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The Pakistani cement company has reported results for the first half of the current fiscal, showing significant growth in sales and profit.
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The Pakistani cement company has reported results for the first half of the current fiscal, showing significant growth in sales and profit.

The Portland Cement Association has expressed its support for stronger building codes following a fire at the Avalon at Edgewater complex in New Jersey last month, which displaced almost 1000 residents.

The Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of Cementir Holding agreed to an increase of up to €300 million.

CNCo has ordered a self-discharging cement carrier as part of a partnership with New Zealand's Golden Bay Cement.

Siam Cement Group’s Cement and Building Materials business has opened the SCG Contact Centre, Thailand’s first homebuilding information and consultation service centre.

The Cement Sustainability Initiative’s Managing Director, Philippe Fonta, addresses CSI members and the media in India at a roundtable organised by the Dalmia Bharat Group.

Terex Washing Systems will two new products at an event in Fort Lauderdale, USA: FracStac™ and the AggreSand™ 206 wash plant.

When fire breaks out in a tunnel the ensuing heat has little possibility of escaping. The heat that develops causes the concrete to spall explosively, weakening the structural integrity of the tunnel. This can be prevented by adding polypropylene fibres to the concrete. But what exactly happens inside the concrete? Engineers at the Technische Universität München (TUM) have found a way to measure this.

Barbour ABI releases its latest ‘Economic Construction Market Review’, indicating y/y growth in the value of new contracts in the industrial and commercial office construction sectors in January 2015.

The Financial Express is reporting that the Competition Commission of India has written to Holcim and Lafarge requesting the divestment of assets in eastern India.

The ‘Construction Trade Survey’ for the UK in 4Q14 has been released, revealing that growth has been sustained for a seventh consecutive quarter.

Holcim Philippines performed better than the industry average, achieving a 12.3% increase in cement sales volumes and a 15.1% rise in EBITDA.