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Pakistan cement exports to India below 6%
Pakistan cement exports to India are very low as compared with other countries and stands at only six per cent of the total cement export of the country, local press cited indus...
Siam Cement maintains local cement prices unchanged, Thailand
Siam Cement has affirmed it will maintain local cement prices despite increasing production costs.
MECHEL to construct cement plant, Russia
Following Iskander Makhmudov’s Ural Mining and Metal Company, the MECHEL steel group is considering building a clinker plant
Heidelberg?ement appointments, Ukraine
HeidelbergСement Group has appointed Stanyslav Lysenko as chairman of Dontsement company (Amvrosiivka, Donetsk region) and Kryvyi Rih Cement (Dnipropetrovsk region).
Cemex’s 3Q07 net sales increase 31%; EBITDA up 23%
During the third quarter of 2007, majority net income decreased 7% to US$780m from US$836m in the third quarter of 2006.
Taiwan Cement to continue expansion in China
Taiwan Cement Corp will continue expansion in China, with the company’s chairman Koo Cheng-yun expecting the country’s cement market to enjoy strong growth until 2020
Eight-thousand households in Oamaru district receiving info on Holcim’s proposed concrete plant at Weston, New Zealand
Holcim is sending copies of its plans for a cement plant to eight thousand households in the Oamaru district.
Buzzi Unicem advances in Eastern Europe
Buzzi Unicem’s turnover for the first nine months of the year improved by 10.1% to EUR2,618m, which
JK Lakshmi Cement plans investment
Buoyed by a three-fold increase in its net profit during the quarter ended September 3
Dragon Products’ Cement Plant Sets Safety Record
Dragon Products’ cement plant, located in Thomaston Maine, has hit a safety milestone: 600,000 hours without a lost time injury.
Cement output up 8.4%, West Bengal
Cement production in West Bengal grew by 8.4 per cent compared to an India average of 9.8 per cent during 2006-07.
Pakistan looks to make India top cement market
Following relaxation of cement imports, Pakistan is planning to export 6Mt of the commodity to India annually. This means India will replace Afghanistan as Pakistan’s top cement...
Benue Releases N15m for cement factory
In a bid to ensure the realization of inherited on -going projects in the state, Benue State Government has released the sum of N15 million
Azerbaijan produces over 1.2Mta of cement, Jan-Sept 2007
Azerbaijan produced over 1.285Mta of cement in the Jan-Sept 2007 period – an increase pf 5.6% YoY.
Holcim consults staff over cement plant options, New Zealand
Holcim said today it was consulting with staff over three options for its future supply, although a final decision was still a year away.
Cement likely to get dearer this Diwali
Cement prices in Mumbai could rise by Rs 3-5 per bag this Diwali, inching closer to the Rs 270 mark.
GTZ, Holcim form alliance for co-processing waste, Costa Rica
German technical cooperation agency GTZ and Swiss construction and materials company Holcim have formed a partnership to co-process solid waste in Costa Rica,
Semen Gresik’s Q3 net profit increases by above 10%
PT Semen Gresik Tbk has estimated that its three quarter profit will increase by more than 10% from IDR394 billion on the same period of 2006.
Wärtsilä delivers a power plant to Jordanian cement works
Wärtsilä has been awarded a EUR31.5m turnkey power plant contract to supply a power plant for a new cement works in Al Katrana, Jordan.
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