Kyrgyz Parliament demands the Government explain high price of cement
The Kyrgyz Parliament has requested that the government explain why cement prices have dramatically soared in the country, according to local press reports. Today deputy Dast...
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CMS embarks on expansion, Malaysia
CMS Cement, the sole cement manufacturer on the Malaysian state of Sarawak, is to invest MYR150m on an expansion programme, Malaysia’s National News Agency, Bernama, reported. ...
China to fast track infrastructure investment to spur growth
China will fast track approvals for infrastructure investment to combat a slowdown in the economy, state-backed China Securities Journal reports. The government had asked ...
Ghana facing cement shortage
The Ghana market is facing a shortage of cement attributed to the closure of Diamond Cement Manufacturing company, which has resulted in prices being increased on the back of h...
Lafarge appoints new India CEO
Martin Kriegner has been appointed CEO of Lafarge India with responsibility for all of Lafarge's cement, aggregates and concrete activities in the country, as part of the compa...
Commissioners consider Lehigh quarry plans, USA
Plans to reclaim areas of the Lehigh Southwest Cement Permanente Quarry over the next 20 years are now being considered by seven Santa Clara County Planning Commissioners, who ...
Holcim to cut 35% of workforce in Spain
Holcim will have to cut 373 jobs in Spain (equivalent of 35 per cent) of its staff in the country, local press have reported. The Swiss-based major is to shut down part of it...
India: dumping duty on UAE, Iran white cement extended
India’s Finance Ministry has extended the validity of existing anti-dumping duty on white cement imports from Iran, UAE until 11 April 2013. Business Line reports that this t...
Mexican prices see slight increase
During May, cement prices in Mexico and the United States showed a slight increase. Grupo Financiero Banamex said that according to its latest survey, the average regional r...
Indonesia monthly sales rise 12%
Indonesia's domestic cement sales rose 12 per cent in April from a year ago, data from the country's biggest cement producer PT Semen Gresik Tbk showed on Tuesday. Sa...
Tabuk Cement to add production line, Saudi Arabia
Tabuk Cement Company’s management board has approved an expansion project for the installation of a second 5000tpd line. The project also includes the construction of power ge...
Cementos Portland Valderrivas forecasts profit upturn in 2013
Cementos Portland Valderrivas of Spain expects to swing to profit in 2013 thanks to the Plan NewVal launched this year, new chairman and CEO, Juan Bejar, said on Friday. EBITD...
Indian cement: gradual improvements expected
Financial services firm Motilal Oswal Securities has said it is expecting a gradual improvements in the Indian cement sector which is starting to overcome recent challenging ti...
Sumitomo Osaka to sell more in-house power, Japan
Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co plans to lift sales of power generated in-house at a Tochigi Prefecture plant using wood biomass fuel, according to reports in the Nikkei. The power...
Lafarge appoints new US CEO
Lafarge has appointed John Stull as president and CEO, United States, putting him in charge of all aggregate, cement and concrete operations in the United States. The appoin...
Euro output rebounds in March
Euro-construction output rose in March at the fastest rate in at least a decade, rebounding after severe winter conditions in February. Construction output in the 17 nations ...
Siam Cement Group receives Gold LEED Rating
Siam Cement Group (SCG), has received a gold rating in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Building: Operations & Maintenance for its corporate headquart...
Lafarge Cement Wapco shareholders see bright future, Nigeria
Shareholders of Lafarge Cement Wapco have said that the strategies board and management are have put place in recent times will stand the company in good stead. The National ...
Tanga Cement plans second kiln line, Tanzania
Tanga Cement, Tanzania’s second-largest cement producer, said it plans build a second kiln line as it aims to increase exports to member states of the East African Community tr...
Bangladesh growth potential - comment
Cement production in Bangladesh almost doubled in the past five years, but the country's per capita consumption is still one of the lowest in the world, according to Lafarge Su...
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