
Holding Cementero S.A. acquires controlling stake in Soboce
Samuel Doria Medina has sold his controlling stake in Bolivian cement manufacturer Soboce to Holding Cementero S.A., part of Peru’s Grupo Gloria.
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Samuel Doria Medina has sold his controlling stake in Bolivian cement manufacturer Soboce to Holding Cementero S.A., part of Peru’s Grupo Gloria.

Australia’s Boral Limited has entered into an agreement to sell its Western Landfill business to Transpacific Industries; the ACCC has announced that it will not oppose Boral and CSR Limited’s proposal to combine their brick operations.

The European Lime Association (EuLA) has published a roadmap for reducing emissions. The following is an excerpt from that report.

Sika has agreed to talk to investors about the possible acquisition of a controlling stake in the company by France’s Saint-Gobain.

Domestic cement sales totalled 929 000 t in Peru in November, while dispatches were up 0.57% y/y in the first 11 months of 2014.

Bolivia’s Itacamba Cemento S.A. has ordered an MPS 3750 B raw mill from Gebr. Pfeiffer for its new cement plant in Yacuces.

Darryll Castle is set to join the company as CEO on 12 January, following the resignation of former CEO Ketso Gordhan in September.

According to a new report by Timetric’s Construction Intelligence Centre, investment in road and rail is helping to drive economies in Africa and the Middle East.

State Rep. Peter Pettalia has requested that a Canadian government loan for the Port-Daniel-Gascons cement plant in Québec be reviewed for World Trade Organisation rules compliance.

Six new research projects, being conducted in partnership between the UK and China, are to receive £3 million in funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

Siwertell supplied a 300 tph trailer-based, diesel-powered Siwertell 10 000 S road-mobile unloader for cement to Jah Multi Industrial Ltd.

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