
Year-on-year growth for Argentine Portland cement dispatches in February
Argentina’s President tweeted in celebration of the 12.9% y/y rise in domestic Portland cement dispatches in February 2015.
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Argentina’s President tweeted in celebration of the 12.9% y/y rise in domestic Portland cement dispatches in February 2015.

ASEC Engineering has signed an O&M contract with National Cement Share Company for its plant in Dire Dawa.

The programme was developed by the American University in Cairo and ASEC Engineering, a subsidiary of Qalaa Holdings.

The new report analyses the oil well cement market to 2020.

The UK’s CITB has released the results of a survey into apprenticeships in the construction sector. The publication of the poll results coincides with National Apprenticeship Week.

The Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index® has been announced at a seasonally adjusted rate of 52.0 for February 2015.

CITB survey found that 73% of respondents believe that the perception of a sexist culture is one of the main reasons why women are under-represented in the construction industry.

Cemtrex has developed a new In-situ NDIR Analyzer for continuous emissions monitoring applications, the IS 2500 Multi Gas Analyzer.

The measurement platform of Zetium holds both wavelength dispersive (WD) and energy dispersive (ED) cores integrated by SumXcore technology in one instrument.

Lafarge’s Bamburi Group achieved higher turnover, operating profit and profit before tax in 2014.

PPC Zimbabwe’s new cement mill project is on course and investments are also being made in other plants.

The first PPC Imaginarium Awards were held last week, organised by PPC Ltd to celebrate young talent and the use of concrete in industrial design, film, fashion, jewellery, architecture and sculpture.