Uganda: Chinese firm takes US$105m Lafarge-Hima expansion works
Lafarge has awarded a Ush185 billion (US$105m) turn-key contract to China’s CBMI Construction for the later to expand its cement capacity in Uganda from 350,000t to 830,00...
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New order confirms FLSmidth strategy in the Russian market
FLSmidth has signed a contract to supply a complete energy and environmentally optimised greenfield cement plant in Russia.
Iran ready to build cement plants worldwide
Iran’s acting industries and mines minister here on Tuesday voiced his country’s readiness to construct cement factories across the world.
Egypt’s Misr Cement Qena nine-month profit up 13.6 per cent
Egyptian cement company Misr Cement Qena posted a net profit of E£230.15m (US$41.92m) in the first nine months of 2007, 13.6 per cent up
Cement delays hit key projects
Major construction projects in Bahrain are reportedly being brought to a standstill, at a cost of millions, by daily delays in trucking cement from Saudi Arabia.
Cimsa to buy 8 ready-mixed concrete plants
Turkish Cimsa Cimento said that it decided to buy 8 ready-mixed concrete plants along with
East Africa Community Waives Import Duty On Cement to Ease Supply Deficit.
Cement producers in the East Africa Community region will, in the next six months, benefit from a temporary 15 per cent import duty tax reduction in Tanzania.
Holcim open offer for India Ambuja to start Nov 14
A delayed open offer by Swiss cement maker Holcim for a further 20 percent in India’s Ambuja Cements Ltd will start on Nov. 14, nearly a month behind the original date,
Italcementi cuts FY opg guidance after Q3 profits miss expectations
Italcementi SpA has cut its guidance for full-year operating profits after its third-quarter results came in below market expectations.
HeidelbergCement cancels Chinese and Russian projects
HeidelbergCement’s results for the first nine months include Hanson just for the month of September and show a 22.2% increase in turnover to EUR7,254.1m
Universal Cement mulls allying with Taiwan Cement to tap Mainland China market
Universal Cement Corp., one of Taiwan’s listed cement firms, has recently resolved to speed up investments in mainland China.
Burnpur Cement to invest Rs10k cr over the next seven years
Asansol-based cement maker Burnpur Cement has drawn up plans to invest Rs 10,000 crore over the next 7-8 years.
China extends Belarus $500m credit to modernise
Belarus signed an agreement on Monday under which China’s Eximbank is to offer a credit of US$500m to modernise cement companies, President Alexander Lukashenko’s pr...
Ambuja Cement October production up 4.8 per cent
Ambuja Cement has registered a 4.8 per cent growth in production in October this year at
Dyckerhoff to increase Ukrainian capacity
In the first nine months 2007, the Buzzi Unicem subsidiary Dyckerhoff increased cement shipments by 11.7% in Eastern Europe and by 10.0% in Western Europe.
Strike at new Caledonia’s cement works ends
A six-week strike at New Caledonia’s only cement plant has been settled after causing massive disruption to the territory’s construction industry.
Slovakia set to increase prices by at least 3-4 per cent in 2008
President of the Association of Construction Businesses (ZSPS) Jan Majersky said on Sunday that the price of cement in Slovakia will rise by at least 3-4 per cent next year
MSP Steel signs MoU with Madhya Pradesh Government for cement plant
MSP Steel & Power Ltd has announced that the it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with
Higher price realisations help cement cos in Q2
Indian companies that have a major presence in the southern States, which witnessed the highest price in the quarter, saw their realisations zoom.
New cement factory to be built in Tuyen Quang, Vietnam
CTQ Cement JSC announced plans to spend VND1.25 trillion (US¢78m) on a new cement factory.
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