Forum Moderator

Posts

Hanson’s profits hit by California and the dollar

Hanson PLC, the global leader in aggregates, generated a turnover of €5,723.5m, a decline of 1.1 per cent entirely be...

Bamburi’s Pre-Tax Profit Falls

Kenya’s largest cement-maker has reported a 16 per cent decline in pre-tax profit for the year ending December ...

Holcim and HeidelbergCement to split Belgian concrete business

As first highlighted by ICR in October last year, HeidelbergCement and Holcim have now decided to split up the jointl...

Ministry of Industry looks into allegation

The Basic Industries and Mineral Resources Department under the Thai Ministry of Industry is looking into an allegati...

Leyte cement haulers get 10-centavo raise

Local cement dealers have agreed to increase loading and unloading rates by 10 centavos to 80 centavos per bag, endin...

April-Jan Cement Demand In South India

Large-scale spending by the Karnataka government on various projects has ensured that cement consumption in south Ind...

High coal prices hurting

The high landed cost of coal into India is hurting the cement companies dearly. From US$35 per tonne early last year,...

HeidelbergCement boosts 2003 cement volumes by 11.3%

Turnover at HeidelbergCement fell by 3.0% last year to €6,372m, but after adjusting for the lower dollar and changes ...

China – Closing down polluters

As part of an environmental protection and industry restructuring plan, Guangdong Dongguan Municipal Government annou...

Indian cement growth

India’s cement output rose 6.69 per cent to 10.2Mt in the month of January this year, compared with an output o...