Stable production at TPCC despite power hitches, Tanzania
The Tanzania Portland Cement Company (TPCC) Limited has said the power shortage in the country which started at the end of last year’s last quarter
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Italcementi to sell Set Group Holding, Turkey
Italcementi Group announces that its sub-holding Ciment Français has agreed to sell Set Group Holding and its subsidiaries for a total amount of EUR290m (on a cash and debt free...
Zambrano: exchange moves so far have favoured us
Lorenzo Zambrano, CEO of Cemex, said Thursday that foreign exchange market volatility has favored the company so far, particularly gains against the U.S. dollar by the euro and ...
Govt revives plan to sell Cement Corporation units, India
The Indian government is actively pursuing its plan to put seven non-functional units of Cement Corporation of India up for sale
Egypt’s Torah Cement 2010 profit rises 29.6 per cent
Egypt’s Torah Cement’s 2010 net profit rose 29.6 per cent, the stock exchange said on Thursday. Net profit rose to E£443m (US$75.2m) from E£341.7m in 2009.
Lafarge Malayan pre-tax profit drops
Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd reported a lower pre-tax profit of RM345.397 million for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2010, from RM441.9 million registered in the same period of ...
Suez Cement 2010 profit falls 4.9 per cent
Egypt’s Suez Cement posted a 4.9 per cent decline in 2010 net profit to E£1.2bn (US$209.9m), the stock exchange said on Thursday.
Lafarge Philippines wants to expand market share
Lafarge Cement Services (Philippines), Inc and Republic Cement Corp. want to further expand their market share in the next few years, an executive said yesterday.
Lafarge to launch the UK’s lowest embodied carbon cement
Lafarge Cement has launched the UK’s lowest embodied carbon cement, Cemergi, in the latest in a series of investments
Housing boost for Indonesian producers
According to local news sources, the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has suggested that the construction of millions of very cheapest housing
Binani Cement set to delist, India
Binani Cement, part of the Braj Binani group, is set to delist from Indian bourses, as a culmination of it
GCC expects US93m compensation for Fancesa
Mexican group Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua, partner of the Bolivian company Soboce, announced
China’s rising housing construction to help drive demand
A new wave of government housing projects in China this year will likely boost the demand for cement,
Secil workers strike on wage protest, Portugal
Workers at Portuguese cement producer Secil’s Setabul plant have taken strike action as wage increases
Illinois cement recalls workers, USA
llinois Cement has called back the 96 employees laid off in January.

Siam Cement’s net soars 54%, Thailand
Siam Cement’s consolidated net profit jumped 54 per cent to THB37.38bn (US$1.2bn) last year mainly on
S&P put Lafarge on negative CreditWatch
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today it has placed its ’BBB-/A-3’ long- and short-term corporate credit ratings on Lafarge S.A. on CreditWatch with ne...
Holcim invests CHF40m in Untervaz plant?
Holcim is spending CHF40m (EUR31m) in modernising its plant in Untervaz, Switzerland. One particular feature the installation of a five-chamber silo for
Semen Padang to build new factory, Indonesia
Indonesian cement producer PT Semen Padang plans to build a new production unit in West Sumatra with an investment of IDR3.8trn (US$425m).
EU steel, cement firms to sell US$8.6bm CO2 -Citi
The European Union’s steel and cement industries could raise EUR6.3bn combined by 2012 from the sale of excess carbon permits, Citi Investment Research & Analysis said in ...
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