Bangladesh: Premier Cement Mills completes expansion programme
Leading cement manufacturer and exporter in Bangladesh, Premier Cement Mills Limited (PCML), has announced the completion of it expansion programme, raising the consolidated in...
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Thailand: SCCC reports net profit dip of 8.8% on weak prices
Siam City Cement Plc reported a drop in net profit for the third quarter and the first nine months due to weak prices even though sales have surged. Third-quarter net profit fe...
India: Kozhikode construction sector comes to a standstill
India's construction sector in the Kozhikode district has come to a grinding halt with the availability of all key building materials, including cement, severely hit by indefin...
India: Lanco Industries to set up mini cement plant
Lanco Industries Ltd's borad of directors have approved a project to erect a 300,000tpa mini cement plant with a rotary kiln at an estimated cost of US$22.7m (INR125Crore) in p...
Wärtsilä to service United Cement Co's power plant in Nigeria
Wärtsilä has signed a three year Operations & Maintenance (O&M) agreement covering the United Cement Company of Nigeria Ltd (UniCem) power plant. This is an extension to the cu...
Thailand: cement consumption rises by 12% in 2012
Cement consumption this year is on track to surpass the target of 8-10% thanks to continued government investment in mass transit projects, says the Thai Cement Manufacturers A...
Cohrs Elected Chairman of Portland Cement Association
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) Board of Directors elected Cary O. Cohrs as chairman during the association’s fall board meeting in Washington, D.C. Cohrs succeeds Aris...
CEMBUREAU: competitiveness and legal predictability are key to EU carbon market
CEMBUREAU, the European cement association, said it will further reflect and analyse the European Commission’s report on the state of the European carbon market in 2012 so it c...
Holcim increases cement price 6.6% in Mauritius
Holcim has announced a rise in its cement prices in Mauritius. Customers will pay MUR211.60, up from the current MUR198, representing an increase of 6.6 per cent. The increase ...
India: cement dealers in the state will go on an indefinite strike
The agitation, spearheaded by Kerala Cement Dealers Association, is likely to severely affect infrastructural development activities in the state. A ccording to the associatio...
FLSmidth divisions to be renamed
Effective from 1 December 2012, the Non-Ferrous and Bulk Materials will be renamed to reflect the underlying technology focus in each of the two FLSmidth divisions. Non-Ferro...
South Africa: Vietnam cement imports investigated
The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) has confiscated some sub-standard cement imported into South Africa from Vietnam and is investigating complaints lod...
CRH hopes US storm repair work will help its sales
CRH expects to benefit next year from the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Sandy on the east coast of the US as reconstruction work gets underway. But the storm has also severe...
Pakistan: Building material costs to rise
While local Pakistani companies are anticipating a rise in building materials costs over the next year, their counterparts in Iran are already experiencing a hike of up to 30 p...
Ireland: Judge steps aside over CRH share dealings
A high court judge has stepped aside from a long-running dispute involving cement giant CRH, after a rival firm raised concerns about the judge's ownership of the company's sha...
Trinidad: CCJ dismisses TCL claim
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has dismissed a claim by Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) against the Caricom Competition Commission accusing them of acting wrongly and givin...
Holcim to invest US$20m to develop Ruhuna plant capacity
Holcim Sri Lanka will invest US$20m to develop grinding capacity at the Ruhuna plant in Galle to meet the future demand in emerging markets. Vice president marketing and sales ...
Semen Gresik to acquire Vietnam’s Thang Long Cement
Indonesian cement producer PT Semen Gresik Tbk plans to acquire a majority stake in Vietnam-based Thang Long Cement JSC, according to Investor Daily. Thang Long operates a 2....
Bashundhara Cement introduces VRM technology to Bangladesh
Mayor of Khulna Talukdar Abdul Khaleque along with managing director of Bashundhara Group Sayem Sobhan and other guests inaugurated the Bashundhara Cement factory, on Monday, a...
Titan suffers from Mediterranean markets
Titan's turnover for the first nine months of 2012 edged ahead by 1% to €847m, but the EBITDA fell by 26.6% to €162.5m. The EBITDA fell by €36.6m in the Eastern Mediterranean, ...
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