Cement News tagged: International

Mugher Cement Enterprise, Sinoma International sign accord

07 December 2006, Published under Cement News

Ethiopia’s Mugher Cement Enterprise (MCE) and the Chinese Sinoma International Company yesterday signed an agreement for the construction of the third production line that would be carried out a

Castle invests extra £10m in Welsh site

07 December 2006, Published under Cement News

Castle Cement is investing a further UK£10m at its Padeswood production plant in north Wales.

Cemex signals higher offer for Rinker is possible

06 December 2006, Published under Cement News

Cemex could raise its $11.7bn hostile bid for Rinker Group after stopping short of saying that the bid was its final offer, analysts said Tuesday.

Singapore’s San Teh to build 2nd cement plant in China

06 December 2006, Published under Cement News

San Teh Ltd said it build a new cement plant in Dali City in Yunnan, China at a cost of S$60m. This will be San Teh’s second cement plant in China.

Sri Lanka asks cement traders to get govt approval for price hikes

Sri Lanka asks cement traders to get govt approval for price hikes

06 December 2006, Published under Cement News

The Sri Lankan government said Tuesday that any price increases of cement needs state approval as consumer inflation in the country rocketed past 19 per cent in November.

Heidelberg may contest Sebi view on Mysore Cement offer

06 December 2006, Published under Cement News

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) insistence on including non-compete fees in Germany’s HeidelbergCement’s open offer for the minority shareholders of Mysore Cement could l

Titan America announces major concrete Initiative in Eastern North Carolina

Titan America announces major concrete Initiative in Eastern North Carolina

06 December 2006, Published under Cement News

Titan America announced today that it is expanding the ready mix concrete activities of its Mid-Atlantic business unit into eastern North Carolina

Australia’s Boral keeps mum on US roofing buy-out talk

05 December 2006, Published under Cement News

Boral Ltd, Australia’s second-largest building materials maker, declined to say whether it would be able to buy out partner Lafarge’s stake in their U.S. rooftiles joint venture MonierLife

Heidelberg may have to up Mysore Cement offer

05 December 2006, Published under Cement News

Market regulator Securities & Exchange Board of India will ask German cement maker Heidelberg Cement AG to increase its open offer price to shareholders of Mysore Cement Ltd by

Sino-Zim joint venture bears fruit

05 December 2006, Published under Cement News

SINO-ZIMBABWE Cement Company (Pvt) Ltd, the first joint venture between China and Zimbabwe, has got boosted by the strenuous efforts in indigenisation of its human resources management over the past y

St Lawrence gets approval for Milton quarry extension

05 December 2006, Published under Cement News

The Ontario provincial cabinet has given the green light to St. Lawrence Cement Group Inc.’s Dufferin Aggregates’ Milton quarry extension by dismissing the appeal of the groups that oppose

India’s Sanghi plans cement foray in M’rashtra

05 December 2006, Published under Cement News

Gujarat-based Sanghi Industries is drawing up plans to claim a pie of the Maharashtra cement market, The market will be catered through augmented capacity at its cement unit in Kutch, Gujarat.

Greece’s Titan Cement to expand operations in Turkey, Albania

05 December 2006, Published under Cement News

Greece’s Titan Cement is about to expand its operations abroad, according to its CEO Dimitris Papalexopoulos.

Holcim (US) Theodore Plant Wins National Corporate Citizenship Award

05 December 2006, Published under Cement News

The Holcim (US) Theodore Plant in Alabama was recognized by the Council of State Governments (CSG) today as the winner of the 2006 CSG Associates Award for corporate citizenship.

Lafarge to sell roofing unit to PAI Partners

04 December 2006, Published under Cement News

After spending a long time to consider the future of its roofing business Lafarge has agreed to effectively sell a 65% stake

Orascom Plans US$300m Indonesia cement invest - govt

04 December 2006, Published under Cement News

Egypt’s Orascom Construction Industries S.A.E, or OCI, plans to invest up to $300m in a cement production facility in Indonesia, a government official said.