TOP NEWS STORY
Cemex warned on Thursday its derivatives position slid into negative territory as its share price collapsed and investors panicked about the company’s outlook.
Corporate
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10 October 2008
LATEST CEMENT INDUSTRY NEWS
Dangote Cement and Sephaku Holdings announced yesterday that they have entered into a shareholders agreement for Sephaku Cement that will see the building of a 2.2Mt cement plant in South Africa.
International
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10 October 2008
India producer ACC, a part of the Holcim Group, plans to add more capacity after 2010 to retain market share.
Corporate
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10 October 2008
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CEMENT INDUSTRY NEWS
Kenya’s Athi River Mining (ARM) said on Thursday it will start work on a US$120m cement plant in Tanzania next week that would be the largest in the east African region.
International
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10 October 2008
Heilongjiang Heihe Hengji Cement Co., Ltd, a cement producer based in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, northeast China is scheduled to export 100,000t cement to Russia in 2008.
Trading
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10 October 2008
The Ha Noi Securities Trading Centre (HaSTC) has approved Thai Binh Cement (TBX) to list over 1m shares.
International
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10 October 2008
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov signed a decree temporarily abolishing custom duties on imported cement beginning October 1, 2008
Trading
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10 October 2008
Nassef Sawiris, an Egyptian executive who owns nearly 15 percent of Texas Industries Inc.’s stock, has sent a letter to the company’s shareholders, petitioning them to oust two board directors, includ
Corporate
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09 October 2008
Growth of China’s cement output slowed down in August of this year, but price of cement hiked, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
International
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09 October 2008
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