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HeidelbergCement: markets, margin improving in Asia, Africa

In April and May 2009, HeidelbergCement’s operational performance has improved compared to the first quarter of 2009. The Group’s total turnover reached EUR 4.3bn in the first five months of 2009;...
News - 09 July 2009

Holcim sees difficult outlook for 2009

Holcim said 2009 would remain difficult with demand still weak in the United States, Spain and Eastern Europe but emerging markets helping to slow a decline in earnings. Holcim, which is tapping s...
News - 08 July 2009

Budget fails to bring cheers to India cement makers

The Indian cement industry is not happy with the Budget as it fails to meet its long-pending demand for rationalising tax structures at par with other commodity makers, particularly steel. "We ar...
News - 07 July 2009

Dalmia Cement second plant update, India

Business Standard reported that Dalmia Cement Limited is setting up a second manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu with an investment of around INR800crore. Mr R Gurumoorthy the company spokespers...
News - 07 July 2009

Not much value in merging with UltraTech: Grasim

Grasim Industries, the leading cement maker of the A V Birla group, is not enthusiastic at a proposal to merge with its subsidiary, UltraTech, as it does not see value in the process at this stage...
News - 02 July 2009

India’s Ambuja June cement shipments rise 8.2 per cent

Ambuja Cements Ltd, India’s No. 3 cement maker, on Wednesday reported June shipments rose 8.2 per cent to 1.59Mt from a year earlier. The company, in which Holcim holds about 46 per cent, said pr...
News - 02 July 2009

India Aditya Birla cement shipments up 21.7 per cent

India’s Aditya Birla Group said on Wednesday cement shipments in June rose 21.7 per cent to 3.14Mt. Production rose 20.6 per cent to 3.08Mt, the company said in a statement. The group’s cement b...
News - 02 July 2009

Cement plans for Kenya’s Pokot District

A cement producer from India plans to transform the economy of Pokot Central District, once its new factory is completed, according to local press reports.   The Cemtech Sanghi Group has received ...
News - 02 July 2009

India cement sector leads growth in May

Cement output in India increased 11.6 per cent in May this year, indicating robust demand from the construction industry, whose growth was halted by the credit crisis last year.     Official dat...
News - 01 July 2009

MPS coal mill for THE KCP Limited, India

Only a few weeks after Gebr Pfeiffer AG, Germany, and its Indian subsidiary Gebr. Pfeiffer (India) Pvt. Ltd. had been contracted to supply a raw meal grinding plant, Chennai-based THE KCP Limited p...
News - 30 June 2009