Cement News tagged: International

Buzzi Unicem improves margins thanks to Dyckerhoff

12 November 2004, Published under Cement News

Underlying turnover at the enlarged Buzzi Unicem group increased by 6.1 per cent to €2,097.2m during the first nine months of 2004 and the operating profit at the EBITDA level showed a 13.0 per cent a

More on the Rawang expansion

12 November 2004, Published under Cement News

Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd (LMC) will see the cement-grinding capacity of its Rawang plant increase by 800,000t by July next year when it commissions an additional cement mill there. The company ha

India Cement Output up 20% in north

12 November 2004, Published under Cement News

Major cement companies in northern India have increased production by about 20% from mid-October to meet growing demand from the construction sector, an industry executive said Thursday. "There has

Demand for cement to shoot up

12 November 2004, Published under Cement News

A continuing construction boom in Qatar may see the demand for cement go up steeply over the next two years. According to a study conducted on the region’s cement industry by Kuwait-based Globa

Lafarge says its Indian brand push is costliest

Lafarge says its Indian brand push is costliest

11 November 2004, Published under Cement News

Lafarge spends more on brand promotion as a proportion of sales in India than any other country in the world, the company’s chairman, Bertrand Collomb, told Business Standard today. "The market

Maltsovsky Portlandcement output higher

11 November 2004, Published under Cement News

In the past ten months of 2004, Maltsovsky Portlandcement, a major supplier of cement in Russia and Europe, made over 3Mt of cement, a 3 per cent boost year-on-year. Last year the factory made over

Growth of China’s building materials industry slows

Growth of China’s building materials industry slows

11 November 2004, Published under Cement News

The growth of China’s building materials industry has been slowing down quarter by quarter this year owing to the government’s macro economic control measures since the second half of last

Garadagh cement increases output

11 November 2004, Published under Cement News

Garadagh Cement has put out about 1Mt of cement since the beginning of this year. The chairman of the board of Garadagh Cement Uwe Koehler told Azer-press that it was planned to put out 1.3Mt of cem

HeidelbergCement improves margins

10 November 2004, Published under Cement News

In the first nine months of the year, HeidelbergCement achieved a turnover of €5215m. This represents an underlying increase of 2.6 per cent and of 8.3 per cent in absolute terms. The operating prof

Spanish cement sector targets waste burn

10 November 2004, Published under Cement News

The Spanish cement industry is aiming to reduce costs and comply with the Kyoto protocol on climate change by adapting some plants to burn refuse instead of coal and petcoke. The measure, supported by

Garadagh cement plans EBRD funding

10 November 2004, Published under Cement News

The executive board of Holcim prepares to sanction an overhaul of the company’s cement plant in Baku controlled by the joint-stock company Garadagh Cement. The overhaul will include the migratio

Argentina Loma Negra in advanced talks with Camargo Correa

10 November 2004, Published under Cement News

Argentina’s largest cement maker Loma Negra is in advanced negotiations over its sale to Brazilian Caue Solucioes Construtivas, owned by the Brazilian sector group Camargo Correa, it was reporte

TPIPL to spend $150m to expand capacity

10 November 2004, Published under Cement News

TPI Polene Plc (TPIPL), Thailand’s third-largest cement producer, said it plans to spend about $150m in its project to expand its cement production capacity by 3.3Mta to service the increasing demand

Shikapwasha Deports Chilanga Cement GM

10 November 2004, Published under Cement News

Zambian home affairs minister Lt Gen Ronnie Shikapwasha has ordered the deportation of Chilanga Cement general manager Ian Coulter. Immigration public relations officer Mulako Mbangweta yesterday said

New cement plant to be built in Morocco

09 November 2004, Published under Cement News

Holcim will build a new cement plant with an annual capacity of 1.7Mt in Morocco’s principal market of Casablanca. This will enable Holcim to meet over the long term the rapid market growth fore

Gresik predicts stagnation in sales

09 November 2004, Published under Cement News

State-owned cement maker PT Semen Gresik is targeting only a 10 per cent increase in net profit this year with sales stagnating at around Rp5 trillion (US$554.89m) to Rp5.5 trillion . Sales are not ex