Cement News tagged: International
Giant Cement, USW hope to end strike
Rumors of striking employees at Giant Cement, Harleyville, South Carolina being told to "hit the road" Friday morning were not true, a company spokesman says. "The rumor this morning that we fired ove
North America leads profit improvement at Holcim
Holcim’s turnover in the first half of the year rose by 24.6 per cent to SwFr.7,870m (€5,077m) and the operating profit at the EBITDA level improved by 18.4 per cent to SwFr.2,037m (€1,314m), as
Moctezuma wins cement market
As a result of the expansion of the installed production capacity in the north of Mexico, Corporació Moctezuma raised its market share in the cement industry in the last two years from two to 10 per c
Taiwan’s Asia Cement to invest more in China
Asia Cement Corp (1102.TW) said its board has decided to invest a combined US$3.3m in a cement firm in Chengdu, central China, through two investment arms. Separately, a
Senate to release findings on cement competition
A sub-commission named by Colombia’s senate to investigate claims that cement giants Cemex, Holcim and Argos are restricting competition in the domestic market is set to present its findings in
Anhui conch sees profits tumble
Government-imposed anti-inflation measures and soaring energy costs dealt a huge blow to the profitability of Anhui Conch Cement, China’s largest cement maker, in the first six months of the yea
Lorient cement plans
Plans by Cimarmor, a subsidiary of the Belgian registered Fuenciment, and run by Messrs. Carlos Borck and Javier Abad, to build a cement grinding plant at the port of Lorient in Brittany in western Fr
Oman’s Raysut to increase cement output
Oman’s Raysut Cement Co. (RCC) said on Wednesday its third production line would increase total output to almost 2Mta to meet the country’s increasing demand. The new line, with a capital
South fuels cement boom
It is the southern states of India that are fuelling the sharp improvement in the fortunes of the cement industry in the first five months of the current fiscal. The southern region witnessed an offta
UltraTech Cement opts for captive power plants
Ultratech Cement Ltd has earmarked Rs 600 crore for installation of captive power plants, chiefly a 92-megawatt lignite-based plant at Gujarat Cement Works, which will be commissioned by July 2007. Th
Calyon Bank Egypt: the financial advisor of Suez Cement Company in the acquisition of ASEC Cement
Calyon Bank Egypt has recently announced being the financial advisor of Suez Cement Company in one of the largest tender offers made on the Cairo Stock Exchange.
Business chamber questions Southern Cross cement imports
Cement firm Southern Cross Cement Corp (SCCC) is currently being investigated by the Bureau of Customs (BoC) for allegedly undervaluing its import entry declarations and for the alleged illegal withdr
Vietnam Deputy PM Praises speedy cement factory builders
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has praised officials and workers for their efforts to accelerate the construction of the Hai Phong Cement Factory, a key State project.
Four mega cement projects under construction in Ilam
According to Tehran Times, four cement production plants with a daily production capacity of 3,900,000t are being constructed in Ilam, a provincial official in this western Iranian province. Dehloran
Zhigulevskiye Construction Materials produce 510,000t of cement in first seven months of 2005
Zhigulevskiye Construction Materials boosted production almost by 13 per cent in January-July 2005 (part of Eurocement Group). In sum, in the first seven months of 2005 the
Iranian cement export
Iran exported some 188,000t of cement, worth US$9.946m, during the first four months of current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2005).