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DEQ to hold permit hearing for Lafarge, US

The Department of Environmental Quality presented the Alpena Intergovernmental Air and Water Quality Committee with a draft of Lafarge’s alternate fuel burning permit and announced the date of a p...
News - 17 October 2008

Sinoma unit wins EUR12.885m contract in Cyprus

China Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd said in a filing with the Shanghai Stock Exchange that its subsidiary CBMI Construction Co Ltd has inked contract worth EUR 12.885m to help Vassiliko ...
News - 17 October 2008

India: cement despatches up but demand still slow

Cement despatches may have grown in September after a lull, but demand is yet to pick up. While north India is showing signs of revival and the south continues its cement-hungry streak, other part...
News - 17 October 2008

Gamesa to supply G80-2MW wind turbines to Lafarge Ciments

The wind turbines will be installed in the third phase of the Tetouan wind farm in Morocco. In addition to the supply of the wind turbine generators, the contract also includes their installation ...
News - 17 October 2008

Cemex halts investment projects

Within hours of announcing its 3Q results, Cemex has brought out a statement that saying that almost US$500m of annual savings were to be implemented before the end of this year.  The capital expe...
News - 17 October 2008

Russia cement makers halt plans as demand shrinks

Cement producers in Russia, are slashing their expansion plans as demand from property developers shrinks due to the credit crisis, Kommersant reported on Wednesday. Only 15 per cent of the proje...
News - 15 October 2008

Lafarge to stop importing cement next year, Indonesia

Lafarge Cement, a French cement producer controlling a 99% stake in PT Semen Andalas Indonesia, is going to stop importing 1.1Mta of cement starting from 2009. The company decides to stop impo...
News - 15 October 2008

Cement demand still likely to outrun supply, despite plans for new capacity

A new 2.2Mta cement plant being planned by a Nigerian firm and its local partner will likely still find buyers for its product, as additional capacity would be needed in future, an expert said on ...
News - 14 October 2008

India cement firms’ Q2 advance tax falls

A slowdown seems to be catching up with the construction sector, if the 35 per cent decline in advance tax payments of cement companies in September 2008 is any indication. Many leading cement man...
News - 13 October 2008

Chinese firms eye two cement plants in the Philippines

A group of cement producers from China is seriously considering the construction of greenfield plants in the Philippines with a combined output of 3Mt and minimum investments of US$400m. Francis ...
News - 13 October 2008