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A high-level policy discussion at the European Parliament highlighted the need for a ‘fresh EU focus’ that would help the region’s machinery industry to reach its full potential.
Catch up with all the latest news from the global cement industry via our weekly round-up. This week’s key topics include health and safety, as well as new reports and initiatives focused on reducing carbon emissions.
Lafarge Tarmac has committed to the Infrastructure Carbon Review, which aims to lower carbon emissions from UK infrastructure projects.
Cemex has announced the international and Mexican winners of the XXIII Edition of the Cemex Building Award. This edition considered more than 500 buildings within Mexico and 214 buildings elsewhere in the world.
As part of the new 2014 – 20 National Plan to Cope With Climate Change, the Chinese government will limit carbon dioxide emissions from the steel and cement industries.
Katharine E. Morgan, currently Vice President of ASTM’s Technical Committee Operations, will succeed ASTM President James A. Thomas.
The Australian construction industry expanded for a fifth consecutive month in October but its rate of growth eased from September's record high.
A new KPMG/LCCI report outlines the labour requirements to deliver construction projects in London and the South East and the gaps in training that must be filled to meet this demand.
Lafarge North America ‘applauds the Office of the United States Trade Representative, which confronted Canadian trade officials about the subsidies pledged for the construction of a cement facility in Quebec’.
In the second part of this abridged article, Sabine Maier and Rachid Lahbara discuss the implementation of the VAS IT logistics system at Ciments de l’Atlas’ Moroccan plants.
Revenue, gross profit and adjusted EBITDA all increased for Vulcan Materials in the quarter ending 30 September 2014.
The Global CCS Institute has released a new report entitled ‘The Global Status of CCS: 2014’.