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New cement plant for Namibia

Ardea Investment, an initiative undertaken by Namibians and their Brazilian business partners Carlos Alberto Ribeira, are set to construct a modern cement plant in the village of Cleveland some 5k...
News - 16 August 2005

US in plans to bypass Kyoto protocol

The United States and Australia have been working in secret for 12 months on an alternative to the Kyoto protocol and will reveal today a joint pact with China, India and South Korea to cut greenh...
News - 28 July 2005

South African cement sales boom

Cement sales for the first half of 2005 rose by 10.3 per cent year-on-year (y/y) to 5,496,523t, the Cement and Concrete Institute (CNCI) reported. The increase in June was 6.9 per cent y/y to 1,07...
News - 21 July 2005

Holcim Shutdown ’No Threat to Supply’

The planned shutdown of a cement production line by Holcim South Africa, at the end of the year was unlikely to affect supply in Gauteng, the group said yesterday.  The disclosure by Holcim follow...
News - 15 July 2005

Foundation sets awards for sustainable construction

Late last year in Zurich, Switzerland, the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction invited architects, engineers and other specialists in the construction industry to join the first ever Ho...
News - 15 July 2005

Lafarge to invest more in gypsum division

Lafarge said on Monday it would increase its gypsum production by 20 per cent, through an investment of 300 million euros ($362.5m).  The world’s biggest cement maker said the expansion would take ...
News - 27 June 2005

Still no sign of any rate upturns

As dry bulk shipping markets yet do not seem to see the bottom of their diving trip, most industry players still analyze this situation as a short term correction and remain confident on the long ...
News - 16 June 2005

Cement producers in scramble to lift output

There is no cement shortage in SA, as some have suggested, but there will be one if action is not taken now, Barloworld CEO Tony Phillips said last week.  Two of SA’s four big cement makers have a...
News - 20 May 2005

Steelmaker plans could affect longer-term rates

While European steelmakers are, one after another, sending warnings about their financial results for the year 2005, the Chinese steel and coal sectors are on the edge of a global restructuring mo...
News - 18 May 2005

South Africa’s April cement sales soar

South African cement sales soared by  28 per cent year-on-year (y/y) to 971,604t after climbing by only 2.1 per cent y/y in March 2005 to 924,652t. The y/y comparisons are distorted by Easter fall...
News - 16 May 2005