Forum Moderator

Posts

Aceh rebuilding to start March 26, Indonesia

The Indonesian government will officially kick off rehabilitation and reconstruction programs in tsunami-ravaged nort...

Cement industry hit by higher coal prices

Vietnam’s cement industry has been seriously hit by surging coal prices, a major fuel used to produce cement, s...

Lafarge to complete new cement works in Mexico

Lafarge expects to complete the construction of a new cement works in thestate of Hidalgo by the end of 2005 or the ...

Kryvyi Rih Cement increases production

Kryvyi Rih Cement (Dnipropetrovska region, Ukraine), one of the countries five largest cement producers, increased ce...

Vicat posts higher profits in 2004

French building materials supplier Vicat SA posted a Euro166m net profit for 2004, a 27 per cent YoY increase, with a...

Fletchers to spend on cement expansion

Increasing demand for cement from the New Zealand building boom has prompted Fletcher Building to spend $60m on its p...

Grasim exits Birla subsidiary

Grasim Industries has parted with its entire 1.42 per cent stake in Basant Kumar Birla’s Mangalam Cement. Grasim, whi...

Cactus and horse manure – cement shares to plummet?

On a mesa close to the Mexican border a dozen men and women scooped up handfuls of mud and hurled them at the sides o...

Lafarge starts Batangas expansion

Lafarge Cement Services (Philippines), Inc one of the country’s largest cement manufacturer, plans to invest P2...

New grinding plant for Sudan

Cement Industries Malaysia Bhd (Cima), the country’s third biggest cement producer, plans to set up a M$50m (US...