Siam Cement plans Indonesian cement plant investment
Siam Cement Group (SCG) plans to build a new cement plant in Indonesia to capitalize on the country's rapidly growing demand for construction materials, the Jakarta Globe repor...
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Mangalam Cement grinding plant project order, India
For its new cement grinding plant, Mangalam Cement Ltd. selected a grinding system from ThyssenKrupp Polysius. The new grinding plant is to be installed in Aligarh near New ...
Cochin port invites tenders for new bagging plant, India
The Cochin Port Trust (CPT), India, has invited tenders for the establishment of a cement bagging plant, the Times of India reports. The port will lease six acres of land fo...
Lafarge Surma Cement launches flagship brand, Bangladesh
Lafarge Surma Cement has announced the launch of its flagship cement brand, Supercrete under the brand theme ‘Dream Lafarge’. Supercrete will now be available with new and i...
New POLAB Shuttle system for Solnhofen, Germany
The Solnhofer Portland-Zementwerke, Germany, contracted ThyssenKrupp Polysius to install a state-of-the-art laboratory automation system in the existing laboratory rooms. Fo...
Holcim boosted by emerging markets
Holcim reported sales increases in four of its five group regions in 2011, led by emerging markets in Latin America and Asia, but the impact of the soaring Swiss franc continue...
HeidelbergCement issues Eurobond
HeidelbergCement issued a Eurobond today under its €10bn EMTN programme with an issuance volume of €300m and a maturity date of 8 March 2016. The proceeds of the transaction wi...
East African Portland Cement reports loss, issues profit warning
East African Portland Cement Co (EAPCC) announced a first half loss of KES88m on high production costs and increased competition. For the current year the company has issued...
Portland Valderivvas prepares new business plan, Spain
Spanish cement producer Cementos Portland Valderivvas is preparing a new business plan for the period until 2016. The plan will be presented before the financial institutions ...
Bolivian production rises 10% YoY
Cement production in Bolivia increased by 10 per cent YoY in 2011, according to figures from the Bolivian Foreign Trade Institute (IBCE), based on data provided by the Bolivia...
Colombian cement sales up 14.2% in January
Colombian cement sales in January reached 868,400t, up 14.2% than in January 2011. In this month 823,3000t were shipped to the domestic market, which represented an increase of...
ABB improves production process for Podilsky Cement, Ukraine
ABB has successfully commissioned integrated electrical, control and automation systems at one of the biggest cement plants in Ukraine. JSC Podilsky Cement, part of the Iris...
Titan’s Greek profits fall by 60%
Titan’s turnover declined by 19.2% last year to €1091.4m and the EBITDA fell by 23% to €242.7m. The net financial charge rose by 5.9% to €66.3m, and after €18.7m of impairment ...
Bosowa Group outlines cement expansion plans, Indonesia
The Bosowa Group of Indonesia has outlined plans to increase its footprint on the Indonesian cement market as it prepares to compete with some of the major players on the Java ...
New order of Intensiv-Filter in Lebanon
Ciment de Sibline is the third largest clinker and cement manufacturer in Lebanon. For energy saving and utilisation of grate cooler waste gases for raw materials drying, the c...
Cimpor full-year 2011 boosted by emerging markets
In its full-year 2011 results, Cimpor reported that Brazil continues to be its main contributor to growth, however, recoveries in Mozambique, Turkey and China helped offset sig...
Cementos Moctezuma reports solid quarter, Mexico
Corporation Montezuma reported that during the fourth quarter of 2011 EBITDA grew to 25% over the same period a year ago. A report in El Economista show that for full year 2...
RTsK eyes stake in Iskitimcement, Russia
Russian Cement Company, a joint venture of Sibtsem Holding and Rostekhnologii State Corporation, has reached agreements in principle for the acquisition of a 63% stake in Iskit...
S&P Assigns Cemex 'B-' rating
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its ratings, including the 'B-' global scale and 'mxBB/mxB' national scale rating long-term corporate credit ratings, on Cemex. S&...
Titan America receives air permit for Carolinas project, USA
Officials from Carolinas Cement Company announced that the Division of Air Quality of the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) has issued an ...
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