Cement News tagged: International
Portland Cement set to increase exports
Cement manufacturing giant Portland Holdings Limited is set to increase exports to Botswana by 50 percent d
Venezuela, Iran to set up cement plant in Carora
Venezuela and Iran plan to jointly set up a cement plant in Carora, in the Venezuelan western state Lara, the Venezuelan President, Hugo
Holcim unveils new clinker line, Bulgaria
A Holcim’s Bulgaria facility has modernised and relaunched a clinker line at its cement works in Beli Izvor, in North-western Bulgaria.
Suez Cement gets EGP1.2B loan to acquire Asec Cement
A consortium of banks in Egypt led by Commercial International Bank said it provided a loan to Suez Cement Co.
Gujarat Angan Cement Ltd plan greenfield plant
Gujarat Angan Cement Ltd (will set up a green field cement plant near Abdasa in Kutch district of Gujarat)
Governor slams cement makers for obstructing affordable housing
Russian cement monopolists are obstructing efforts to provide people with affordable housing, the head of a region in southwestern Russia said.
Indonesia’s Tonasa gets loan offers for its 5th cement plant
State-owned cement maker PT Tonasa in South Sulawesi has received offers from three banks to provide loans to finance the construction of its fifth plant.
Italcementi says Bulgaria sales up in H1
Italy’s Italcementi Group, which owns the cement mills Devnya Tsiment and Dimitrovgrad-based Vulkan, said robust demand on the Bulgarian market
German Cement Industry sees 06 sales +4 per cent
Germany’s cement industry expects full-year sales up four per cent from 2005,
RZD Assigns Cement Cars to Eurocement-Group JSC
Russian Railways JSC has assigned a part of its rolling stock of cement cars to Eurocement-Group JSC. Under the RZD telegram,
Shares of Hanson jump in Cemex bid talk, UK
Shares in Britain’s Hanson rose more than four per cent on Wednesday as traders speculated that Mexico’s Cemex may make a bid for the building materials firm
Grasim to commission plant in Himachal
The Aditya Birla Group firm, Grasim Cement Industries, is to build the proposed Rs 1,000 crore Sundernagar cement plant in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district
LSR Group unit to build cement works, Russia
A subsidiary of Russia’s LSR Group, Tsement, plans to build a EUR160m euro cement plant in the Leningrad Region by 2009
Al Ghurair Investments plans for cement sector, UAE
Sultan Al Ghurair, vice president of Al Ghurair Investments, based in the United Arab Emirates, said that the company planned to establish a cement plant with US$200m investment
Buzzi Unicem grows in Eastern Europe and Mexico
Turnover at Buzzi Unicem increased by 9.9% during the first half of 2006 to EUR 1,518.6m, with the EBITDA advancing by 28.1% to EUR420.2m, while the pre-tax profit improved by 49.9% to EUR 83.3m
Aveng hangs Holcim out to dry, South Africa
Construction group Aveng, which reported sterling annual results yesterday, says it is in no hurry to decide whether to give partner Holcim’s mooted empowerment deal the go-ahead.