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South Africa: sitting pretty

INTERNATIONAL REPORT ISouth Africa: sitting pretty A strong South African economy, with a booming housing construction and increasing investment in public-sector infrastructure, is creating a gro...
Articles PDF - 02 March 2012

Shriram’s chain result

I Shriram?s chain result With a 20 per cent production increase, Shriram Cement Work?s long wet- process kiln is claimed to have the world?s highest clinker production per cubic meter kiln volume...
Articles PDF - 02 March 2012

Shree’s world record

Shri HM Bangur, managing director of Shree Cement, said ?It?s a matter of great pride and honour for all of us at Shree Cement to complete the manufacturing unit in a record period as compared...
Articles PDF - 02 March 2012

Holcim

Holcim's 2011 turnover eased by 4.2% to CHF20,744m, but in euro terms there was a 7% increase to €16,790m and in US$ terms there was an 11.9% advance. The operating EBITDA declined by 12.3% to CHF...
Corporate - 02 March 2012

Lafarge

Lafarge's underlying turnover, adjusting for the elimination of the gypsum business that has largely been sold, increased by 3% in 2011 to €15,284, but the EBITDA declined by 7.8% to €3217m. The t...
Corporate - 02 March 2012

CRH

CRH's turnover recovered by 5.3% last year to €18,081m and the EBITDA was ahead by 2.5% to €1656m. There were 43 acquisitions made during the year, the largest being the VVM cement business in Bel...
Corporate - 02 March 2012

Cimpor

Cimpor's turnover edged ahead by 1.6% in 2011 to €2275.3m, but the EBITDA eased by 2.2% to €616.0m. The trading profit declined by 8.9% to €372.8m and after a 33.5% jump in the net financial charg...
Corporate - 02 March 2012

Cemtech Europe 2012

Cemtech’s 21st Anniversary event took place in Geneva, Switzerland, and was attended by 250 delegates representing cement producers from across all regions. Given the location of the event – in th...
Events - 01 March 2012

Cimpor full-year 2011 boosted by emerging markets

In its full-year 2011 results, Cimpor reported that Brazil continues to be its main contributor to growth, however, recoveries in Mozambique, Turkey and China helped offset significant declines in...
News - 01 March 2012

Emerging markets continue to drive Holcim sales

Holcim's consolidated sales for 2011 fell 4.2% on the previous year to CHF20.7bn (US$23.1bn), although the company says that on a like-for-like basis it saw a +7.5% increase in revenues. Due to ca...
News - 29 February 2012