Holcim’s Extraordinary General Meeting: shareholders approve all motions
Lafarge and Holcim have successfully secured support from Holcim shareholders for their proposed merger.
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Lafarge and Holcim have successfully secured support from Holcim shareholders for their proposed merger.
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Lafarge’s Combined shareholders’ meeting, which was held in Paris on 7 May 2015 under the chairmanship of Bruno Lafont, approved all resolutions submitted for their vote.
Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has received another order from Napier Port for two Terex® Gottwald Model 6 mobile harbour cranes in the G HMK 6408 variant.
Over 250 people attended the two-day event, which provided training, education and raised awareness of supporting standards for construction.
In order to meet required emission and fuel consumption targets, Liebherr has enhanced the diesel engines for its mobile harbour crane (LHM) fleet.
Portland cement dispatches including exports grew to 1.054 million t in Argentina in April 2015, up 16.4% y/y.
An infographic on the cement industry in Africa and the Middle East, the subject of the regional report in World Cement’s May 2015 issue.
Due to changed market conditions, Dangote Cement and FLSmidth have reached an agreement to end their operation and maintenance collaboration at the Ibese and Obajana plants in Nigeria.
The second part of this abridged article by Starlinger & Co. GmbH from the May 2015 issue of World Cement looks at the provision of technical training for bag production machinery operators.
Dirk Lechtenberg, MVW Lechtenberg, Germany, looks at alternative fuels and renewable energy in the cement industry, in this abridged article from the May 2015 issue of World Cement.
The final part of this abridged article from the May issue of World Cement, written by Dirk Lechtenberg, looks at the potential impact of the oil price drop on alternative fuel projects in the MENA region.