Semapa’s Secil cement unit to double production capacity in Tunisia
Semapa SGPS’s cement unit Secil said plans to double the production capacity at its Tunisian subsidiary
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Lafarge to invest EUR410m to boost capacity in China
Lafarge SA said on November 27, 2008, it would invest US$600m to boost its business growth in the fast growing Chinese market, the company said on November 28, 2007.
Cemex to double use of tyres at Rugby, UK
Cemex UK has been granted a permit for a trial by the cement industry regulator, the Environment Agency (EA), to increase the use of tyres from 12 to 25 per cent
Indian cement prices to remain stable
Cement prices in India have remained stable for the past few months and are expected to be "reasonable" in the near future, helped by capacity expansion and imports, an industry...
Indian cement imports during Apr-May 2007 at 53,378t
India has imported 53378 tonnes of cement valued at Rs 14.20 crore during April-May 2007.
Cemmac orders a PiT Navigator, Slovakia
Cemmac a. s., a cement producer in the Slovak Republic and member of the Austrian Asamer – Group has placed an order for a PiT Navigator from Powitec.
Lafarge to resume Meghalaya mining this week
Lafarge is resuming limestone quarrying operations and restarting movement of limestone to its Bangladesh plant this week after more than six months of complete halt at Nongtrai...
Cemex sees US sales volume down in 2008
Cemex, the world’s top building materials company by revenue, is set to post its second consecutive annual decrease in U.S. cement sales volumes
GCC set to launch Pueblo, Colorado plant
More than four years after first announcing a Rocky Mountain market expansion, GCC Rio Grande (a subsidiary of Mexico’s Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua) plans a December 4 opening o...
Regulator recommends lifting import duties, Russia
The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) has submitted proposals to the government aimed at preventing further increases of cement prices, the regulator said.
Holcim gains interim consent for Oamaru plant, New Zealand
Holcim New Zealand Ltd has gained interim resource consent to operate a new cement plant at Weston, near Oamaru.
China 2007 cement output to Hit 1.4bn tons
China’s cement output is expected to hit 1.4bn tons for the 2007 full year, up
Ethiopia - DH GEDA to enter cement production
A joint venture company comprising of foreigners and an Ethiopian investors, the Duguma Hunde (DH GEDA) family, are to construct a cement factory,
Cameroon: will trade liberalisation improve the market?
A number of prospective cement traders are expected to converge in Yaounde, the capital of the Cameroons today when the Minister of Trade,
Second Burnpur Cement unit in Hazaribagh, India
Burnpur Cement Limited, which is entering the capital market with an initial public offer, will set up its second cement manufacturing plant at Patratu in Hazaribagh district of...
China cement prices expected to surge by year-end
China’s cement price is expected to continue surging towards the year-end as a result of
Morgan Stanley stakes stake in Portuguese Semapa
US investment bank Morgan Stanley has become the holder of a 2.67 per cent stake in the the share capital and 2.799 per cent in the voting rights of Semapa.
Italy Italcementi, Egypt Sign MoU on Wind Farm Construction
Italcementi SpA has signed through its Italgen unit a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Egypt’s Ministry of Electricity & Energy for
Jakarta rejects Semen Gresik plan to issue convertible bond
The government refuses to approve plan by state-owned cement maker PT Semen Gresik to issue convertible bond (CB) to finance the construction of new cement factories.
Egypt’s Orascom Construction nine month net up 40 per cent
Egypt’s Orascom Construction Industries reported a 40 per cent rise in net income on Tuesday for the first nine months of 2007 to US$491.8m from $350.3m a year earlier.
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