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PCA Summer Forecast Revises 2006 growth targets

Although a slowdown of the US economy is expected, experts predict cement consumption this year to reach 129.6Mst, an...

Ultratech Cement shuts plants due to rains, India

Ultratech Cement Ltd said it has stopped operations at its 0.70Mta grinding unit at Surat in India’s flood-hit ...

Russia’s Eurocement to sell 25% of cement output on exchange Sep

Russia’s largest cement producer Eurocement plans to sell 500,000t of cement, or 25% of its total output, on th...

Talks due over ownership of Portland

Major shareholders of East African Portland Cement Company are set to discuss its controversial ownership tomorrow.

US Concrete 2Q profit climbs

US Concrete Inc posted a 19 per cent jump in profit, but results missed Wall Street’s forecast, and shares of t...

Spain Bipadosa raises stake in Cimpor, Portugal

Spanish company Bipadosa has raised its stake in Portuguese cement company Cimpor - Cimentos de Poertugal SGPS to 2.3...

Vietnam plans to increase prices

The Vietnam Cement Association said it has proposed a road map for a cement price hike in a bid to compensate for the...

Southern Africa cement sales rise in July

Cement sales in the Southern African Customs Union, consisting of South Africa and four neighbours, gained 15 per cen...

Egyptian National Cement profits down

Egyptian National Cement Company (NCC) registered a decrease in net profit to 256.2m Egyptian pounds (US$44.6m) for t...

Higher returns improve cement sector fortunes

With cement prices climbing higher, the balance sheet of leading Indian cement companies are looking healthier than e...