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Votorantim announces 9M11 results
Votorantim Participações SA has released its nine months of 2011 results.
Indonesia spending US$200bn could benefit PT Semen Gresik
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono plans to spend about US$195bn on projects to overhaul ports, reconstruct roads and build bridges, as part of his drive to overhaul a freight-t...
China: cement prices fall 1.1%
The average price of cement nationwide fell 1.12% last week, dragged down by the price declines in Henan and Guizhou provinces.
Pakistani company to set up cement processing plant at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port
The Sri Lankan government has received the approval from the cabinet to award a contract to a Pakistani company to set up a cement processing plant at the Hambantota port.
UK Cement Industry continues to beat its environmental performance targets
“A landmark for the cement industry” was how Dr Pal Chana, executive director of the Mineral Products Association (MPA), described the industry’s performance against its Environ...
Loesche Round Table 2012 in Daejeon, Republic of Korea
For the very first time, a Loesche Round Table took place in Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
India: ACC gains on strong cement dispatches in Nov
ACC has said its cement production for November has gone up 4% to 1.83Mt YoY. The company’s dispatches have also risen 6% to 1.83Mt when compared with the same period last year.
Nigeria: Dangote Cement to expand Ibese plant
Dangote Cement Plc has signed a contract to expand its Ibese plant, said Joseph Makoju, chief operating officer. The expansion will double output at the 6Mta plant in southweste...
Algae.Tec launches its first biofuels facility with Holcim Lanka
Algae.Tec has signed a collaboration agreement with Holcim Lanka Limited to build its first algae biofuels production facility in Asia that will reduce carbon dioxide emissions ...
China: Prosperity Minerals sees increase in revenues and profits
Reporting its interim results for the six months to 30 September, Prosperity Minerals boosted its first-half revenues by 17% to US$507.8m while producing a pre-tax profit of US$...
USA: Buzzi Unicem holds meeting on hazardous waste burning permit
Buzzi Unicem will invest more than US$1.5m in upgrades to its Cape Girardeau cement plant in Missouri if changes to its hazardous waste permit are approved.
Sumitomo Osaka Cement eyeing future In China
Regional Chinese governments seem to have a voracious appetite for technology, marvelled Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co president Fukuichi Sekine after visiting China in November.
Kenya: concern over slow pace of cement plant
The construction of a cement factory in West Pokot was received with high hopes of new jobs and business opportunities, but more than one year after being launched by Prime Mini...
Iraq Cement Company achieves IQD16bn profit
Aswat Aliraq reported that the Iraqi Cement Company has achieved IQD16bn (US$13.7m)profit with operations from just three of it four cement plants.
UK: Lafarge picks Wincanton for cement contract
Wincanton has won a contract to deliver more than 2Mta of bagged and bulk cement for Lafarge Cement UK. The operator will work in partnership with the Lafarge’s in-house logisti...
Bangladesh: MI Cement win gold trophy for export
MI Cement Factory Ltd which sells cement in Bangladesh under the brand name of Crown Cement, has won National Export Trophy (Gold) for the second consecutive year
Australia: Holcim in land deal
A private logistics operator has purchased a large parcel of industrial land in the north of Brisbane from Holcim.
Loesche wins orders in Chile and Indonesia
Hormigones Transex Ltda, Santiago, Chile, has awarded the contract for a LM46 2+2i cement mill in Puente Alto in Chile to Loesche GmbH.
Cemex agree compensation with Venezuela government
Cemex is pleased to report that it has reached an agreement, through its Dutch subsidiaries, with the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
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