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Lists of cement manufacturers (6 P) C. Cement companies by country (47 C) Pages in category "Cement companies" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 ...
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In 2013, 70.8 percent of portland cement was sold as ready-mix concrete, such as is delivered in cement-mixer trucks. 11.5 percent was sold dry to contractors and construction materials stores; 11.3 percent was sold to manufacturers of concrete products; 4.6 percent was sold for oil and gas wells, and 1.8 percent was sold to government agencies ...
The company's name is an abbreviation of Cement Roadstone Holdings, and was formed through the merger in 1970 of Cement Ltd (established in 1936) and Roadstone Ltd (established in 1949). [3] According to Jonathan Guthrie of the Financial Times, it is pronounced "Cee Orr Haitch". [4] The company went public on the Irish Stock Exchange in 1973. [5]
Votorantim Cimentos is the largest cement company of Brazil and the eighth largest in the world. The company was founded in the city of Votorantim in 1933 and is headquartered in São Paulo. In February 2010, the Votorantim Cimentos acquired 21.2% of the Portuguese cement company Cimpor. [1] In 2012 the company sold this stake and acquired ...
Lafarge is a French industrial company specialising in cement, construction aggregates, and concrete. It is the world's largest cement manufacturer. It was founded in 1833 by Joseph-Auguste Pavin de Lafarge and is a part of the Holcim Group. In 2015, Lafarge merged with Holcim and a new company was formed under the name of LafargeHolcim. It was ...
In 2020 it was ranked as the 5th largest cement company (by amount of cement produced annually) in the world, at 87.09 million tonnes. [1] Lorenzo Zambrano was the chairman and chief executive officer until his death on May 21, 2014. The Board of Directors named Rogelio Zambrano Lozano as chairman, and Fernando A. Gonzalez as CEO. [2]
As cement manufacturing is an extremely CO₂ intensive process, the cement industry is one of the main contributors to climate change, being responsible for a significant amount of global emissions. [21] Of all companies traded on the DAX, Heidelberg Materials was the second largest CO₂-emitter. [22]