CRH: acquisition and investment update, Ireland
Irish building materials major CRH plc announced it has undertaken 17 acquisition and investment initiatives during the first half of 2013. These transactions, together with th...
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Pakistan export earnings up in 11MFY13
During the first 11 months of fiscal FY12-3, Pakistan exported 8.013Mt of cement and earned US$524.68m, up 1.27 per cent and 17.43 per cent, respectively. These latest figure...
Siggenthal cement works shifts to lignite, Switzerland
Holcim’s Siggenthal cement works in Switzerland is changing over its fuel supply from anthracite to lignite. It is expected to require around 1500t per week to fuel its kiln. ...
China: concentration is the key
China Cement Association had drafted a plan to promote mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity and step up the elimination of obsolete capacity to increase concentration of the...
Positive start for Semen Baturaja on IDX, Indonesia
Semen Baturaja has received a positive response from the market during its first day of trading on the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX). The company’s shares, sold under the ...
Galilei Group plans Angolan investment
The Galilei Group of Portugal plans to enter the Angolan market as part of a joint venture, its chief executive Fernando Lima told local press. Preliminary work on the Cimen...
Qassim Cement line resumes production, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia-based Qassim Cement Company (QCC) said that a fire which broke out last Wednesday was caused by a fuel leak from the pumping station. Damage from the blaze led to ...
HeidelbergCement expands its capacity in Liberia
HeidelbergCement has successfully commissioned a new cement mill at its cement grinding plant in Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia. The investment in the new mill, which ha...
Algeria’s cement imports double
Cement imports into Algeria reached US$159.4m in the first five months of 2013, representing a 102 per cent rise when compared with the equivalent period of 2012, according to...
Sephaku Cement's two projects on track for 2014 completion
The construction of Sephaku Cement's ZAR3.2bn (US$322m) Delmas grinding plant and the Aganang clinker and cement works in South Africa are both at an advanced stage of developm...
Athi River calls for use of locally-manufactured product
Athi River Mining Tanzania Ltd is seeking the government’s intervention to stop sub-standard imports entering the local market. Concerns have been raised recently over the q...
Pakistan's June dispatches dragged down by lower exports
Total dispatches by Pakistan cement manufacturers during June 2013 fell 6.44 per cent to 2.702Mt compared to 2.888Mt in the previous month, held back mainly by lower export vol...
Sanghi Industries to invest in logistic improvements, debottlenecking, India
Sanghi Industries plans to invest in the upgrading of its logistics and removing bottlenecks at its Kutch plant to drive down debt. Company director Alok Sanghi said the comp...
Cementos Bío Bío appoints new CEO, Chile
Chilean cement firm Cementos Bío Bío has appointed Iñaki Otegui as CEO effective 1 August 2013, the company said in a filing to local securities and insurance regulator. Otegu...
JK Cement aims to double capacity in 5-7 years
JK Cement Ltd is undertaking several expansion projects to cement its position in the domestic as well as international markets. The Kanpur-based Indian company is settin...
Colombia cement consumption slips in May
Colombia’s cement demand slipped by 0.3 per cent in May, driven by a decrease at retail level. Distribution to builders and contractors as well as ready-mix companies, accordin...
Peru's five-month cement deliveries rise 12.7%
In May, Peru’s Asocem members delivered 832,648t of cement to the domestic market and exported 12,460t. For the year to-date, deliveries increased by 12.7 per cent YoY.
CRH plc announces non-executive board member, Ireland
The Board of CRH plc announced the co-option to the Board, with effect from 1 July 2013, of Mr Donald A McGovern, Jr as a non-executive director. Mr McGovern (62), a United ...
MPA welcomes spending review but reiterates need for accelerated delivery
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) of the UK welcomes the Chancellor’s commitment to increase public investment to over GPB50bn per year from 2015-16 as well as the announc...
India: Century Textiles to raise capacity to 12.8Mta by end-FY14
BK Birla-led Century Textiles is ramping up cement capacity to 12.8Mta by end-FY14 even as it described the present over-capacity situation as a major concern for the sector. ...
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