Cement industry news

01 Sep 2009 International

Mongolia plant feasibility study

USTDA has awarded a grant to Yalguun International, LLC to fund a feasibility study on the

01 Sep 2009 Environmental

Cemex & Urbi celebrate 10 year housing venture, Mexico

Following a unique model of operations and innovation, the productive alliance between Cemex and

01 Sep 2009 Corporate

BBMG to buy 61% stake in Tianjin producer

BBMG Corporation said it has signed a non legally-binding memorandum of understanding on 30 August

01 Sep 2009 International

Dalmia Cement to go extra mile to save costs

Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd (DCBL) is looking at saving on production costs by

01 Sep 2009 Trading

Pakistan cement companies fined for forming cartel

Competition authorities in Pakistan have slapped a fine of about US$7m on 20 cement companies found

01 Sep 2009 International

ABG to establish 6Mt cement plant by 2010

The ABG Group is to establish a 6Mt cement plant near Bhuj by 2010 and foray into power generation

01 Sep 2009 Corporate

Portuguese Cimpor still wants to sell C+PA

Cimpor still wants to sell its 48% stake in C+PA after the failure of the sale agreement with builder

30 Aug 2009 Recent Orders

Topaz completes RAK Cement project, UAE

Ameinfo reported that Topaz Engineering has successfully installed and commissioned complete

30 Aug 2009 Environmental

Indonesian agency sets out roadmap for CO2 reduction

An Indonesian environment agency has set out a roadmap for the government to adopt forestry, energy,

30 Aug 2009 Corporate

KHD appoints new COO

KHD Humboldt Wedag International Ltd (KHD) announced that its Board of Directors has appointed

29 Aug 2009 International

India cement demand to grow by 8% in next year

ACC said that the demand for cement will pick up by eight per cent in the next one year led by

28 Aug 2009 International

CRH first half turnover down, cautious on recovery hopes

With CRH’s first half turnover down by 14.6 per cent to €8292m, the company is taking a more cautious

28 Aug 2009 International

Lafarge Malayan pre-tax profit up

Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd announced that pre-tax profit for its second quarter ended June 30, 2009,

28 Aug 2009 International

Titan advances in Egypt

Titan’s turnover declined by 10.6% to €683.7m in the first half, while the EBITDA was off by 16.1% to

28 Aug 2009 Corporate

Controlling Shareholder raises stake in Anhui Conch Cement

Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd, announced that its controlling shareholder, Wenzhou Conch Group Co,

28 Aug 2009 Corporate

Arkan Building Materials’ 100m Shares to be unlocked

After the expiry of a two year lock-in period on Tuesday, 100 million shares of Arkan Building Materials

28 Aug 2009 International

Siberian Cement suspends investments in all new projects

According to a new investment program of the second largest cement holding of Russia

28 Aug 2009 International

Eurocement to build US$500m cement plant in Voronezh region

Eurocement Group has announced $500m plans to build a cement factory in Voronezh region.

27 Aug 2009 Trading

Jamaica waiver duty to stay

Jamaica will retain the duty waiver for importers of cement but has reserved a larger portion of the

27 Aug 2009 International

Egypt powers Cimpor’s results

Cimpor’s first half turnover improved by 1.1% to EUR1,023.0m, with significant increases in Egypt and China making up for falling sales on the Iberian Peninsula and in Turkey.