Nigeria: cement company announces N4.7bn profit
Benue Cement Company (BCC) Plc, a subsidiary of Dangote Industries Limited, has announced its third quarter results for the period January 1, 2008, to September 30, 2008
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India: Binani Ind cancels share swap with Binani Cement, Zinc
Binani Industries Ltd said on Tuesday its board had decided to recall a plan to swap its shares with Binani
Cemex eyes flat sales on uncertanties
Cemex Philippines, the country’s third-largest cement maker, expects sales this year to be flat in view of what the firm’s public relations director described as “uncertainties”...
HDFC Securities’ report on Indian cement sector
HDFC Securities remain negative on the Indian cement Industry due to
Pakistan’s cement export passes 1Mt mark per month
Cement export showed an exceptional growth, crossing the mark of 1Mt per month and depicted a growth of 117.2 per cent YoY
Iran: 60Mt of cement produced annually
An official said that 60Mt of cement are produced in the country per year.
Indonesia’s Oct domestic cement demand up 24.3 per cent YoY
Indonesia’s domestic cement consumption in October rose 24.3 per cent
Egypt’s National Cement Q1 net profit falls 29 per cent
Egypt’s National Cement reported a 29 per cent decline in first-quarter
Gulf Cement Company hits year-low
Gulf Cement Company, Abu Dhabi’s largest Construction company by market capitalisation, hit a 52-week low
Ras Al Khaimah Cement slups 6.9 per cent
Ras Al Khaimah Cement Co slumped 7.0 Fils (or 6.9 per cent) to 94 Fils.
China cement exports down in first 18-months
China exported less cement in the first eight months of this year as a result of ebbing demand in developed nations and more difficult market access at home
Opposition from villagers grows over Cemex expansion
Residents in a Warwickshire village in the UK have vowed to fight plans to expand a plant which could turn domestic and commercial waste into fuel.
House opens probe on cement ‘cartel’
Noting an urgent need to come up with a strong competition policy or anti-trust law, the House committee on trade and industry in the Philippines will start hearing today on the...
Everett approves new plant
Cemex’s plan to consolidate two existing plants at the mouth of the Snohomish River won’t disturb the neighborhood, planners say.
Nigeria, Syria plan to build cement factory
Plans have reached an advanced stage for Nigeria and Syria to establish a cement factory, Mr. Mohammed Hassan, the Charge d’Affairs, Nigerian Embassy in Damascus, said.
Egypt Beni Suef Cement nine month net profit up 5.6 per cent
Egypt’s Misr Beni Suef Cement reported a 5.6 per cent rise
APC enters carbon trading market
Cement maker East Africa Portland Cement (EAPC) has entered the carbon trading market in an effort to diversify from the lucrative, but competitive cement market.
Indian cement makers capacity utilisation slides
The Business Standard reported that capacity utilisation for the Indian cement sector has slipped to a four year low on the slowdown in demand
‘Noynoy’ urges Palace not to lift cement tariffs
Saying that lifting cement tariffs to the Philippines would have serious repercussions on the local industry and its workers, Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr said
Egypt Sinai Cement none-month pre-tax profit up four per cent
Egypt’s Sinai Cement reported a four per cent rise in pre-tax profit for the first nine months of 2008 to EGP298.1m
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