Canada: Representatives from the Canadian cement and concrete industries have met with government ministers, members of parliament, senators and civil servants in Ottawa, Ontario as part of a two-day advocacy event. "The cement and concrete industry is uniquely positioned to help all levels of gove...
In Canada we are down 1% year over year. Next year we expect to be down 1% over 2015. So there's been a real softening in our market in Canada as well, primarily due to the collapse of oil prices. As most of you may know, we have the oil sands and that's a large driver of...
Currently, the only greenfield plant on the planning books is Colacem's 1.1Mta L'Original plant in Ontario. In terms of alternative fuels, tyre burning has remained a big issue in Canada with the Brookfield plant beginning trials while LafargeHolcim is carrying out a further pilot study at its...