Holcim Celebrates 50th with conservation project
Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd has announced that it will create a wetland and bird sanctuary on eight hectares of land at Cape Foulwind to help recognise 50 years of operations at it...
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Vietnam: Measures taken to avoid cement shortages nationwide
Vietnam Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has asked cement producers and businesses to ensure that sufficient supply of cement are available to help stabilise the domestic c...
Jaypee group to up production capacity
Making efforts to bag major share in the cement industry, Jaypee Group has firmed up plans to enhance its cement capacity from the present 7Mta to 25Mta by 2010.
Egypt’s CMA approves Torah Cement stock split
Egypt’s Capital Market Authority said on Sunday it agreed to Torah Portland Cement’s plan for a two-for-one share split, which would take the total number of shares ...
Holcim Bangladesh awarded for outstanding performance in cement industry
Holcim (Bangladesh) Ltd, a leading cement manufacturing company, has recently been awarded with the ’Desher Kagoj Business Award 2007’ for its outstanding performanc...
Indian cement companies plan ready-mix concrete foray
Barely a fortnight after the French cement major Lafarge acquired L&T Concrete, the ready-mix concrete (RMC) business of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), several domestic cement players
Kuwaiti Hilal Cement net profit down
The net profit of Kuwaiti cement producer Hilal Cement declined to KWD669,307 (US$2.5m) in the first three months of 2008
Sinoma receives order from Jurong Taini Cement, China
Sinoma International Engineering Co announced that on May 23rd it signed a general agreement with Jurong Taini Cement Co, Ltd
Cement Hranice profit up, Czech Republic
Cement Hranice netted Kc859.1m last year, an improvement from Kc763.1m net profit in 2006,
Rates down in the Panamax sector
A steep tumble in Panamax rates pushed the dry index sharply down last week after the mid-sizes failed to hold onto the spectacular gains of the previous tendays. But while ...
Rates down in the Panamax sector
A steep tumble in Panamax rates pushed the dry index sharply down last week after the mid-sizes failed to hold onto the spectacular gains of the previous tendays. But while ...
India’s ACC says margins under pressure
Indian cement maker ACC Ltd sees increasing costs weighing on its margins in the second quarter to June
Palestinian cement sales at 1.5Mt, new plant needed
According to the Palestine news agency, a recently released study by the Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction in Palestine (PECDAR) estimated the tota...
Taiwan Cement to raise export prices 9-12%
Taiwan Cement Corp will raise prices on exports to the Middle East, Africa and the Americas by 9-12 per cent from June 2008
Little impact from lifting of cement curbs in Malaysia
The easing of cement import curbs is not expected to significantly impact domestic producers by making them aggressive exporters, industry observers say.
Dalmia Cement Jan-March net rises 13%, India
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd posted a 13 per cent rise in quarterly profits helped by better price realisations from cement
Rail ’essential’ for Holcim (New Zealand) cement plant
Holcim’s $300m cement plant cannot be built near Weston unless the Waiareka-Weston branch rail line is reopened, the Waiareka Valley Preservation Society said yesterday.
Colombia’s Cementos Argos Sells COP80bn in One-Year Notes
Colombia’s largest cement company, Cementos Argos SA, Thursday sold COP80bn (US$45m) worth of commercial notes, the company told the securities regulator.
China’s CBMI wins contract to build cement plant in Cyprus
China’s CBMI Co Ltd has signed a contract worth EUR83.3m to build a new factory for Cypriot cement company Vassiliko.
PPC to raise cement prices again in July
Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC), said yesterday it would hike the price of the building material for the second time this year as manufacturers feel the squeeze of higher input c...
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