Italcementi suspend merger approval
Italcementi SpA and its French unit Ciments Francais have suspended the approval of their merger project until their next meeting, to take place not later than June 26.
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France’s Lafarge to invest RUB18bn in Kaluga cement plant
Anatoly Artamonov, governor of Russia’s Kaluga region, and Nicolas Fournier, president of Lafarge Vostok, an affiliate of France’s Lafarge SA
China to regulate cement production
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China plans to publish measures within the year to control aggregate capacity of cement production
Saudi Arabia: Southern Cement may freeze expansion plans
A Saudi ban on cement exports may force Southern Province Cement Company (SPCC) to freeze expansion plans and prevent it from meeting contracts worth a fifth of its 2008 production
Holcim invests US$243m in Chinese cement co Huaxin
Holcim a major shareholder of Chinese cement firm Huauxin Cement Co Ltd, has unexpectedly decided to spend ¥1.6bn (US$234m)
No HeidelbergCement deal on Hanson set in concrete just yet
Germany’s HeidelbergCement has refinanced €8.7bn (US$15.1bn) in debt, taking some of the urgency away from any potential sale of its local unit, Hanson Australia
India: Bokajan plant to increase cement output
The Ministry of Heavy Industries as part of its 100-day agenda has proposed to Cement Corporation of India (CCI) to expand capacity of Bokajan factory
India: Star Cement to invest in new plants
Cement Manufacturing Company Limited (brand name - Star Cement) is planning to invest nearly INR1100crore (US$22.7m) to meet the growing demand of cement in the North East.
Binani Cement looking to buy cement companies across India
Binani Cement Ltd is planning to acquire cement companies to expand its presence beyond India’s
Four Pakistan cement plants want Karachi’s solid waste for fuel
Four cement factories in Pakistan have offered to buy Karachi’s solid waste to use it as fuel for their plants.
India: cement industry for restoring import duty
The cement industry has urged the finance minister to levy uniform excise duty on packaged cement and to restore import duty on the product in the forthcoming budget.
Algeria to import 1Mt of cement to counteract market speculation
The Algerian government will import 1mn tonnes of cement to counteract the speculation in the national market,
Orascom Construction Industries wins US$168m government contracts
Egypt’s Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) won two government contracts worth US$168mn for road-building and sewage treatment projects,
Hot recycling helps to cement a future
Industrial waste has long been a problem for the companies that produce it as well as the broad community, but one firm has taken the view that waste can be an asset,
Kenya: Pokot residents excited about cement factory
Construction of a cement factory in Pokot will transform the livelihood of the local community by providing income that will improve their living standards, district development...
Cemex could sell stock to relieve debt squeeze
Mexican cement giant Cemex SA, weighed down by huge debts from an acquisition made as the US housing-market went into freefall,
Operations at Dushanbe cement plant in Tajikistan
Operations at Dushanbe cement plant in Tajikistan were suspended yesterday following the stoppage of gas supplies
Sinoma to buy 55m shares of Gansu Qilianshan Cement
China National Materials Co Ltd (Sinoma), the world’s largest provider of cement-producing equipment, on Monday announced that it has signed an agreement to buy 55m new sh...
USA: Lafarge, waste management set up landfill methane system
Waste Management and Lafarge North America will unveil a US$2m landfill methane fuel system Friday at Lafarge’s Tulsa Cement Plant.
US cement industry protests EPA’s proposal to regulate kiln emissions
Advocates for the cement industry in the US and environmentalists are facing off in hearings this week as federal regulators call for comment on new rules to limit emissions
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