Cimpor invests EUR120m in Mozambique
Responding to the improved prospects for the growing market in Mozambique, Cimpor, which, through Cementos de Moçambique
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Oman Cement to hike output by 1Mt
State-owned Oman Cement will increase cement production by 1Mta in 2009 after expanding its plant, the minister of commerce and industry told reporters on Monday.
Indocement 2007 net profit IDR983.69bn Vs IDR592.80bn
PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa, Indonesia’s second largest cement maker by sales,
Pakistani cement gets green signal from South Africa
The Pakistan cement sector has received a green signal from the South African authorities to export cement with Pakistani tag
Industry majors line up to buy Cement Corp’s ailing plants
Leading cement makers such as ACC, Ambuja Cement and Lafarge are reportedly looking at buying the closed manufacturing facilities of the ailing public sector enterprise
Gansu Qilianshan Cement to sell 50 million shares to CNBM
Gansu Qilianshan Cement Co announced on Monday that it has inked an agreement with China National Building Material Co
Cement, steel exempt from duty all over UAE
The United Arab Emirates has decided to apply a country-wide lifting of customs duties on cement and steel.
HeidelbergCement 2007 net profit at EUR2.02bn
HeidelbergCement AG increased its net profit to EUR2.02bn (US$3.19bn) in 2007 from EUR951m ($1.5bn) in the previous year, the company said on March 17, 2008.
Aalborg Portland’s annual report 2007
Danish Aalborg Portland, the world’s largest producer of white cement, boosted turnover by 10% to
Sri Lanka govt to buy cement to bring down price and shortage
In a bid to curb the prevailing cement shortage and high retail price of cement in the market the government announced its decision of signing of an agreement with
Jidong Cement’s net profits surge by 75%
Tangshan Jidong Cement Co, Ltd contributed RMB368M in net profits to its parent company in 2007,
Russia’s Eurocement Group to up invest in unit to RUB1bn 2008
Russian cement producer Eurocement Group plans to invest over RUB1bn rubles in one of its subsidiaries, Pikalevsky Cement, t
Tokyo Cement plans rights issue, Sri Lanka
Public listed Tokyo Cement which made a Rs. 53.9m loss in the third quarter ended December 31, 2007
Cement plant project to start soon in central Vietnam
Construction company Truong Thinh will build its first cement plant in central Quang Binh Province with total investment capital reaching almost VND3trn
Spanish cement consumption drops 7%
Cement consumption in Spain in the first two months of the year dropped by
China’s Qilianshan Cement to sell shares to CNBM
China’s Gansu Qilianshan Cement Co said on Monday it would place 50m new shares with larger rival China National Building Material Co
Pakistan’s Lucky Cement to benefit from duty cut
Pakistan’s biggest cement maker, Lucky Cement, stands to reap major benefits from the decision by Dubai to lift custom duties on cement and steel.
India cement prices stable and no plan for regulator
Mr Ashwani Kumar, India’s union state minister of industry, said that cement prices in India have stabilised since March 2007 and there was no plan to set up a separate re...
Sharaf plans 4Mta cement plant in UAE
The Sharaf Group plans to spend AED1bn ($272m) building a cement factory in the United Arab Emirates to meet soaring demand from contractors,
Qatar National Cement Co set to commission two new lines
Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC) is set to boost capacity by commissioning two cement kilns – in April and June of this year.
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