Cement industry news

15 Oct 2009 Corporate

Siberian Cement Holding shareholding to change, Russia

Two minorities of Siberian Cement Holding – one of the cement holding founders,

15 Oct 2009 International

New cement plant in Rajasthan, India

Mangalam Cement has announced the construction of a new 1.5Mta cement plant in Rajasthan.

15 Oct 2009 International

Siam Cement may review revenue target if project suspended

Siam Cement PCL said Thursday that it may have to revise its revenue target if projects at a Thai

15 Oct 2009 Recent Orders

FLSmidth wins cement order in Libya

FLSmidth has signed a contract worth approximately 130m euros (DKK 970m) with the Libyan company

15 Oct 2009 International

Platin stoppage to continue, Ireland

Irish Cement Ltd, Platin, has confirmed it will continue to carry out kiln stops throughout the winter

15 Oct 2009 International

Mozambique: shortage brings building work to halt

A severe shortage of cement is paralysing some construction work in Maputo city and province, and i

15 Oct 2009 Environmental

EA grants permission for Cemex to burn climafuel

Cemex UK, has been granted permission by the cement industry regulator, the Environment Agency

15 Oct 2009 Corporate

HeidelbergCement doubles up

HeidelbergCement AG, the German cement maker, raised more than double the amount it initially sought

15 Oct 2009 International

Delayed monsoon to benefit earnings, India

India’s top four cement companies - ACC, Ambuja Cements, Grasim and Ultratech Cement - are

15 Oct 2009 International

Dangote: why we embarked on staff rationalisation

Dangote Industries Limited, owners of Obajana Cement Plc has cited the unending global economic

15 Oct 2009 Trading

Rwanda firms in support of zero-rated cement imports

Rwandan construction companies have rallied behind the proposal of scrapping all tax on cement imports

15 Oct 2009 International

Pakistan companies yet to pay CCP fines

None of the 22 cement producers, who have been fined a total of Rs6.35 billion

14 Oct 2009 International

Cimpor moves into Ecuador

Cimpor del Ecuador, a 51 per cent-owned subsidiary of Cimpor is making a offer for Cemento

14 Oct 2009 International

Semen Gresik production declines, Indonesia

State cement producer PT Semen Gresik Group said Tuesday its production would drop 120,000t from

14 Oct 2009 Corporate

Lafarge launches a share capital increase for employees

Lafarge announces a share capital increase reserved for the eligible employees of companies participating

14 Oct 2009 Corporate

Ciments Francais up on Natixis upgrade

Shares in Ciments Francais gain 3.8 percent, one of the the biggest gainers on France’s broad SBF120 index

14 Oct 2009 International

Misr Beni Suef Cement to start clinker line

Egyptian cement maker Misr Beni Suef Cement will start operating a new production line by the end of

14 Oct 2009 International

Lafarge to increase Zimbabwe output

Lafarge’s Zimbabwe unit plans to increase cement output to 90 per cent of its installed capacity of

14 Oct 2009 International

Torah Cement’s H1 2009 profit up 9%

Egypt-based Torah Cement has reported an 8.6% rise in net profit to EGP178.3m in the first six months of

14 Oct 2009 Environmental

State to ban ash use at Lafarge

Albany, NY - The state is poised to ban the use of mercury-tainted coal fly ash at a Ravena cement plant