana Cement is to expand the capacities of its plants at Takoradi and Tema
China Resources Cement Holdings has announced that it will acquire cement and concrete operations in Guangzhou and Hong Kong.
Africa’s biggest producer of building materials is reported to be looking to raise US$5 billion in a London sale of global depositary receipts.
Cemex’s FEC quarry in Miami, Florida, has been honoured with a Five Star EPA celebration for conservation work undertaken together with the local community.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €500 million loan to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for projects supporting climate change mitigation.
The Turkish company Polimeks Insaat Taahhüt ve San. Tic. A.S. has assigned Siemens Turkey to provide the electrical and automation equipment for a new cement line in Koytendag, Turkmenistan.
Cemena Holding Company has signed an agreement with Sinoma CBMI Construction Company Ltd to construct a cement plant in Syria.
A recent report by Frost & Sullivan indicates that a lack of infrastructure within Sub-Saharan Africa economies has continued to hamper economic growth and hinder the continent’s drive to be globally competitive and eradicate poverty. However, change is on the way.
The price of cement in China has reached record highs as production levels have been affected by producers striving to meet energy-saving targets.
Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to achieve economic growth of about 4% this year and 4.5% in 2011. As a recently published influential report states, “Better political and macroeconomic stability, a strengthened political commitment to private sector growth, and increased investment in infrastructure and education has made the growth possible”.