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Vicat maintains a strong balance sheet

With a gearing of 34.7% at the end of December, compared with 30.0%, Vicat maintains one of the strongest balance she...

Holcim mothballs more US capacity

Holcim’s turnover declined by 7.9% in 2007 to SFr25,157m (€15,822m), though on a comparative basis there was a 4.3% i...

UAE cement and construction: full industry analysis and forecast

Tom Armstrong, ICRG, UK

Cement market in Romania ’will stagnate in 2009’

The cement market in Romania will stagnate in 2009, because the lack of liquidities and difficult access to financing...

India’s ACC Feb shipments rise 3.6 per cent YoY

Indian cement maker ACC on Monday reported shipments rose an annual 3.6 per cent in February

Safety milestone at Hope cement works, UK

Lafarge Cement’s Hope Works team of around 200 people is keeping its sights set on safety and has

Pakistan cement exports up by 60 per cent

Pakistan cement exports grew by 60 per cent to 6.83Mt during eight months (Jul-Feb) of the current 2008-09 fiscal year

Mexico: GCC results positive, helped by exchange rate

The results posted by Mexican cement maker Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) in its latest quarterly report were help...

CRH plans EUR1.2bn rights issue

CRH Tuesday said it planned to raise about EUR1.238bn in a rights issue, as it posted a 12.5% fall in full-year net p...

Essroc’s cement plant being idled and may be closed for good.

Employees were told Monday that shutdown of operations will begin at the end of April and extend into the third quart...

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