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Lafarge Cement appoints new SA chiefLafarge Cement has appointed Thierry Legrand as its new CEO for South Africa. For the last four years, Legrand has been the GM of Lafarge Gips, the group’s plasterboard subsidiary responsible for...News - 11 June 2009 |
Binani Cement to raise funds for overseas expansionBinani Cement, part of the Braj Binani group, is looking for equity-linked fund raising options to fund its expansion abroad. The company, which currently has around 75% of its sales coming from ...News - 02 June 2009 |
South Africa: Stuiver to take over at PPC from CEO GomersallPretoria Portland Cement (PPC), SA’s largest cement maker, yesterday announced the sudden departure of CEO John Gomersall, who is to step down at the end of next month after 17 years at the helm. ...News - 28 May 2009 |
Cimpor: improving Egyptian, Brazilian and African profits make up for drop in SpainCimpor’s first quarter turnover improved by 3.5% to €481.6m, thanks to the initial consolidation of India and good growth in Egypt, Brazil, Africa and China more than making up for the reduction i...News - 28 May 2009 |
Vicat receives boost from EgyptVicat’s turnover declined by 9.8% in absolute terms and by 14.0% on a comparative basis to €425m during the first quarter of 2009. The cement turnover actually increased by 3.5% to €221m, while v...News - 08 May 2009 |
Lafarge’s European & American operations pull down 1Q resultsCement shipments in the quarter were off by 10.3% to 31.3Mt, while turnover from cement declined by 8.6% to €2,335m and the EBITDA emerged 9.5% lower at €573m. The aggregates tonnage was down by ...News - 07 May 2009 |
Sinoma signs EPC contract with Sephaku, South AfricaSinoma International Engineering Company Limited (Nanjing, Jiangsu) a subsidiary of China National Materials Group Corporation (Sinoma) (Beijing), has signed a general contract with Sephaku Holdin...News - 07 April 2009 |
Demand in developed markets falls rapidlyCement consumption in developed markets has continued to experience a substantial decline over the last three months, and demand in emerging markets is also slowing, according to Mike Betts, Build...News - 01 April 2009 |
Vinaconex starts exports to MozambiqueCam Pha Cement JSC, an affiliate of the Vietnam Construction and Import-Export Joint Stock Corporation (Vinaconex), shipped its first 12,500t of cement to Mozambique on March 25. Thanks to effort...News - 26 March 2009 |
PPC cement sales fall 9.7%Africa’s biggest cement maker, Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC), said on Tuesday regional industry cement sales fell 9.7 per cent in the five months to February due to a slump in the residential hou...News - 25 March 2009 |