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Corporate profile - Lafarge

Lafarge’s turnover improved 1.8 per cent to €16,169m in 2010, with cement turnover being 1.7 per cent higher at €10,280m. Cement deliveries from the 168 plants were 3.9 per cent lower at 135.7Mt. ...
Articles - 24 October 2011

Corporate profile – Holcim

Holcim’s turnover advanced 2.5 per cent to CHF21,653m and 12.5 per cent in euro terms to €15,691m in 2010. The Asia-Pacific region represented 35.3 per cent of group turnover, against 29.3 per cen...
Articles - 24 October 2011

The leading majors

As ICR presents its annual review of the leading cement majors – profiling recent results and future plans – we begin by providing an analysis of trends amongst the top producers. We also identify...
Articles - 24 October 2011

Cement under the EU ETS

The 2005 European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) covers some 11,300 factories and power stations across 10 industrial sectors in 30 countries, involving almost half of Europe’s carbon emissi...
Articles - 24 October 2011

Sustained efforts

With global climate change on the top of the agenda, cement companies are making sustained efforts to reduce their environmental footprints. ICR reviews the latest offering of corporate sustainabi...
Articles - 24 October 2011

Jaypee Cement may start Dalla clinker unit in early 2012

Jaypee Cement, the cement division of Jaiprakash Associates, is seeing a delay in the commissioning its 2Mt clinker unit in Uttar Pradesh. Market sources said that, "The plant was scheduled to c...
News - 24 October 2011

Pakistan’s cement exports to India up 53.8%

Cement exports from Pakistan to India increased 53.8% to reach 0.16Mt in the first quarter of FY2012. The rise is attributed partly to an improvement in bilateral relations between the two countri...
News - 24 October 2011

Brazil: project quick-build

Very few places in the world are enjoying the carnival building and development spending-spree that Brazil is currently witnessing. Cement producers are already operating at full capacity, and new...
Articles - 21 October 2011

India: despite tough times, cement stocks could fetch good returns

Cements stocks trading in Indian markets are likely to benefit on an anticipated demand in the second quarter of FY12. This is in line with a sizeable number of infrastructure projects planned by ...
News - 21 October 2011

India: Madhya Pradesh wants control on cement units

Citing administrative reasons, the state’s labour department has proposed to bring existing and future cement manufacturing units functioning in Madhya Pradesh under the state government’s regulat...
News - 21 October 2011