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The Energy Union aims to ‘set the scene for a new way of making energy policy in Europe’, says Commission.

India’s JK Lakshmi Cement reported a 31% y/y increase in net profit to Rs.18 crore in the October – December 2014 quarter.

Martin Engineering has announced a new business unit located in Moscow, Russia, targeting the coal and mining, cement, gas and oil industries.

Ed Sullivan told attendees at the 2015 World of Concrete that low oil prices would benefit economic growth this year, but that the same positive effects wouldn’t yet be felt in the construction industry.

Apprenticeship schemes and university degrees offer young people the strongest routes into work, according to David Cameron.

Data from the Brazilian construction industry association states that 91% of all cement commercialised in Brazil in 2013 has some additive to supplement the clinker content.

Foreign exchange fluctuations and lower revenues from housing solutions projects in Colombia contributed to a 1% y/y decline in net sales.

Eagle Materials Inc. has reported record quarterly revenues of US$292 million for the quarter ending 31 December 2014, with cement operating earnings up 44%.

According to ‘Construction Chemicals’, a new report by The Freedonia Group, Inc., demand for construction chemicals used in onsite applications in the US is expected to rise by an estimated 8.2% a year.

The new 2016 proposed budget plan from President Obama includes US$238 billion on infrastructure spending.

Renold Hi-Tec provides rubber-in-compression couplings to protect people and plants on safety critical applications.

Qalaa Holdings, which owns ASEC Cement, has announced that it has signed a sale and purchase agreement to divest its 80% stake in Cairo-based investment bank Pharos Holding.