Lafarge and Holcim began marking assets in the Indian region for divestiture to comply with the requirements of the Competition Commission of India for merger clearance.

2014-10-22

On October 10, Premier Li Keqiang and German Chancellor Angela Merkel co-chaired the third round of Sino-German government consultations. The two governments jointly issued the Action Plan for Sino-German Cooperation, which proposed that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy of Germany and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany should organize a industry 4.0 dialogue.

2014-10-15

As a scheme of the New Silk Road, the high-speed rail from Moscow to Beijing is more than 7000 kilometers long, passing through Russia, Kazakhstan and China.

2014-10-14

Despite Lafarge's strategic importance in the South African cement market and Holcim's stake in South African cement producer Afrisam, the Competition Commission recently agreed to Lafarge-Holcim's proposed merger in South Africa on the condition that Holcim relinquish its stake in Afrisam and unwind its holding within three years of the Commission's approval of the merger.

2014-10-11

At about 9:50 a.m. local time in Vietnam on October 1, the rotary kiln of the 5,000-ton cement production line project in Tonglin, Vietnam, which was constructed by Tianjin Cement Industry Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., was successfully ignited as a gift to the 65th anniversary of the motherland.

2014-10-10

It is reported that Senegal Bute Cement Plant, invested by Dangote Industrial Group of Nigeria, will be put into operation by the end of the year, with an investment of US $700 million and an annual output of cement from 1.5 million tons to 15 million tons.

2014-10-10

Turkey SONMEZ 5000t/d clinker production line was ignited at 12:58 on September 6, and was put into operation at 16:28 on September 13. At present, 4000 tons of clinker have been produced, indicating that all process links of the project from raw material and fuel transportation to clinker warehousing system have been completed.

2014-10-09

In the early stage, enterprises in Shanghai have been intending to raise the price of high-standard cement, which has not been realized due to insufficient market demand and external cement constraints. Since the 26th, affected by the sharp increase in cement and clinker from large factories in southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Wanjiang, the price of high-standard cement in Shanghai has generally risen.

2014-09-28

On the morning of September 25, 2014, Chairman Guo Wensan was invited to the SCO Secretariat in Beijing and met with SCO Secretary-General Mezentsev. It is reported that Chelyabinsk, Russia, intends to cooperate with Conch in cement projects.

2014-09-28

Old Castle Group (CRH), an Irish cement maker, is considering buying assets owned by rivals Lafarge and Holcim that would have to be sold to win regulatory approval, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

2014-09-24

Recently, Lafarge and Holcim held talks with the European Union aimed at speeding up the merger process. In order to win regulatory approval, Lafarge and Holcim confirmed that they would sell assets, reportedly worth about 5 billion euros, to address antitrust concerns.

2014-09-22

Overcapacity and green development are two hot spots in the current cement industry. Green development refers to the development mode of saving resources and protecting the environment. It is an inevitable choice for the cement industry to conform to the sustainable development of human society and the construction of ecological civilization. It is a new stage for the development of the cement industry to enter sustainable development. The problem of overcapacity in the cement industry has hindered the green development of the industry.

2014-09-03

With the rising price of clinker in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and the recent improvement of weather and falling temperature, the willingness of major enterprises in Shanghai to raise prices has gradually increased in recent days.

2014-09-02

In the first six months of 2014, profits at Lafarge Zambia increased by 66%, mainly due to the introduction of cost control strategies and the growth of foreign exchange earnings, said Emmanuel Gax, CEO of Lafarge Zambia.

2014-08-22

According to media reports in Taiwan, the cement industry in mainland China has set its future development goals in Africa, and Hebei Jidong Group, a cement giant in mainland China, is actively promoting the establishment of factories in South Africa.

2014-08-20

At 16:18 on August 18, the clinker production line of Huaxin Cambodia Company with a daily output of 3200 tons was successfully ignited amid the festive sound of firecrackers, and the trial production was officially launched.

2014-08-20

Cemex announced on Thursday that its subsidiary, Cemex Latam Holdings (CLH), will build a new cement factory in the Republic of Colombia. The total investment in the cement plant is expected to reach nearly US $340 million and will increase CLH's annual cement production capacity in Colombia from 4.5 million tons to nearly 5.5 million tons.

2014-08-15

In the long term, the Portland Cement Association (PCA) has predicted that cement consumption in the United States will increase by 9.7% in 2014 and 2015, reaching 86 million tons in 2014. Cement consumption in the United States is expected to rise by 11% in 2016. PCA also expects cement consumption in the United States to reach 119 million tons by 2018.

2014-08-15

The Competition Commission of Mauritius (CCM) has launched an investigation into the Lafarge-Holcim merger, which will determine whether the merger will have a negative impact on competition in the cement market in Mauritius.

2014-08-08

In the first seven months of this year, Tajikistan has produced about 602,000 tons of cement, an increase of 580,000 tons over the same period last year, according to the Republic's Ministry of Industry and New Technology.

2014-08-07