India: cement prices have started to weaken
CLSA India says cement prices have started to drop across India, with dealers expecting more falls ahead, according to its India Reality Research survey. Cement prices have ...
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India: Madras Cements eyes 20% growth
Buoyed by likely growth in demand for cement in south and the company's renewed focus this year on a few states in the east and west, Madras Cements expects a 20% growth in its...
Commission demands Lafarge/Anglo asset sale, UK
The UK’s Competition Commission (CC) has said Anglo American PLC and Lafarge must sell a significant portfolio of operations before their proposed construction materials joint ...
FLSmidth wins large cement order in the Middle East
FLSmidth has signed a contract worth approximately EUR85m with an undisclosed company in the Middle East to supply a complete 6000tpd cement production line. The contract com...
PCA: modest cement demand growth for 2012, greater growth beyond
Stronger than expected job creation and the beginning of a construction industry recovery means gains in real construction spending will materialise this year—after seven years...
Madras Cements sees 20 per cent growth in FY12-13
Madras Cements expects a 20 per cent growth in its top line in the current financial year (2012-13) buoyed by expected cement deman growth in the south and the company’s renewe...
Eurocement places order with KHD for new plant, Russia
Leading Russian cement producer Eurocement has placed an order for more than €80m with KHD for a new cement plant to be built in Stavropol, Russia. The contract between Stavr...
Raysut Cement group profits rise, Oman
Oman-based cement producer, Raysut Cement reported net profit before tax rose 37.4 per cent to OMR6.84m for the first three months of 2012, from OMR4.98m (US$13m) in the same p...
State Housing Company, Pozzolana Ghana sign supply MoU
Pozzolana Ghana Ltd (PGL), a subsidiary of PMC Global Link of the USA and the State Housing Company (SHC) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to supply cement ...
Cementos Pacasmayo first-quarter volumes ahead, Peru
Cementos Pacasmayo, a leading Peruvian cement company, announced today its consolidated results for the first quarter period ended March 31, 2012. In 1Q12, cement demand was...
Heidelbergcement Ukraine quarterly loss
For the first quarter of 2012, HeidelbergCement Ukraine (Dnipropetrovsk region), one of the largest cement producers in Ukraine, incurred losses of UAH71.595m (EUR6.7m). Accor...
MPA figures highlight need for UK construction investment
The UK's Mineral Product Association (MPA) results for the first quarter of 2012 indicate a substantial reduction in sales of aggregates, ready mixed concrete and asphalt, conf...
Vulcan boosts first-quarter EBITDA by 36%
Vulcan Materials' first quarter turnover showed a 10.0% recovery to US$535.9m and the EBITDA recovered by 36.4% to US$34,0m, but at the underlying level there was a near nine-f...
Lafarge to set up two cement plants in Algeria – report
Lafarge will build two cement plants in Algeria in partnership with local private group Sagremac. Thanks to the two projects, the French company will be able to boost its posi...
Lucky Cement nine-month net profit rise, Pakistan
Lucky Cement has reported net profit of PKR4.68bn (US$51.5m) for the nine-month period ending 31 March 2012, representing an 89 per cent rise compared to the PKR2.47bn earned i...
Gresik sees 20% 1Q12 rise, aims to increase market share
In the first quarter of 2012, Semen Gresik earned IDR4.28trn (US$466m) in revenue, a 20 per cent increase from IDR3.55trn during the same period last year and hopes two new pla...
Argos gets green light for spin-off, Colombia
Grupo Argos (formerly Inversiones Argos) and Cementos Argos received today the approval of the Colombian Financial Superintendence to spin-off certain non-cement assets, curren...
Loesche ThermoProzess GmbH integrates UCON division, Germany
Loesche ThermoProzess GmbH has taken over the specialised “Combustion Technology” department of UCON AG Containersysteme KG, Gelsenkirchen. For more than 60 years, this divis...
INC to import 80,000t of clinker, Paraguay
Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) will rise this week to the Public Procurement website’s invitation to bid, with an auction to buy 80,000t of clinker imports. This is the ...
Bokaro Jaypee Cement Plant inaugurated, India
Chief Minster Arjun Munda on Friday inaugurated the Bokaro Jaypee Cement Plant (BOJCP) which has a capacity of 2.1Mta at Balidih Industrial Area of Bokaro Steel City. The proje...
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