
Cement bag among winners at 2015 DuPont packaging awards
The Flex SafePack bag from India’s UFLEX was a silver award winner at the 2015 DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation.
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The Flex SafePack bag from India’s UFLEX was a silver award winner at the 2015 DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation.

The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa has recommended that SARS impose provisional anti-dumping duties on Portland cement originating from Pakistan.

The Brazilian Cement Dashboard will explore the conditions affecting the credit ratings of cement companies operating in Brazil.

The company is reportedly planning to add grinding plants to boost capacity in expectation of renewed demand.

A round-up of this week’s cement industry news, from financial results to new projects.

The ONS has estimated that UK construction output contracted both y/y and q/q in 1Q15, but the Construction Products Association has contested these figures.

US-based Eagle Materials Inc. has released its results for both fiscal 2015 and the fiscal fourth quarter, which ended 31 March 2015.

According to the Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA), shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes came in at 1.8 million t in April 2015, down 9% on the month’s 5-year average.

Statistics released by ASOCEM indicate that cement dispatches on the Peruvian domestic market fell by 3.1% in April 2015.

Currency depreciation had a negative affect on what would otherwise have been a positive year for the Kazakh company, which has recently ceased operation on its wet lines to run more efficient dry lines instead.

Lafarge Canada has won three awards in the Canada’s Top 100 Employers competition.

The refractories group reported revenue of €424.1 million, which is a 5.4% increase y/y.