Cement News tagged: Corporate

Omani Raysut Cement profits rise

14 February 2006, Published under Cement News

Omani Raysut Cement Company (RCC) registered a net profit of 10.2 mln Omani rials ($26.5m) and total sales of 28 mln rials ($72.7m) for 2005, according to a statement to the Muscat Securities Market (

Lafarge 2005 sales up ten per cent

13 February 2006, Published under Cement News

Lafarge posted a forecast-beating 10.6 per cent rise in 2005 sales on Monday, as buoyant construction markets lifted its cement, concrete and plaster revenues. Lafarge generated revenues of 15.969 bi

Jordan Cement profit up

13 February 2006, Published under Cement News

The Jordan Cement Company has posted a 29 per cent rise in profit to $94.5m for 2005 on sales up 22% to $288m. The group is 40% owned by France’s Lafarge Group and is increasing output to 5.5Mta

Buzzi Unicem turnover up in 2005

13 February 2006, Published under Cement News

Italian cement and concrete manufacturer Buzzi Unicem SpA ended 2005 with a consolidated turnover of 2.95 bln euro, up 6.5 per cent year-on-year, the company said in a statement on February 10, 2006.

Hanson takeover speculation?

Hanson takeover speculation?

13 February 2006, Published under Cement News

Hanson could be the takeover target the City forgot. Shares of the construction materials maker have slowly but surely climbed to a five-year high of 686p, up a further 3p yesterday, on persistent buy

History repeats say Indian financials

13 February 2006, Published under Cement News

How seriously can one take Indian corporate houses when they talk of corporate governance? In 1999, Gujarat Ambuja Cement Ltd (GACL), a well-run, bluechip company blotted its copy book with a two-stag

No merger plans as of now: BK Birla

No merger plans as of now: BK Birla

13 February 2006, Published under Cement News

The Chairman of Century Textiles and Industries, B.K. Birla, says the group is not looking at merging any BK Birla and AV Birla business as of now. He says the group may look at the possibility of a m

Jordan Cement Company 2005 net profit up 28.7 per cent

10 February 2006, Published under Cement News

Jordan Cement Company , Jordan’s only cement firm, reported net profits of JOD67m ($94.5m) in 2005 on Thursday, up 28.7 per cent from the previous year.

UAE Umm Al-Qaiwain cement industries net profit

10 February 2006, Published under Cement News

The net profit of UAE cement manufacturer Umm al-Qaiwain Cement Industries Company jumped to AED172.5m (US$47m) in 2005 from AED85.9m (US$23.4m) in 2004, the company said.

Boral: profits down sales up

09 February 2006, Published under Cement News

Boral of Australia reported a nine per cent decline in six-month net profit, but said it remains focused on expanding its US operations as earnings from its key domestic markets continue to struggle

Lafarge N America to review offer

09 February 2006, Published under Cement News

Lafarge North America Inc.’s board has appointed a special committee to review the proposed tender offer by majority shareholder Lafarge SA. The committee members are unaffiliated with Lafarge S

Lafarge facing US lawsuit

08 February 2006, Published under Cement News

French building materials group Lafarge SA is facing a class action lawsuit in the US from minority shareholders of its Lafarge North America business alleging the price the group is offering to buy t

Ukrsotsbank opens UAH 10m credit line to Podilskyi Tsement

08 February 2006, Published under Cement News

Ukrsotsbank ranking among top ten Ukrainian banks has opened UAH 10m credit line to the Podilskyi Tsement cement company (Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi region), which is one of the three largest p

Aggregates acquires two concrete operations

07 February 2006, Published under Cement News

Aggregate Industries has bought two small companies, acquiring Sitebatch and Roller Compacted Concrete, both based in Bourne, Lincolnshire, for an undisclosed sum. The two firms, which together employ

CEEM raises stake in Bosnian TCK

07 February 2006, Published under Cement News

The Netherlands-based asset manager Central & Eastern European Markets Asset Management AG (CEEM) has increased its stake in Bosnian cement producer Tvornica Cementa Kakanj (TCK), majority owned by Ge

Gulf Cement 2005 profit increase

07 February 2006, Published under Cement News

UAE cement maker Gulf Cement Company registered a 269 per cent year-on-year increase in net profit in 2005 to 502.5 mln UAE dirhams ($136.8m) the company said on February 5, 2006. According to the co