Cement industry news

14 Oct 2009 International

Shree Cement receives innovation awards

Shree Cement Limited, the largest cement manufacturer of North India and among top five cement

13 Oct 2009 Trading

Hawaii imports down

Hawaii’s imports of finished Portland cement, fell 25.9 percent in August compared to the same month

13 Oct 2009 International

Fletcher’s sales struggle on weak US, Europe markets

New Zealand-based Fletcher Building Ltd., the world’s largest maker of laminated building board, said a

13 Oct 2009 Environmental

Opponents gather ahead of plant public hearing

Opponents of the proposed Titan Cement Plant gathered Tuesday night, as they prepare a plan for next

13 Oct 2009 Corporate

Texas Industries Calls Shamrock Talks Unsuccessful

Texas Industries Inc.’s management and the company’s third-largest shareholder have been unable to

13 Oct 2009 Corporate

HeidelbergCement to sell EUR1bn of bonds

HeidelbergCement AG said it plans to sell at least EUR1bn (US$1.47bn) of five- and seven-year bonds to refinance borrowing in its first note issue in almost two years.

13 Oct 2009 International

My Home to expand cement capacity, India

Home Industries (MHIL), a 50:50 joint venture with CRH plc of Ireland, is planning to increase its

13 Oct 2009 International

Siam Cement (SCC): 3Q09 profit to remain good

Siam Cement (SCC) is expected to continue to post strong 3Q09 earnings of Bt6.5bn (EPS of Bt5.42) up

13 Oct 2009 Corporate

Cemex debt restructuring may trigger CDS payments

A recent debt restructuring by Cemex may trigger around US$600m in payments on credit default swaps

13 Oct 2009 Trading

ACC of India seeks 200,000t of Richards Bay & Indonesian coal

Indian cement producer ACC, formerly Associated Cement Companies, has come on to the market for

12 Oct 2009 International

Continental Cement honours

Continental Cement Co. of Hannibal was one of three firms honoured for entrepreneurial leadership at

12 Oct 2009 Environmental

Holcim: ETS has concrete drawbacks, Australia

Holcim, fresh from its $2 billion takeover of Cemex Australia, is bullish about its prospects in Australia,

12 Oct 2009 International

Cameroon construction growth seen rising

Growth will pick up in Cameroon in 2010 because of an increase in spending on state projects that will

12 Oct 2009 Environmental

Dust from Hanson works ‘coats’ village, UK

A dust cloud which leaked from from Hanson Cement at Padeswood - formerly Castle Cement - in

12 Oct 2009 International

Dalmia relief housing for flood damaged Karnataka, India

As a relief measure Dalmia Cement has announced it will build 1000 houses for the homeless people

12 Oct 2009 Trading

Government officials stay silent on cement tariff waiver

Government officials have refrained from comment for the last two days on the fate of an application by

12 Oct 2009 Recent Orders

New contract for KHD, Russia

Uralmash Machine Building Corporation will employ the engineering services of KHD Humboldt Wedag

12 Oct 2009 Environmental

Regulations to boost gas scrubber market

The market for industrial stack gas scrubbers has historically been small compared to those used in

12 Oct 2009 Recent Orders

Clyde wins Eastern Europe contract

Clyde Process Solutions has won a UK£1.1m contract with one of the

12 Oct 2009 International

New order from Cementos Sur, Peru

Dresser Roots Mexico recently won an order for two Large Rotary Blower packages model 1648 RAS-J