UK: latest construction new orders remain depressed
The latest quarterly Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures for UK construction new orders released today show that new orders for construction remained at a depressed lev...
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Cement Hranice 2012 outlook, Czech Republic
Despite reporting an increase in 2011 cement sales, Czech cement producer Cement Hranice company expects a decline this year the Euro zone sovereign debt crisis and a continuin...
Holcim: realising growth potential whilst cutting costs
Holcim highlighted its cost cutting programme and the growth potential in its emerging markets at its latest investor and analyst event, which took place on 3-4 September in Zu...
PCA announces management changes, USA
Portland Cement Association (PCA) announced management changes designed to shift leadership to Washington, DC, in support of a renewed emphasis on national advocacy efforts in ...
New order for Gebr Pfeiffer in Malaysia
Gebr Pfeiffer SE has been awarded the contract by KHD to supply the vertical roller mills for grinding cement raw material and coal for Straits Cement new 5000tpd plant in Mala...
CPA: cautious welcome for Government’s housing sector boost
The UK's Construction Products Association (CPA) has cautiously welcomed the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers’ announcement to boost the housing sector. Commenting ...
Competition mounts for East Africa market share
Public sector infrastructure projects and the rapidly growing middle class in the East Africa region will be the main drivers of cement consumption as competition is set to int...
Mangalam Cement appoints CFO, India
Mangalam Cement has informed the board of directors at a meeting held on 3 September 2012, that Anil Kumar Mandot, joint president (Commercial), has been appointed as the chief...
West China Cement chairman shares buy positive - DB
Deutsche Bank (DB) says according to Hong Kong Stock Exchange filings West China Cement’s chairman, Zhang Jimin, has been buying back shares for the last few weeks since Aug. 1...
Deutsche upgrades India Cements to buy
Deutsche Bank has upgraded India Cements to "buy" from "hold", while cutting its target price to INR106 from INR120, citing favourable risk-reward on attractive valuations and ...
Odra cement works orders new VRM, Poland
Gebr Pfeiffer has been awarded the contract to supply a MPS 3070 BC vertical roller for grinding 46tph of blast-furnace slag for the Odra works situated in Opole, Poland. The ...
End of holidays provides varied freight pricing
The end of the holiday season in various parts of the world provided the freight market with a varied mix of price trends. In the Handysize market prices appeared to ...
Pakistan capacity utilisation drops to 10-year low
Capacity utilisation of the Pakistan cement industry declined to 68.29 per cent in the first two months of the current fiscal (FY12-13), the lowest level in a decade figures fr...
GCC profits rise 27.1 per cent in 1H12
Profits of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) cement sector increased 27.1 per cent YoY in the first half of 2012 to US$971.5m from US$764m in the same period of 2011, the late...
US first half shipments rise 15 per cent
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the USA and Puerto Rico for the six months to June reached 37Mt, up by about 15 per cent, according to the latest data from th...
Turkish investors apply to build Sinai cement plant, Egypt
Turkish investors have applied to build a cement plant in the Sinai region of Egypt, after Egyptian authorities issued legislation on developing the peninsula, according to rep...
Huaxin sees 82.3 per cent slide in 1H12 net profit, China
Huaxin Cement said net profit for the first half of 2012 fell 82.3 per cent YoY to CNY95.92m (US$15m). Operating revenue slid 1.53 per cent YoY to CNY5.49bn with basic earnings...
ANH Refractories revamps cement division
ANH Refractories is launching a revamped range of products for the cement manufacturing sector following a period of intensive testing and research. The American owned compa...
Yu Shiliang announced as new Sinoma chairman, Chairman
Following the sudden death of Sinoma chairman Tan Zhongming on Sunday, the company has announced that vice chairman Yu Shiliang will succeed him as chair. Tan, who was in hi...
Holcim’s Indian interests report August declines
Holcim’s Indian group companies, ACC and Ambuja Cements, have reported marginal declines in cement production and dispatches for August 2012. ACC, India’s second largest cem...
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