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In a market that lacks direction, the news coming from China is also playing on shipping players’ nerves. First the lobbying body of local steel makers, the CISA, announced that 48 producers "plan...
News - 03 November 2005

FLSmidth wins orders in South Africa

FLSmidth & Co AS said it has won a contract worth DKr180m from South Africa’s Natal Portland Cement Company Pty. The DKr180m contract from Natal Portland Cement Co is for the supply of a complete c...
News - 18 October 2005

South Africans squeeze new entrant

South African cement suppliers and local distributors have reportedly conspired to drive out newly introduced Cheetah Cement to maintain their monopoly in Namibia.  New Era investigations have rev...
News - 13 October 2005

South African regional cement sales up in Sept

Cement sales in southern Africa rose 13 per cent in September to 1.24Mt, the Cement and Concrete Institute said on Monday.  Sales for the region, which includes South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Nam...
News - 11 October 2005

New orders for Loesche

Brazil: Loesche Gmbh has recently secured an order from Votorantim Cimentos, the largest cement producer in Brazil. Established in 1936 and headquartered in São Paulo, Votorantim Cimentos operat...
News - 10 October 2005

Lafarge hit by lower cement prices in Brazil, Malaysia and Korea

On the previously announced 6.3% increase in turnover 5.7% to €7,220m for the first half, Lafarge’s EBITDA for the period fell by 3.7% to €1,291m.  The trading profit declined by 7.3%, or by 9.3% ...
News - 09 September 2005

Siam cement unit: Firm eyes Indonesian mine

SCT expands exports as domestic sales fall. SCT, Siam Cement Group’s distribution unit, is planning to spend several billion baht to buy a majority stake in or create a joint venture with a coal m...
News - 07 September 2005

Kenya: Concrete roads could cause cement shortage

There is growing concern in the construction industry in East Africa that the adoption of cement in road construction will lead to shortages and price hikes.  Already, industry players say, th...
News - 07 September 2005

Pretoria Portland Cement to expand

PPC announces R1.36 billion Batsweledi cement capacity expansion project.The board of the company has approved the investment of R1.36bn to increase the company"s inland cement capacity in South A...
News - 30 August 2005

Athi river registers profit

Athi River Mining yesterday posted an increase of 64 per cent in its after-tax profit for the first six month to June 30. Surendra Bhatia, the firm’s Managing Director, announced that the profits-...
News - 30 August 2005