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Asia Cement share sale pays dividends
Shares of Asia Cement (China) Holdings were up 44% at the midday break on their Hong Kong debut Tuesday, boosted by strong demand for cement to be used in reconstruction after...
Spanish cement demand in decline
Cement consumption in Spain dropped by 10.7 per cent year-on-year to 16.74 million tonnes in the first four months of 2008, the Spanish cement makers association Oficemen said o...
India heads for more consolidation
After a flurry of mergers and acquisitions – CRH acquiring My Home Industries for $462 million, Lafarge buying L&T Concrete’s RMC business for $349 million and Heidelberg cons...
South African cement sales up
Demand for cement in the western half of the Eastern Cape stood at 143,862t in the year to April as against 114,526t in the same period last year. Against that, sales in the eas...
The China effect
Shares of Asia Cement (China) Holdings were up 44% at the midday break on their Hong Kong debut Tuesday, boosted by strong demand for cement to be used in reconstruction after...
Lafarge sets out guidance on Euro bond
Lafarge has set guidance on its planned two-part euro bond that will help refinance its purchase of Egypt’s Orascom Cement, an official at one of the banks managing the sa...
CRH share buyback
CRH plc announces that on 19thMay 2008 that UBS Limited purchased, on behalf of the company 71,522 Ordinary Shares of EUR0.32 each in CRH plc at prices between EUR24.317and EUR...
Lebanese cement consumption rises
A recently released report by the Lebanese AUDI Bank, shows that the amount of the total cement deliveries in Lebanon had increased to 511,981t in the first two months of 2008...
Barclays cuts its stake in Holcim
Holcim has announced that Barclays has cut its stake in the group to below the 3 per cent reporting threshold. The Swiss cement maker also said that UBS currently holds a stak...
Turkey’s Marmara leadership
According to data from the Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association (TÇMB), cement facilities in the Marmara region sold a total of
Oman buys Pakistani cement
The first 17,500-tonne cement shipment from Pakistan will arrive here in the first week of June as announced recently by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The shipment is a...
New plant for Belarus
The Irani company Azarab has reportedly won tender for exploitation of Padkamenne (the Homel region) limestone deposits
South African football
Gearing up for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, PPC has supplied more than 12,000 tonnes of PPC CEM 1 42.5N cement to WG Wearne Ltd for the upgrade of the FNB stadium in Nasrec. WG We...
Pakistan cement export progress
Cement exports from Pakistan are still lucrative due to the commodity’s high demand and shortage in the region, especially in India and the UAE, placing Pakistan in a favourable...
Namibia cement project advances
The joint venture cement project at Sargberg in the Otavi district recently entered its final phase before actual construction, after the government issued
Vietnam’s cement price gains
Over the past few days, the price of cement in the domestic market has seen a dramatic price spike defying the Government’s measures to curb price rises. Despite fluctuations in...
China’s cement industry to lift prices
China’s cement industry plans to lift price for the fourth time in Oct.-Dec. 2008 as a result of eliminating 600Mt of obsolete production
Dontsement to merge with Kryvyi Rih Cement
Ukrainian News reports that Kryvyi Rih Cement is intending to merge Dontsement and Cement of Donbas in Donetsk region. In December
UK producers take the strain
Recent financials by UK cement majors, Holcim, Lafarge and Heidelberg indicate signs of weakening sales in the UK. Heidelberg,
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