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For he is an Englishman!

Holcim’s Board of Directors of Holcim Ltd has passed a resolution to appoint Tom Clough to the Executive Committee. Tom Clough is currently CEO of the Indonesian Group company. He will take over h...
News - 04 February 2004

South African cement sales

Cement volumes rose by 13.9 per cent y/y in December to 671,525t after increasing by only 6.8 per cent y/y in November to 875,285t and compared with a 5.9 per cent y/y gain to 6.642Mt in the first...
News - 16 January 2004

Chilanga to consult on imports

The Zambian Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry has advised Chilanga Cement to consult the ministry before importing cement to offset their production deficit. Commenting on media reports tha...
News - 13 January 2004

Christmas cheer continues

The Christmas break will come now very soon but until the very end days of December, the dry bulk markets, will have maintained their firm note. The Capesize market has continued to see rates rise...
News - 28 December 2003

Christmas cheer

We are now less than two weeks before Christmas, and the dry bulk markets show no sign of a possible slowdown. This is confirmed on the voyage market where rates continues their steady rise, as we...
News - 21 December 2003

Pretoria Portland

Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC), which, in the 2002/3 financial year posted a 40 per cent increase in operating profit to R866-million, expects a further increase in earnings this year, although at...
News - 15 December 2003

Kenya – Bamburi and Worldwide Fund for Nature regenerate degraded Shimba Hills forests

Kenya – Bamburi and Worldwide Fund for Nature regenerate degraded Shimba Hills forests Lafarge-owned Bamburi Cement, no stranger to conservation issues, is teaming up with the Worldwide Fund ...
News - 08 December 2003

Kenya – Bamburi and Worldwide Fund for Nature regenerate degraded Shimba Hills forests

Lafarge-owned Bamburi Cement, no stranger to conservation issues, is teaming up with the Worldwide Fund for Nature in a project that is to regenerate the degraded forests of Shimba Hills in the so...
News - 08 December 2003

Thermo Electron Corporation continues to enjoy steady orders

For the first half of 2003, Thermo Electron Corporation has continued to enjoy the steady order performance for ARL X-ray analysers that was achieved over 2002. No less than 17 orders were obtaine...
News - 10 November 2003

Lafarge North America

Turnover in the first nine months of the year at Cimpor grew by only 1.1% to Eur1,028.2m in spite of the initial inclusion of the Andalusian business acquired from Lafarge at the turn of the year a...
News - 03 November 2003