The 2016 Ceramic-Days were held from Tuesday 29 November until Thursday 1 December 2016. This year the objective of the Ceramic-Days was to understand how labour and energy intensive industries can continue to contribute and further develop sustainable European jobs. More information. Download .PDF  

CEMBUREAU released figures this summer on the production perfonmance of its members in the European cement sector in 2015. They reveal a modest positive annual growth rate of 0.9 per cent to 248Mt, when compared to the year before. More information, download .PDF

One could argue that last week’s announcement of the proposed merger of two of the world’s largest magnesia and refractory groups – RHI AG’s takeover of Magnesita Refratários SA to form RHI Magnesita – was only a matter of time. RHI Magnesita will fuse together the world’s second and third largest refractory groups, pooling an …

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