Bangladesh has a high need for basic infrastructure, housing and services, and therefore a robust growth in the demand for cement. The cement industry enjoys the participation of the top four global cement producers with Lafarge operating a new integrated works in 2006. However, capacity far exceeds demand so producers are now looking at new ways to tap new export markets.
It wasn’t until the 1990s that Holcim truly stamped its mark on the South Asian market. Since then it has rapidly increased its exposure there and now has extensive plans to boost its capacity as ...
HeidelbergCement's first-quarter turnover was down by 1.4 per cent to €2760.5m, but the EBITDA improved by 3.5 per cent to €218.8m and the trading profit was €4.1m higher at a €15.6m. The net inte...
Bangladesh cement producers are searching for new exports markets in a bid to extend their current reach and increase utilisation levels. Our cement export is fully dependent on north-eastern st...
Spanish cement maker Cementos Molins reported a 53 per cent on the year drop in its profit for the first quarter of 2013 to EUR4.7m, mainly due to the losses sustained by the domestic market. Spa...
HeidelbergCement's turnover improved by 8.9 per cent last year to EUR14,020.2m (US$17,927m) while the EBITDA was ahead by 6.7 per cent to EUR2477.2m. At the trading level, the improvement reached ...
The speed of China’s cement industry restructuring was always going to be a drawn-out affair. The scale of the market and ambitious modernisation plans of a government intent on reshaping the indu...
PT Semen Indonesia is set to start construction of a new plant in Myanmar next year as part of the country's regional expansion drive. Citing the company’s president director Dwi Soetjipto, the...
The preliminary figures from HeidelbergCement show an 8.7 per cent advance in turnover last year to EUR14,020m, or by 4.2 per cent on a comparative basis. The EBITDA improved by a more modest 6.7 ...
