Cement News tagged: International
Jaypee Cement plans new unit
India: Jaypee Cement Ltd is planning to set up a 4.5Mta grinding plant at Tanda in Uttar Pradesh with an investment of Rs750 crore. "This is a big investment in UP, and we are expanding our base fast,
Guj Ambuja cement shipments up
Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd (GACL) along with Ambuja Cement Eastern Ltd. and Ambuja Cement Rajasthan Ltd. has dispatched 13.24Mt of cement during April-March 2003-04 against 11.88Mt in the correspondin
Lafarge buys US concrete company
Lafarge Building Materials Inc a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lafarge which holds the former cement and ready-mix assets of Blue Circle in the United States, has completed the acquisition of the assets
UAE Gulf Cement Produces 1.4Mt cement in 2003
UAE cement company Gulf Cement Gulf Cement, based in the UAE emirate of Ras al-Khaimah, produced a total of 1.4Mt of cement in 2003 and reported clinker output of some 1.23Mt for the year, it was
Athi river expansion
Kenya: cement maker Athi River Mining yesterday reported a 69 per cent rise in after-tax profit from Sh57.4m to Sh97m for 2003. The pre-tax profit was up 60 per cent from Sh82.1m to Sh131.2m. Cement
Indocement reduce net gearing ratio
The Management of PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk (Indocement) is trying to reduce its debt to equity ratio (net gearing ratio) by paying some debts in stages. Thomas Kern, the finance director of
Durgapur Cement plans expansion
India: Durgapur Cement has embarked on an expansion programme to set up a new unit, Durga High Tech. Durgapur Cement president Debasis Ghosh said yesterday at the inauguration of the new unit
Boral marks time for AdBri
Boral is expected to extend its A$1 billion-plus takeover offer for cement maker Adelaide Brighton by another month to close probably by early May. This is because the competition watchdog, the Austr
Chilanga Shareholders reject K60 dividend
CHILANGA Cement Plc shareholders last Friday rejected a K60 dividend offer arguing for an amount that reflected the company’s good performance for 2003. But the dividend was passed by division,
St Louis plant discussions continue
Hundreds of supporters of a controversial plan to build one of the world’s largest cement plants packed public meetings Monday in St. Louis and Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Holcim Inc, based in Switzerl
Holcim Deutschland
German cement manufacturer Holcim Deutschland AG, a subsidiary of the Holcim group, posted a record-high net loss of 40.4 mln euro ($49.2m) for 2003, it was reported on March 30, 2004. No comparative
Dyckerhoff Plans Further cost cuts
Dyckerhoff AG said Tuesday it plans to cut more costs in 2004 in a bid to improve its operating profit this year. Dyckerhoff will start its successful restructuring program "Dyckerhoff 21" within the
Jiangmen Conch Cement starts construction
The first construction of Jiangmen Conch Cement Co has reportedly begun, With an investment of CNY500 million, the construction will officially begin in June 2004. At present, the newly bought loading
Ambuja postpones plant expansion
Ambuja Cement Eastern, a subsidiary of Gujarat Ambuja Cements, has decided to shelve its expansion plans till the closure of the company’s current accounting year at the end of June 2004. The m
Lafarge to Build a new production line in Bouskoura, Morocco
Lafarge has today announced th edecision by Lafarge Ciments (Morocco), its 50 per cent subsidiary, to build a new production line in Bouskoura, Morocco, to increase the cement capacity by over 900,00
Indonesia Feb domestic cement sales up 20 per cent YoY.
Indonesian domestic cement sales jumped 20 per cent to 2.04Mt in February compared to the same month last year, the country’s largest cement maker said.