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Siam Cement eyes top spot

Kan Trakulhoon, the heir apparent at the Siam Cement Group, aims to turn the conglomerate into the No-1 player in Sou...

Hanson foresees lower first half profits

While the North American aggregates division has been trading in good markets overall, helped by better weather condi...

RMC is closing Westphalian kiln

The RMC Group is splitting out its cement operations from its geographical management structure to be run as a separa...

Lafarge expands in China

Lafarge has undertaken to moves to strengthen its cement interests in China. The first involves the building of a se...

Wienerberger moves into Russia

Wienerberger AG is investing €30m in a brick plant at Kiprevo, in the Russian province of Vladimir, some 130 km to th...

Buzzi Unicem to raise additional equity

Although Buzzi Unicem already has one of the strongest balance sheets among the international cement groups, it is pl...

Saint Gobain expanding in Russia

Saint Gobain Isover is more than trebling its capacity to produce insulation materials in Russia, where it is already...

Grasim joins the top 10

KumarMangalam Birla, the chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, could not have hoped for a better birthday gift. Shortly...

Boy 9, to face death penalty?

Michigan, US: A 9-year-old boy is expected to face a judge next week for allegedly defacing a concrete floor with his...

Kesoram plans to raise cement capacity

Kesoram Industries, the BK Birla group flagship, plans to invest Rs 350 crore to raise the capacity of its cement pla...

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