
Construction industry has mixed response to UK Budget
The construction industry has responded to the announcements made in last week’s Summer Budget with calls for greater employee control over apprenticeships and more focus on energy efficiency.
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The construction industry has responded to the announcements made in last week’s Summer Budget with calls for greater employee control over apprenticeships and more focus on energy efficiency.

The 800 tpd cement plant will be inaugurated on 13 July and will produce OPC, PPC and Portland Slag Cement.

FLSmidth and D.G. Khan Cement Company Ltd have signed a contract worth €57 million for FLSmidth to supply engineering and equipment to a cement plant in Pakistan.

Sanghi Industries Ltd has announced plans to invest up to Rs 1500 crore in the next two to three years.

Higher expenses hit the cement company hard, while a kiln maintenance project also contributed to a 40% drop in net profit.

The mandate of the new Board of Directors and of the new Executive Committee with Eric Olsen as CEO will become effective.

Paul Maxwell-Cook looks at the positive developments in North America’s cement industry.

A round-up of some of this week’s key news items from the international cement industry, from the introduction of World Cement’s yearly World Review to the latest corporate affairs.

Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. has announced that it has awarded the Ecoperating Plus certification to Torre Cosmopolitan.

Holcim has announced Bernard Fontana will step down from his position as CEO of Holcim Ltd.

A proposed bill in New Jersey, USA, calls for greater use of fire-resistant materials in the construction of certain multi-family dwellings.

Vortex appoints Teelad Investments as its exclusive agent in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and the Benin Republic.