January 4, 2016
West China Cement and Cheetah Cement are linking up to jointly create a US$300 million 1.5million tonnes/year cement plant in Otjiwarongo, Namibia.
January 4, 2016
Saudi Cement, Saudi Arabia’s largest cement firm by market value, has a new chairman. Khalid Abdulrahman Saleh al-Rajhi began his three-year contract…
January 4, 2016
US-based KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens has hired Nate Hicks as a new parts sales development engineer as part of its ongoing strategy to grow its…
January 4, 2016
Turkish cement firm Limak Cimento is reportedly eyeing up a €1.01 billion (US$1.1 billion) African acquisition. National media reports the firm…
January 4, 2016
Metso is axing 44 jobs in its Minerals business in Finland, mostly in Tampere, in response to reduced customer equipment orders. The job losses…
January 4, 2016
Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal has carried out an inspection of the extension project of the Ain El Kebira cement factory in the Sétif…
January 4, 2016
Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG) is looking to increase investment in its Cambodian operations from US$277 million to $477 million by the end of…
January 4, 2016
South Africa's International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) had begun enforcing anti-dumping duties ranging from over 14% to 77% on Portland…
January 4, 2016
The ‘adjustment’ in European construction investment is expected to come to an end in 2015, which should allow it to gather pace in 2016 and 2017,…
December 22, 2015
Caterpillar, the world’s biggest construction equipment manufacturer, has been ordered to pay US$73.6 million (€67.6 million) in damages in a lawsuit…
December 22, 2015
Terex Trucks has supplied a leading Zimbabwean granite aggregate producer with its fourth rigid dump truck after its existing trucks proved their…
December 21, 2015
Semem’s new Rembang, Indonesia cement plant is due to begin production within the next 12 months. Work on the IDR 4.60 trillion (US$ 329.46 million)…
December 21, 2015
Sri Lankan concrete manufacturing company Sierra Readymix was commended for best operational practices, processes, systems and initiatives and…
December 21, 2015
Turkish cement firm Limak Cimento is reportedly keen to make an African acquisition worth €1 billion. National media reports the firm possibly buying…
December 21, 2015
Hong Kong-based Energy International Investments Holdings’ (Energy International) CNY 185 million (US$28.54 million) acquisition of Samoa-based…