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Italcementi 2007 revenue up 4.2% on improved sales

Italcementi SpA said late Monday its full-year 2007 revenue rose 4.2%, thanks to improved sales and the consolidation of operations in India as well as new acquisitions.     In a statement sent t...
News - 05 February 2008

Pakistan exports to India could increase

Cement exports in January hit a record high of 618,000t breaking the previous record of 575,000t shipped out in August 2007 data available with the research department of a brokerage house reveale...
News - 05 February 2008

Holcim firming up strategy to tap rural market in India

Holcim is firming up a plan to tap India’s rural markets and hopes to achieve a "substantial shift" in revenues from this market in the next 3-5 years.     The Swiss major, which controls India’s...
News - 04 February 2008

Pakistan cement sales up 22 per cent July-Jan

Pakistan cement sales increased 22 per cent in the first seven months of the 2007/08 fiscal year compared with the previous year on growing construction demand at home and abroad, an industry off...
News - 04 February 2008

India Ambuja Cements net profit up 29% in 2007

India’s third biggest cement maker  Ambuja Cements Ltd on Friday reported an increase of about 29% in its consolidated net profit in 2007 driven by higher sales, which were aided by higher cement ...
News - 04 February 2008

India’s ACC FY08 net up 16.78 per cent

Cement maker,  ACC Ltd, today said its net profit has increased 16.78 per cent to INR1,438.59 crore for the year ended December 31, 2007 as compared to INR1,231.84 crore during the previous fiscal...
News - 01 February 2008

Pakistan starts exporting cement to India

Bilateral trade between India and Pakistan has taken a significant step forward with at least five Pakistani companies approved by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) starting to export cement to...
News - 31 January 2008

Cement prices rise

After witnessing a slight fall in prices during the past few weeks owing to sluggish demand, Indian cement companies have increased ex-factory cement prices by Rs 10 to Rs 12 per bag in India’s no...
News - 30 January 2008

Dalmia Cement Q3 net rises 74%

Riding on a stable demand,  Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd today reported a 73.57 per cent jump in its profit after tax at INR112.54 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2007 as compared to INR64....
News - 28 January 2008

Pakistan exports up 111 per cent, July-December

Cement exports recorded a phenomenal growth of 111 per cent during six months of the current fiscal year to reach US$135.672m. According to the official statistics on cement export for July-Decemb...
News - 24 January 2008