China’s output of cement in July 2008
China produced 119,432,000t of cement in July 2008.
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Pakistan: cement and textile sectors face gas load shedding
Untimely shutting down the Qadirpur field for emergency maintenance has left the industrial sector in the lurch, as it forced Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL)
First Trelleborg Scirocco II System for Australia
Trelleborg Engineered Systems Australia are pleased to announce that they have received the first order for Scirocco II Fluidising Hose in Australia.
Cement demand still likely to outrun supply, despite plans for new capacity
A new 2.2Mta cement plant being planned by a Nigerian firm and its local partner will likely still find buyers for its product
JK Lakshmi Cement gains 3.8 per cent on thin volume
JK Lakshmi Cement , India’s thirty-fourth largest Construction company by market capitalisation, gained INR1.65 (or 3.8 per cent) to INR45.60,
No fresh contracts with Pakistan cement suppliers
Cement importers have stopped entering into fresh contracts with Pakistani suppliers as the weak rupee has turned imports unattractive.
Eurocement cuts Moscow prices
Russia’s biggest producer of the building material, Eurocement has cut its official prices around Moscow by as much as seven per cent,
"We don’t need many people, we need good people"
According to Alex de Volukhoff, Russia head of Lafarge, the French cement giant, the difficulty of finding and retaining effective managers is particularly acute in Russia.
Chinese firms eye two cement plants in the Philippines
A group of cement producers from China is seriously considering the construction of greenfield plants in the Philippines with a combined output of 3Mt and minimum investments of...
Cement factory jobs under threat
A north Wales cement company is looking at cutting its workforce after seeing a 20 per cent drop in demand for its services.
Heidelbergcement AG rises 1.3 per cent, in significant uptrend
HeidelbergCement AG rose 95 Eurocents (or 1.3 per cent) to €72.65. Compared with the DAX Index which fell 342.7 points
Phoenix Cement awarded Energy Star
Arizona’s EPA Air Quality Division Associate Director told a crowd today in Clarkdale that "it takes a lot of vision and support
It’s bargain sale on D Street
There was never a better time to accumulate India’s blue-chip stocks. Some of the soram Industries, ITC, Ambuja Cement and Indian Hotels, among others, are trading at one of the...
Sichuan Zhiquan Special Cement Closes US$40m financing to expand cement production in the earthquake affected areas
Sichuan Zhiquan Special Cement announced the closing of a US$40m convertible preferred stock financing led by the corporate principal investment arm of Merrill Lynch and Lunar C...
Buzzi Unicem Spa price 39.7 per cent below volume weighted price
Buzzi Unicem SpA, Italy’s largest Construction, Engineering & Materials company by market capitalisation, plunged €2.25
Italcementi -Fabbriche Riunite Cemento increases 2.2 per cent, rising for a third day
Italcementi -Fabbriche Riunite Cemmento, Italy’s largest basic materials company by market capitalisation, increased 17.50 Eurocents
Affordable houses for all not realistic in Nigeria
President, Nigerian Institute of Architects, Mr Eric Chukwuka, said on Sunday in Abuja that affordable houses for all might not be realistic unless the government intervened.
Ongoing opposition to proposed Titan Cement Castle Hayne plant
One of the most controversial projects in New Hanover County is the proposed cement plant along the banks of the Northeast Cape Fear River.
India cement firms’ Q2 advance tax falls
A slowdown seems to be catching up with the construction sector, if the 35 per cent decline in advance tax payments of cement companies in September 2008 is any indication.
Nigeria-SA deal for cement plant in North West
Nigeria’s leading cement and building materials firm, Dangote Cement, and Sephaku Cement, have signed a shareholders agreement paving the way for the start of a R3bn project
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