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Spanish cement consumption down 0.3 per cent Y/Y Q1 2005

Cement consumption in Spain decreased 0.3 pct year-on-year to 11.4Mt in the first quarter of 2005, Spanish Cement Mak...

Polpaico to invest US$13m in 2005, Chile

Chilean cement producer Polpaico, controlled by Holcim, plans to invest US$13m in 2005, according to the company&rsqu...

Lithuania: Cementas seeks EU funds for environmental project

Akmenes Cementas, Lithuania`s only cement manufacturer, intends to invest over 20m litas (EUR 5.8m) in upgrading its ...

More in pipeline: 50,000t cement orders received from Sri Lanka

Pakistan has received export orders for 50,000t cement from Sri Lanka, which is expected to fetch US$9.2m in foreign ...

Baltsem to install equipment for neutralizing Hexavalent Chromium

The Baltsem plant (Balakliia, Kharkiv region), one of the three major cement producers in Ukraine, intends to install...

Higher costs to crimp India cement makers’ profit

Higher fuel costs will have dented quarterly earnings of India’s leading cement companies, but their outlook re...

Indonesia’s Semen Gresik enjoys 37.7 per cent surge in 2004 Net Profit

State-owned cement maker PT Semen Gresik reported a 37.7 per cent increase in its 2004 net profit to Rp520.6bn(US$55....

Holcim Philippines returns to profit in 2004 on increased exports

Holcim Philippines Inc said it made a net profit of 1. 2bn pesos last year, reversing a loss of 318.7m pesos in 2003,...

Saudi Southern Province Cement Posts US$40.9m Net Profit Q1 2005

Saudi cement producer Southern Province Cement (SPC) posted a net profit of 153.5m Saudi riyals ($40.9 mln/31.8 mln e...

Grasim profits seen up

Only diversified Grasim Industries Ltd., the nation’s top cement group, is expected to report a small rise in f...

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