Buzzi Unicem volumes rise but earnings take a hit
Cement sales were up in the first six months of the year at Buzzi Unicem, but earnings suffered from the strong euro, as well as higher costs, particularly in the US.
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Cement sales were up in the first six months of the year at Buzzi Unicem, but earnings suffered from the strong euro, as well as higher costs, particularly in the US.
The Cement Sustainability Initiative will be moving from its WBCSD home to join the Global Cement and Concrete Association in London in January 2019.
The VEZ 3200 is suitable for the manufacture of refuse-derived fuels from production and sorting waste, packaging material, as well as the high-calorific fraction of household and commercial waste for use as an energy source in cement works and power stations.
The transaction is expected to be completed in the next 9 – 12 months.
The ORC will be installed at Cementi Rossi’s plant in Pederobba, Italy, and will recover exhaust heat from the clinker cooling plant.
Claudius Peters continued to suffer from a dearth of investment in the cement and steel industry, although there was some positive news from China
InterCement expects to list its European and African cement operations next year in move it expects to raise €1.5 billion.
Lhoist Bukowa and Fives FCB have signed the acceptance certificate for a FCB TSV™ Classifier 1400 HF at a limestone grinding plant in Poland.
LafargeHolcim group companies in India, Ambuja Cement and ACC, have reported higher consolidated sales volumes in 2Q18, but rising costs drag down earnings.
Orient Cement – a CK Birla Group company – is planning to more than double capacity at its Adilabad cement plant in Telangana, India.
HeidebergCement reported a 4% rise in second quarter revenue as sales volumes grew across all product lines.
China’s “Blue Sky Defence” action plant is having a broad impact on industrial polluters in the country, including the cement industry, which faces a tightening of emissions limits.