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REBECCA BOWDEN,
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
This time last year, we opened BMHR
with a discussion on the new focus on
mergers and acquisitions in the cement
industry. Now, twelve months on, we
are able to see the outcome of these
maneuvers. The merger of LafargeHolcim
was successful, with its 1Q16 results
indicating that the company is on track
to meet its 2018 targets. At the start
of July, HeidelbergCement completed
its acquisition of a 45% shareholding
in Italcementi, subject to approval by the relevant competition
authorities. Through this, HeidelbergCement enters into significant
new import markets, including France, Italy, Egypt, Morocco and
Thailand. Since September 2015, new players have also jumped on
the M&A bandwagon. Aalborg Portland for instance, a subsidiary
of Cementir Holdings, has entered into an agreement with
HeidelbergCement to buy operations in Belgium, while the parent
company has also recently completed the transfer of Sacci SpA’s
cement and ready-mix concrete business division to another of its
subsidiaries, Cementir Italia.
Now that these changes are largely complete, it can be hoped
that significant investments might be on the horizon. That being
said, investment over the past year has by no means been stagnant.
This summer alone, a number of contracts have been signed:
Bedeschi has been awarded a contract to build a clinker and cement
export terminal in Turkey, Claudius Peters has been awarded a
contract by Biberci Insaat for two new silos, FLSmidth has signed a
contract to supply the main equipment for a greenfield cement plant
in Vietnam and Hazemag is to supply crushers for six new cement
lines in Egypt, to name but a few. As always, constant demand for
cement keeps the industry ticking over and with it the bulk material
handling sector, which is, after all, the reason we are here.
This year’s BMHR includes articles focusing on bulk material
dosing, storing material in domes and silos, new approaches to
level measurement, and the logistics and algorithms associated with
loading and unloading. I wish you happy reading and, as always,
if you have any comments please get in touch with us at either
or joseph.green@worldcement.
com.
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