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Lafarge, UltraTech eye Jaiprakash units, India

Aditya Birla Group and Lafarge are separately in talks to buy Jaiprakash Associates cement units, the Economic Times...

Fontana sees more swaps in cement reshuffle

Holcim Chief Executive Officer Bernard Fontana said swapping cement production facilities is more likely than outrig...

Cemex Mary Nour fine upheld by antitrust authority

Cemex has said Mexico’s antitrust agency upheld a fine of MXP10.2m (US$729,000) against the company for blocking a 2...

West China Cement profit warning

West China Cement (WCC) warned that its net profit in the first half of this year is expected to plunge more than 50...

Indonesia May cement sales rise 15.6%

Indonesia's cement sales rose 15.6 per cent in May from a year ago, data from PT Semen Gresik Tbk showed on Thursday...

Dangote targets US$35bn-40bn London listing, Nigeria

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is targeting a market capitalisation of US$35-$40bn for his cement company when h...

Brazil Jan-May sales rise 11.6%

Latest data on the Brazilian cement market shows that for the first five months of the current year, domestic sales ...

Cemex targets 35% alternative fuels substitution by 2015

Cemex has set a target of a 35% alternative fuel substitution rate in cement production by 2015, and is on track to ...

VSP plans slag-based cement plant, India

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) is planning a slag-based steel plant with a plan outlay of about INR2000 crore, Busi...

UAE cement prices drop 3.4% in May

The average prices of several building materials groups have undergone changes during May 2012, compared with April ...

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