
ARM Cement secures new loan from CfC Stanbic Bank
According to local press reports, the new loan will be used for repayments and re-drawing, and will complement ARM Cement’s other banking facilities.
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According to local press reports, the new loan will be used for repayments and re-drawing, and will complement ARM Cement’s other banking facilities.

Brazil’s competition authority has approved the LafargeHolcim merger proposal on the condition of a number of asset disposals; Colombia’s Cementos Argos has announced that it will no longer participate in the bidding process for divested Lafarge and Holcim operations in Brazil.

On 10 December, CBMI Construction Co., Ltd received Bulgaria’s Building of the Year 2014 award for the construction of Italcementi’s Devnya cement plant.

HeidelbergCement celebrates the winning projects of the International Quarry Life Award 2014 at a ceremony in Prague.

In this abridged article from the December 2014 issue, Ryan Grevenstuk, Flexco, USA, outlines the top ten belt conveyor challenges that can be identified with a simple visual inspection, what problems they can cause, and how to fix them in a short period of time.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration honours the contributions and sacrifices of miners, past and present.

The CAC congratulates the Ontario government for proposing new regulations to help energy-intensive industries utilise low-carbon fuels.

The ultimate LEGO show – BRICK 2014 – featured a real-life Volvo L60G-Series and a fleet of LEGO’s Technic replicas for visitors to ‘test drive’.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will see the injection of around N15 billion into the Industrial Training Fund to aid training and job creation.

The UK Quality Ash Association has commenced an extensive research programme into the recovery of stockpiled flyash for use as a pozzolana in concrete and cement.

The rate of emissions growth is slowing and investment in renewables is growing, according to the Index published by Germanwatch and CAN Europe.

Indian media is reporting that UltraTech Cement Ltd is ‘re-evaluating’ its bid for the Brazilian assets of the Swiss cement manufacturer, which are being divested as part of its merger with Lafarge.