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Ramco boosted by cost control, stable pricing

India-based Ramco Cements reported a 274 per cent rise in 4QFY14-15 net profit to INR934.2m (US$14.6m) on better cost management and stable cement prices. Revenues for the three months to the e...
News - 04 June 2015

Indian output down 2.4% in April

The output of eight core industries in India contracted for the second consecutive month in April, on poor performances by the cement, electricity, natural gas refinery products and fertiliser sec...
News - 03 June 2015

Switching to solid fuels in cement plants – technical solutions and case studies: Suchismita Bhattacharya, Penta India Cement & Minerals Pvt. Ltd (India)

Filmed at Cemtech MEA 2015, 8-11 February, Grand Hyatt Dubai, UAE
Videos - 02 June 2015

Holcim

Holcim's first-quarter turnover declined by 2.8 per cent to CHF3972m (EUR3699m), but on a like-for-lake basis, there was a 1.6 per cent reduction while measured in euros the turnover was ahead by ...
Corporate - 01 June 2015

Lafarge

Lafarge's first-quarter turnover increased by 5.5 per cent to EUR2779m and EBITDA rose by 17.5 per cent to EUR403m, while the running profit advanced by 40.4 per cent to EUR205m. Net financial cos...
Corporate - 01 June 2015

Vicat

Vicat's first-quarter turnover emerged 0.1 per cent ahead at EUR537m, which represents an underlying decline of eight per cent. The cement turnover improved by 5.9 per cent to EUR341m, as cement s...
Corporate - 01 June 2015

Shree commissions 1.5Mta Chhattisgarh line

Shree Cement commissioned its 1.5Mta clinker manufacturing unit at Baloda Bazar near Raipur in Chhattisgarh on 20 May 2015. The cement mill section had previously been commissioned on 24 February ...
News - 29 May 2015

Pakistan cement exports see monthly gains

Pakistan's cement exports during April 2015 showed sequential gains but declined over the first 10 months of the current fiscal on an annual comparative basis, with shipments to its main market of...
News - 27 May 2015

Burnpur commences trial production of Jharkhand grinding unit

Burnpur Cement has commenced the trial production from its new grinding unit at Patratu in state of Jharkhand, India, on 23 May 2015. Fully-fledged production will start next month. The company h...
News - 26 May 2015

A partnership for Congo

After decades of poor growth, sub-Saharan Africa has finally launched itself on a path towards greater economic opportunity and development and is now considered the ‘new frontier’ for emerging-ma...
Articles - 26 May 2015