
Cement news highlights: 27 April – 1 May
A round-up of this week’s cement news, from acquisitions to safety.
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A round-up of this week’s cement news, from acquisitions to safety.

India’s core sector growth contracted by 0.1% in March 2015, with cement output falling by 4.2%.

EMS has been appointed as the new dealer of articulated and rigid Terex Trucks in the Republic of Ireland.

Colombia’s Cementos Argos has acquired a 60% stake in Wetvan Overseas, which operates a terminal for the reception, storage and distribution of cement in Puerto Rico.

Rockwell Automation has launched the Safety Maturity Index (SMI) tool, which provides recommendations to help achieve best-in-class safety performance.

Sales up 6% and EBITDA up 17% in solid first quarter.

Holcim has released it 1Q15 results, which include a rise in net income but a fall in cement sales volumes.

CTLGroup has announced the following senior leadership promotions.

According to Timetric’s Construction Intelligence Centre (CIC), construction output in Australia is forecast to decline by an annual average of 3.5% over the next five years.

As a backup unit for an age-worn drive in a cement plant, Menzel Elektromotoren constructed a motor in a design no longer common in Europe today.

Monthly data from January 2014 through February 2015 show an increase in cement shipments and the production of clinker in the USA.

In mid-April 2015 the 200th ad*starKON valve bottomer worldwide was successfully commissioned at the production facilities of Lucky Star Weaving Co., Ltd. Thailand.