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The ARCOMAT is a top-selling paper sack palletising robot. The 300th machine was sold to a customer in West Africa.
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The ARCOMAT is a top-selling paper sack palletising robot. The 300th machine was sold to a customer in West Africa.

Votorantim’s cement segment saw net revenues rise by 5% y/y to R$13 billion in 2014, driven by higher prices across its operations except for those in Spain and North America.

Rodolfo Montero has been appointed CEO of Holcim Mexico following the retirement of Eduardo Kretschmer.

Semen Indonesia held an open day at its Tuban plant, receiving 200 visitors from local villages.

Pakistan’s Bestway Cement Limited has released its results for the 12 months ending 30 June 2014, during which domestic cement dispatches increased but export volumes declined.

Chinese firm TCDRI has been contracted for the new 4500 tpd cement plant in Turkey belonging to Votorantim Cimentos Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.

Cemex is one of the top 8 companies for data disclosure related to environmental and CO2 emissions performance on the CDP Latin America Climate Disclosure Leadership Index.

Cement among six of eight Indian core sectors that experienced y/y rise in output in January 2015, although the rate of growth slowed.

The SPECTRO xSORT handheld EDXRF spectrometers can perform onsite elemental analysis and spectrochemical testing.

In the second part of this abridged article from World Cement’s March 2015 issue, Jeff Stobbart, National Logistics Manager UK, Aggregate Industries, explains how non-tipping trucks have helped to increase efficiency.

The Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index® reached 60.1 in February 2015, an increase on the 59.1 recorded in January.

A brief overview of planning and investment announcements affecting the cement industry in Ontario and Quebec.