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Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC), said yesterday it would hike the price of the building material for the second time this year as manufacturers feel the squeeze of higher input costs. PPC, which has al
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22 May 2008
LATEST CEMENT INDUSTRY NEWS
CRH announces the appointment of Mr. Myles Lee as Group Chief Executive Designate. Mr. Lee will succeed the current Chief Executive, Mr. Liam O’Mahony, when he retires as previously announced at
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22 May 2008
Investigators gathering evidence over alleged cement price fixing in the UK have been boosted by Heidelberg, Lafarge, Holcim, Cemex and three other cement producers losing their court bid in Germany t
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22 May 2008
UPCOMING EVENT
Pan Pacific Hotel
Singapore
22 - 25 June 2008
The Cemtech Asia Conference and Exhibition will take place at the five star Pan Pacific Hotel in the heart of Singapore, between 22-25th June 2008. With a range of leading industry speakers focussing on regional market analysis and technical advances including waste fuel burning and sustainability, it promises to be an unforgettable event – all of which will be complimented by unbeatable Cemtech hospitality.
CEMENT INDUSTRY NEWS
Market monitoring by the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) shows that China’s cement market has operated steadily, with comparatively inert prices. Monitoring shows that cement price averaged 316 yua
International
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22 May 2008
The cement works at Railton in Tasmania’s north west is to be the subject of an asbestos survey and research program. From the 1940s to the late 80s, Goliath Cement was Australia’s third l
International
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22 May 2008
China’s Runji Cement located in Anhui Province has announced that it broke ground on the construction of a waste heat-fueled electric generator on May 16, 2008. Currently, electricity represents 23%
International
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22 May 2008
Scientists at University of New South Wales in Australia have turned the ash waste from coal-fired power stations into a global environmental solution which promises to slash emissions in constructi
Environmental
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22 May 2008
Australian James Hardie Industries, the largest seller of home siding in the US, today posted a full-year loss as the slump in US housing market deepens. Sydney-based Hardie said its net loss was $US7
Corporate
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22 May 2008
Suppliers of coffee, rice and timber husks to Hima Cement could earn sh1.5b annually, Bernard Osawa, the company’s manager for alternative fuel, has said. Osawa said at the launch of the Clean
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22 May 2008
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Financials under the spotlight
At the end of March 08, Cemex had a net debt US$18,813m disclosed, and a further undisclosed amount of debt in the form of perpetual notes that were lumped together with minorities. Cemex has not yet published its accounts for 2007, but at the end of 2006, perpetual debt amounted to US$1250m....more