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Cement Firms cleaning up their actThe cement industry is feeling the pinch these days. Some cement companies are under investigation on the charge that they manufactured cement out of industrial wastes that are harmful to humans. ...News - 21 November 2006 |
US cement manufacturers’ 2007 project spending could top $2bnCapital project spending at US cement manufacturing plants could possibly exceed 2006 figures by 10 to 25 per cent, a total of $2.7bn for 125 projects, according to research conducted by Industria...News - 21 November 2006 |
Hima Cement to open factory at NamanveHima Cement, a subsidiary of the Lafarge Group, has embarked on the construction of a new plant worth US$93m (Shs165bn) at Namanve near Kampala. The Kasese - based cement giant has contracted ...News - 20 November 2006 |
Lafarge to award Veolia major contract to transport cement slagLafarge is to award the transport unit of Veolia Environnement a major contract to transport 250,000-300,000tpa of slag used in making cement, the daily Les Echos said, without citing sources. ...News - 20 November 2006 |
Natal Portland Cement Gets Empowerment PartnerCimpor, owner of Natal Portland Cement, said yesterday that it would sell a 26% stake in the South African operation to a black economic empowerment entity. By selling a stake to a local conso...News - 17 November 2006 |
Lafarge’s China JV sees surge in domestic demandChina’s cement consumption is seen rising 30 per cent by 2010, but keen competition should send 40 per cent of the nation’s roughly 5000 plants into the red this year, a senior executive of Lafarg...News - 16 November 2006 |
Lafarge South Africa embarks on R1.2bn expansion as demand risesLafarge SA, could import about 600,000t of cement and clinker until it increases its capacity in 2008, CEO Albert Corcos said. Several local cement producers have embarked on cement capacity expa...News - 13 November 2006 |
South African construction costs to soar with cement price increaseIncreases in the domestic price of cement appear imminent and will raise the cost of major construction projects, including the government’s infrastructural expenditure programme and 2010 soccer W...News - 13 November 2006 |
Cement makers in for busy time, MalaysiaThe wait is over and things could finally be looking up for Malaysia’s cement sector. About six months after the announcement of the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP), the Government has finally announ...News - 13 November 2006 |
Lafarge gets its best improvements from Eastern EuropeLafarge’s turnover for the first nine months increased by 17.9% to EUR13,863m and the rose EBITDA by 23.5% to EUR2,959m. The trading profit before exceptional items rose by 29.3% to EUR2,181m, whi...News - 10 November 2006 |