Cement News tagged: Corporate

Vale to acquire Cementos Argos export coal assets

03 January 2009, Published under Cement News

Brazilian mining giant Vale says it has reached an agreement to acquire all export coal assets of Colombia’s

Holcim Malaysia poised for higher sales despite economic slowdown

02 January 2009, Published under Cement News

Holcim Malaysia Sdn Bhd expects to record better sales in 2008 despite a slowdown since the third

Cemex: canary Island asset sale completed

30 December 2008, Published under Cement News

Cemex announced this week that it has completed the previously-announced sale of its Canary Islands operations to several Spanish subsidiaries of Cimpor Cimentos

HeidelbergCement makes gains

30 December 2008, Published under Cement News

German stocks rose for the first time in four days, led by MAN AG on speculation Europe’s third- largest truckmaker will raise its stake in Swedish competitor Scania AB.

CRH implements previously announced Board changes

CRH implements previously announced Board changes

30 December 2008, Published under Cement News

CRH plc, the international building materials group, confirms that the following Board changes, announced during 2008, took effect from 1 January 2009.

Turkish Oyak to cut output

29 December 2008, Published under Cement News

Ordu Yardımlaşma Kurumu, the Turkish army pension fund known as Oyak, expects cement output and sales to fall 10 per cent next year, business daily

Heracles posts dividends

Heracles posts dividends

29 December 2008, Published under Cement News

Shareholders of Heracles Cement, majority owned by France’s Lafarge, decided a 32 million euro or 0.405 Euro per share capital return, Greece’s financial daily Imerisia reported

Credit Suisse exits Binani

29 December 2008, Published under Cement News

Vinod Juneja, Managing Director, Binani Cement, India, said that Credit Suisse has sold its 9.11 per cent stake which it held via a Mauritius

HeidelbergCement increases 2.2 per cent on low volume, rising for a second day, a 2-day rise of 14.4 per cent

24 December 2008, Published under Cement News

HeidelbergCement (HEI.F), Germany’s largest Building Materials company by market capitalisation, increased 66.0 Eurocents (or 2.2 per cent) to €30.90.

Cementos Portland Valderrivas dips 0.5 per cent, trailing 74.8 per cent of stocks

24 December 2008, Published under Cement News

Cementos Portland Valderrivas (CPL.MA), Spain’s fourth largest Construction company by market capitalisation, dipped 12 Eurocent

Cemex shares solidly higher; steel outlooks lowered

24 December 2008, Published under Cement News

Mexican stocks outperformed other Latin American equities Tuesday, with help from cement maker Cemex SA on news that its debt-refinancing troubles are easing.

Cimpor - Cimentos de Portugal gains 3.9 per cent on weak volume, monthly rise of 10.3 per cent

24 December 2008, Published under Cement News

Cimentos de Portugal (CPR.LS) gained 13 Eurocents (or 3.9 per cnet) to €3.47 in the week ending Tuesday December 23.

Cemex makes substantial progress in Its Refinancing plan

24 December 2008, Published under Cement News

Cemex announced today that it has made significant progress towards extending debt maturities originally scheduled for 2009.

Holcim decreases 1.9 per cent, P/E improves to four

23 December 2008, Published under Cement News

Holcim, Switzerland’s largest Construction company by market capitalisation, fell for a third day on Monday bringing its three-day fall to CHF3.10 or 5.1 per cent.

HeidelbergCement hit by a 52 week low

23 December 2008, Published under Cement News

HeidelbergCement Germany’s largest Building Materials company by market capitalisation,

Heidelberg stake surrender may not hit Mysore Cements just yet

23 December 2008, Published under Cement News

Germany’s Merckle family may have to surrender a 53 per cent stake in HeidelbergCement to a group of banks, according to agency reports.