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After a continuous growth of over nine per cent since November 2009, the Indian cement industry registered its lowest growth rate for the second half of the current financial year in the month of
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12 March 2010
Cement Industry News
Indonesian business groups came out against the government’s plan to raise electricity rates by an average
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12 March 2010
Delays in the construction of a new kiln line have forced the second-largest cement manufacturer in
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12 March 2010
Plans for the expansion of the Bangladesh cement industry are underway, thanks to the government’s
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12 March 2010
Gujarat-based Sanghi Industries, part of the Sanghi Group, plans to raise about
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12 March 2010
With the Holcim group firmly in control, Singapore-based Jurong Cement Ltd (JCL) is moving to
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12 March 2010
Cement and clinker trading company, CTI Group Inc, has agreed to acquire a minority stake in
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12 March 2010
To supplement its manufacturing capacity at the upcoming cement plants in Madhya Pradesh, Himachal
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12 March 2010
After recently releasing less than positive financial results, the management of Caribbean Cement
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11 March 2010
Egypt has postponed until next Tuesday a decision on whether to either reinstate or confirm the
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11 March 2010
BBMG Corp announced that it plans to spend a total of RMB240m (US$35m) to set up two cement joint
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11 March 2010
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Trading
Most cement traders in Lusaka have reduced the price of the commodity from
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08 March 2010
The effectiveness of the Competition Commission of Pakistan has been proved
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04 March 2010
The cumulative volume growth of these four leading domestic cement players
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04 March 2010
Pakistan exports witnessed an increase of 0.8Mt during the first seven months of the current fiscal year
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26 February 2010
Pakistan exported 6.6Mt of cement in the seven months ended Jan. 31, compared with 5.8Mt in the same
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19 February 2010
Below is the wish-list of Vinod Juneja, managing director (MD), Braj Binani
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16 February 2010
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has approved a proposal to extend duty-free imports of cement
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09 February 2010
Philippine cement prices are stabilising, the Trade department yesterday said, as several manufacturers
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03 February 2010
A top official of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced Friday that the price and supply of
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01 February 2010
Ethiopian government has announced that it would stop importing cement as of February 7, 2010, the
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01 February 2010
Freight Markets
Despite a lack of movement in the Baltic Dry bulk index, it would appear that an element of confidence
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03 March 2010
A significant development in December has been news that Brazilian ore producer Vale is offering
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22 December 2009
The dry bulk market continued its strong advance mid-November with all sectors involved, but mostly
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17 November 2009
A dull end to September trading saw sharp falls in both the Cape and Panamax markets, down 11% and
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01 October 2009
Despite a weekly loss on all the dry bulk indices, brokers say there is no evidence yet of a full-scale correction, and with
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15 June 2009
Continued volatility in the ocean freight sectors marks the day to day progression of the Baltic Dry Index
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06 May 2009
While the Baltic Index for larger units has declined slightly in the opening days of March and market interest in both the Atlantic and Pacific basins has been somewhat muted for such ships
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05 March 2009
While the Cape shipping sector has been showing a modest rebound over the past two weeks, lower down the scale the reality is one of continuing bargain basement prices, despite some evidence of incr
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14 January 2009
As the year comes to a close, it is worth reflecting on a few statistics from the past twelve months since the market highs achieved in May and June, time charter averages for the four main bulk secto
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24 December 2008
While the Cape-size sector offered a degree of comfort to owners in early December, especially with the Baltic Capesize index posting some useful gains, this shift has not as yet translated into any p
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10 December 2008
Corporate
Lafarge Cement WAPCO said on Thursday its 2009 pre-tax profit fell 30 per cent to NGN8.96bn
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12 March 2010
Brazil’s biggest diversified steelmaking group, will start a gradual spin-off of its main business divisions
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11 March 2010
Vicat has further strengthened it already solid balance sheet with the gearing level falling from 34.7% at the end of 2008 to 31.4%, this time.
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10 March 2010
Holcim Ltd was downgraded to hold from buy at ING, which also cut its rating on Lafarge to sell from
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10 March 2010
Anhui Conch Cement plans to expand its business through mergers and acquisitions (M&A), after the
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09 March 2010
Italian cement maker Italcementi cooled market talk it could buy out its French unit Ciments Francais,
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09 March 2010
Italcementi’s turnover declined by 13.3% in 2009, with the underlying EBITDA being off by 12.7% to
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08 March 2010
An international court has rejected a request by Mexican cement
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05 March 2010
Cimpor’s turnover was virtually unchanged last year at €2,085.5m,
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04 March 2010
Caribbean Cement Company is reporting
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04 March 2010
Environmental
In a move which will help reduce its carbon footprint and control escalating energy costs, Lafarge
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08 March 2010
Thailand’s biggest foreign investors have learned to live with a lot in recent years
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05 March 2010
The start of new electric filter installation has taken place in
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04 March 2010
A new report said that the regulation of carbon dioxide emissions does not drive industries abroad.
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04 March 2010
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named Cemex USA a 2010
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03 March 2010
The regulation of carbon dioxide emissions does not drive industries abroad, a new report says.
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01 March 2010
The UK’s leading cement manufacturer, Lafarge, has been awarded the prestigious BES 6001
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28 February 2010
Lafarge plans to invest RUB600m in environmental programs at its Russian plants by 2012,
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26 February 2010
China Energy Recovery, Inc (CER) a leader in the waste heat energy recovery sector, was granted a
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23 February 2010
Castle Cement Ltd admitted four charges relating to dust and noise nuisances at Padeswood as well
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19 February 2010
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Recent Orders
To improve its performance, Sin Heng Chan Cement Terminal has contracted Cargotec for a major new
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12 March 2010
FLSmidth has received a contract from Angolan Fabrica De Cimento Do Kwanza-Sul SA (FCKS) for
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12 March 2010
An Indian company is competing against four Chinese firms for an US$80m contract
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05 March 2010
Operation Technology, Inc. (OTI), developer of the ETAP enterprise solution for electrical power
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25 February 2010
One Indian and four Chinese companies offered tenders for the engineering, procurement and
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23 February 2010
Polysius is to build a new 2500tpd kiln line for Ciplan Cimento Planalto SA at the Sobradinho cement
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20 January 2010
Volvo Trucks has signed an agreement to deliver trucks to Derba Cement in Ethiopia. Derba Cement is
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19 January 2010
FLSmidth has signed a contract with Chinese cement producer Conch to supply a 12,000tpd cement kiln
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14 January 2010
Saudi cement producer Southern Province Cement (SPC) and Sinoma have signed a SAR552m
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04 January 2010
China National Materials Co Ltd, one of the country’s leading cement equipment and engineering services
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29 December 2009