UK: Hanson looks to recruit more staff, raise output
Hanson Cement has said it is looking to recruit more staff and could see its production levels return to normal by the end of January next year as confidence in the UK’s constr...
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Ashaka Cement pretax profit down 58.87%, Nigeria
Ashaka Cement pretax profit fell to NGN2.16bn (US$13.6m) in the first nine months of 2013, down 58.87 per cent from NGN5.27bn a year ago. Turnover for the Nigeria-based produce...
Eurocement launches two new cement types, Russia
Eurocement’s new Podgorensky plant in the Voronezh region of Russia has launched the production of two special types of cement designed to be used in the construction of reside...
Eagle's 1H benefits from Lafarge acquisition
First-half turnover for Eagle Materials to the end of September, including its share of the Texan cement joint venture with HeidelbergCement, advanced by 46 per cent to US$535....
Zuari Cement breaks ground on new grinding plant, India
Italcementi group company Zuari Cement has launched the construction of a 1Mta grinding unit in Solapur, Maharashtra. The groundbreaking ceremony, held on Wednesday, was att...
Holcim Philippines boosted by higher demand
Holcim Philippines has reported a 34.2 per cent increase in third-quarter earnings driven by stronger sales revenue and cost-cutting and efficiency improvement measures. Net ...
Dangote nine-month pretax profit rises 42.5%
Dangote Cement said its pretax profit for the first nine months of 2013 rose 42.5 per cent to NGN151.72bn (US$952m), compared with NGN93bn in the same period last year. Revenue...
Akmenes sees improved sales, Lithuania
Akmenes Cement’s sales for the nine months to the end of September 2013 rose by 5.2 per cent to 826,700t. Revenue was LTL194.076m (EUR56m) for the first three quarter of 2013....
Lucky Cement first-quarter profit up 26%
Pakistan’s largest cement producer, Lucky Cement, reported a rise in profit of 26 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal. The company recorded after-tax profit o...
US July cement shipments and imports rise
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico in July 2013 reached about 8.1Mt, US Geological Survey statistics show, which translates to an 11 per c...
Peru’s Cementos Pacasmayo net profit up 4.1%
Cementos Pacasmayo saw its net income increase by 4.1 per cent to PEN48.8m (US$17.6m) in the third quarter compared to the same period of 2012. Consolidated EBITDA rose by 17....
Fritz and Macziol wins new contract from Cemex
Fritz and Macziol has won a contract from Cemex to supply its VAS® IT-logistics solution to be rolled out across several of its cement plants, starting with Germany. Cemex will...
PT Semen Indonesia nine-month net profit rises 15% YoY
PT Semen Indonesia said Tuesday that its net profit rose 15 per cent YoY to IDR3.91trn (US$353m) during the first nine months of the year. The company recorded revenue of IDR17...
Lafarge WAPCO reports 26% rise in pretax profit
Lafarge WAPCO Cement Nigeria has recorded an increase in pretax profits of 26 per cent for the nine months to the end of September. The company reported pretax profits of NGN2...
Lipetskcement output increases 27.9%, Russia
Russia-based Lipetskcement, part of the Eurocement Group Holding, produced a total of 1.33Mt of cement, an increase of 27.9 per cent (247,350t) compared to the the first three ...
Colombia’s cement production increases 12.1% in September
Colombian cement producers increased their output in September by 12.1 per cent to 1.003Mt when compared with September 2013. During the month they also dispatched 0.981Mt, an ...
KHD wins new cement grinding order in Turkey
Batisöke Söke Çimento Sanayi TAS awarded KHD Humboldt Wedag a contract for engineering and delivery of equipment to increase its cement grinding capacity at its plant in wester...
Lafarge Pakistan 9M13 net profit rises 17.6%, third quarter disappoints
For the first nine months of the year Lafarge Pakistan Cement earned a profit of 17.6 per cent but third quarter sales proved disappointing. For the Jan-September 2013 period...
Akhangaracement 9M13 production and shipments rise, Uzbekistan
Akhangaracement JSC, part of the Eurocement Group, produced 1.176Mt of cement and 853,503t of clinker in the first nine months of the year, up 1.61 per cent and 7.66 per cent Y...
Habesha due to start new Ethiopia plant construction
Habesha Cement finally plans to start construction of its new 1.4Mta greenfield works in Ethiopia following delays of some three years. Mesfin Abi, CEO of Habesha Cement Shar...
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