Pakistan’s cement exports to India up 53.8%
Cement exports from Pakistan to India increased 53.8% to reach 0.16Mt in the first quarter of FY2012. The rise is attributed partly to an improvement in bilateral relations betw...
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Saudi Cement to buy 40% in Kuwait venture
Saudi Cement Co signs MoU for new Kuwaiti cement company, in which it plans to buy a 40% stake.
Jaypee Cement may start Dalla clinker unit in early 2012
Jaypee Cement, the cement division of Jaiprakash Associates, is seeing a delay in the commissioning its 2Mt clinker unit in Uttar Pradesh.
Grasim reports improved Q2FY12 performance
Grasim Industries Ltd, part of the Aditya Birla Group, has reported good results for the second quarter ended 30 September 2011, supported by improved performance of both its ce...
Holcim’s Midlothian plant becomes EPA Green Power Partner
Holcim’s Midlothian plant in Texas qualifies under the US EPA Green Power Partnership.
Thailand: supply crunch and floods force SCG to close units
Siam Cement Group (SCG), Thailand’s top industrial conglomerate, says its building-materials and paper plants have begun shutting down due to logistics problems and raw ma...
China Resources Cement Holdings chairman resigns
The board at China Resources announced that Madam Zhou had tendered her resignation from the positions of the chairman of the Board
India: Madhya Pradesh wants control on cement units
Citing administrative reasons, the state’s labour department has proposed to bring existing and future cement manufacturing units functioning in Madhya Pradesh under the s...
Australia: Cockburn Cement criticised over health concerns
A year long Parliamentary inquiry into Cockburn Cement has found the company was complacent towards complaints by the community about dust and odour emissions.
India: despite tough times, cement stocks could fetch good returns
Cements stocks trading in Indian markets are likely to benefit on an anticipated demand in the second quarter of FY12.
Brazilian talk of Cimpor takeover denied
AE Brazil Newswire and Reuters reports that Camargo Corrêa denies talks to buy the rest of Cimpor.
ABB holds successful global mining user conference
ABB recently held its first global Mining User Conference in Basel, Switzerland, from October 12 to 15, at the Hilton Hotel Basel.
FLSmidth to acquire Transweigh Ltd
FLSmidth has acquired 100% of the shareholding in the Indian company Transweigh India Limited, a company in which FLSmidth has until now been a minority shareholder.
UltraTech YoY results improve, but warns of surplus scenario
UltraTech Cement Ltd, part of the Aditya Birla Group, reported net sales at INR39.100bn for the quarter ended 30 September 2011...
Ciments du Maroc inaugurates Laayoune wind farm
Ciments du Maroc officially opens its wind farm in Laayoune on Friday, 21 October, after it was first commissioned last July.
Votorantim, Camargo said to be in talks to buy rest of Cimpor
Brazilian holding companies Votorantim Participacoes SA and Camargo Correa SA are in talks to buy a remaining stake in Cimpor-Cimentos de Portugal SGPS SA, Bloomberg reports.
Cemex makes loan prepayment to avoid higher interest rate
Cemex SAB, the largest cement maker in the Americas, has paid off more than half of a US$15bn bank loan, allowing the company to avoid an increase in interest rates that was set...
Indonesia: Semen Gresik revenue up 12%
State cement producer PT Semen Gresik Tbk. recorded a 10 to 12% increase in total revenue in the first nine months of this year compared to the same period last year, a top exec...
USA: Fredonia cement plant to close its doors
After more than 100 years in operation a Fredonia cement plant in Kasnsas, USA announces it’s closing. In March Lafarge Cement plant will close its doors for good.
Indonesia’s cement sales in Sept rise 52% YoY
Indonesia’s cement sales, an indicator of economic growth in Southeast Asia’s largest economy, rose 52% in September from a year ago due to increasing property and infrastructur...
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