Holcim CEO steps down

Holcim has announced Bernard Fontana will step down from his position as CEO of Holcim Ltd with the completion of the merger with Lafarge.

Bernard Fontana said: “It has been a pleasure and honor to work with remarkable and passionate people throughout the past years at Holcim. I wish the new company LafargeHolcim and the entire team all the very best for the future.”

Holcim and Lafarge had earlier announced the leadership of LafargeHolcim with Wolfgang Reitzle as statutory Chairman of the Board of Directors and Eric Olsen as CEO.

In Indonesia, SHANGHAI SANME MINING MACHINERY CO., LTD. has designed and built an andesite production line for Holcim, the world cement giant. The production line has an hourly output of 300 tons.

SANME provided main equipment for the production line, such as jaw crusher, cone crusher, vertical impact crusher, feeder, vibrating screen, de-ironing separator and etc. The production line fully satisfies Holcim's requirements for capacity and discharging.