Cement News tagged under: Eurocement
Holcim's No. 2 shareholder reportedly plans to vote against Lafarge merger30 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsEurocement Holding AG, the second-largest shareholder in Holcim Ltd, plans to vote against the Swiss company's merger with Lafarge SA unless the financial terms of the deal are altered, according to a person familiar with situation. Eurocement, which holds 10.82 per cent of Holcim, believes the terms of the deal continue to undervalue the Swiss company despite a revision of the agreement a little more than a week ago, the person said. The deal, which was originally structured as a one-for-... |
Mikhailovcement Jan-Sept output up 20.2% YoY14 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsMikhailovcement, part of the Eurocement group, produced 1.21Mt of cement in January-September 2014, up 20.2 per cent on the comparative period of last year. The Mikhailovcement plant, situated in the Ryazan region, produced 281,350t of CEM I 42.5H (+65.6 per cent) and 981,620t of clinker (+17 per cent) during the period. A total of 1.234Mt were shipped to customers, up +21.1 per cent YoY. |
Court of Appeal postpones Ahangarancement case in Uzbekistan10 September 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe Board of Appeals of the Tashkent Regional Economic Court adjourned the case on the claim of the Russian Eurocement Group holding due to the decision to invalidate the privatisation of Ahangarancement JSC. "The sitting was postponed at the request of the plaintiff," the representative of the court said. Representatives of the Eurocement Group asked for extra time in order to strike an amicable agreement with the defendant - the State Committee for Privatization, Demonopolisation and ... |
Eurocement appeals Supreme Court ruling on Ahangarancement03 September 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe Supreme Economic Court of Uzbekistan has received an appeal from Eurocement Group on the court's decision to annul the privatisation of Ahangarancement, in which the Russian producer holds a majority stake. On 21 July 2014, the Uzbek court declared Eurocement's 2006 privatisation of the cement plant invalid. Eurocement owns a 75 per cent stake in Ahangarancement, Uzbekistan's second-largest cement producer by capacity and market share. The ruling paves the way for the plant to be nation... |
Eurocement first-half shipments rise, Russia18 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsIn the first half of 2014, Eurocement Group shipped over 450,000t of PC 500-D0-N grade cement, 24 per cent higher than the previous year. PC 500-D0-N cement is actively being used in the construction of road projects and is seeing particularly strong demand in the Moscow market. Projects using this Portland cement type include the high-speed M-11 highway from Moscow to St Petersburg, the M-4 Don routes, the fourth ring road in Moscow and traffic intersections on the M-10 highway. It is als... |
Talks held on proposed Russian Karachay-Cherkessia plant29 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsRashid Temrezov, the head of Karachay-Cherkessia Republic, and Filaret Galchev, a member of the board of directors of Eurocement Group, are in talks for the construction of a cement factory in Karachay-Cherkessia. The new plant is slated to have a capacity of 4Mta. (Source: Vestnik Kavkaza) |
Eurocement faces losing Uzbekistan unit24 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsRussian cement major Eurocement is facing the loss of its facility in Uzbekistan in a nationalisation drive by the central Asian country. An Uzbek economic court in Tashkent has annulled Eurocement's 2006 acquisition of Uzbekistan's biggest cement producer, Akhangarancement, which could lead to its nationalisation. Uzbek media reports on 22 July said the Uzbek State Competition Committee filed a lawsuit last week against Eurocement's purchase of Akhangarancement. The Tashkent court r... |
Eurocement and Sberbank sign agreement29 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsEurocement Group and Sberbank of Russia have signed a cooperation agreement to secure funding for the construction of new plants in Russia. The agreement was signed by Filaret Galchev, Eurocement’s chairman of the board of directors, and Herman Gref, CEO and chairman of Sberbank during the XVIII St Petersburg International Economic Forum. The investment will allow Eurocement to increase its share of dry-process production to 100 per cent by 2018. By the time the programme reaches its conc... |
Russia: Lipetskcement output continues upward trend24 February 2014, Published under Cement NewsLipetskcement, part of Eurocement group, has continued its steady growth trend with clinker and cement output up by 46 and 13.7 per cent YoY, respectively in January 2014. In the first month of the year the company produced 105,500t of clinker and 37,500t of cement. Production of CEM II A/S and 32.5N and CEM I 32.5N increased by 28.5 per cent and 16 per cent, respectively. Bagged cement production rose by 40.3 per cent. |
Ulyanovskcement output rises in first 11 months, Russia23 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsUlyanovskcement, part of the Eurocement Group, produced 1.726Mt of cement and 1.45Mt of clinker in the first 11 months of the year, representing a four and five per cent increase on the same period of 2012, respectively. The company’s sales were also ahead by four per cent, having delivered 1.742Mt of cement to its customers over the period. There was a 15 per cent increase in the amount of road deliveries. There has also been steady growth in the amount of bagged cement produced by Ulyan... |