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

Lafarge and Holcim have announced details of their divestitures in Brazil as part of the merger to create LafargeHolcim.

2014-08-06

According to data released by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico totaled 8.1 million tons in May 2014, up nearly 6% from a year earlier. From January to May 2014, shipments of Portland and blended cement reached 31.2 million tons, up 6% year-on-year.

2014-07-30

Lafarge has announced that it will sell its 75.86% stake in Lafarge (Pakistan) Cement Limited, identifying Bestway Cement as the buyer.

2014-07-25

Cemex, Mexico's cement giant, recently announced its performance report for the second quarter of 2014. The report shows that in the second quarter of 2014, Cemex's consolidated net sales reached $4.2 billion, up 4% from the same period last year.

2014-07-21

Oficemen, the Spanish cement manufacturers' association, expects Spanish cement demand to fall 3% year-on-year to 10.4 million tonnes in 2014.

2014-07-17

Lafarge reportedly plans to dump 47% of Elementia, its joint venture in Mexico. Elementia is interested in purchasing the shares and is in negotiations with Lafarge.

2014-07-16

In 2007, at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting held at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, FIFA President Sepp Blatter officially announced that Brazil had won the right to host the 2014 World Cup. However, due to the lack of standard stadiums to host the World Cup, Brazil needs to build and renovate 12 stadiums to host the World Cup. This means that the demand for infrastructure construction in Brazil has increased, which has also led to the development of the cement industry.

2014-07-14

The Foreign Trade Chamber of the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (Camex) has decided to impose anti-dumping measures on cement imports from six countries-China, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Mexico and the United States-with an additional import tariff of 4% on cement imported from these countries.

2014-07-10

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has released monthly data on cement shipments and clinker production in the United States in April 2014 and January-April 2014, as well as cement and clinker imports in the United States.

2014-07-02

The World Cup in Brazil is in full swing, but the growth rate of cement demand in Brazil has declined. It is reported that the peak of the World Cup's pull on cement appeared in the previous year and last year. With the completion of the construction of the competition venues, the impact of the World Cup theme on the cement industry has ended. According to preliminary data released by the Brazilian National Cement Industry Association (SNIC), Brazil's cement sales in its domestic market totaled nearly 5.9 million tons in May 2014, down 0.7% from the same period last year.

2014-06-27