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Small cement plants, tagged as mini-cement units, are steaming ahead with the growth in economic activity that broke the annual cycles of price fluctuation besides ensuring stea...
The cement industry has cautiously welcomed the Chancellor’s statement on the publication of the Pre-Budget Report and the Comprehensive Spending Review.
Jose Roberto Erminio de Moraes head of Votorantim group, has confirmed to President Lula of Brazil a R$25.7bn investments plan from 2008-2012 in cement, metals, pulp and energy.
An industry meeting in Brussels this week brought together a number of industry leaders in the cement sector,
Hardware store owners asked the Dominican government to allow cement to be imported freely, to counter the national producers’ increase of 17 pesos per bag.
Saudi Arabia’s Yamamah Cement posted its second consecutive record profit in the third quarter after boosting output to tap the kingdom’s construction boom.
A lawmaker has asked the Philippine House of Representatives to investigate the rising price of cement in the market, allegedly being manipulated by local cement producers.
SCC is expected to post a 3Q07 net profit of Bt8.5bn, up 11.6% YoY but down 3.8% QoQ.
Bosses at Rugby Cement works have been given permission to trial a new fuel-burning system.
The long-awaited Cheetah Cement Factory, a multi-million-dollar project which should see Namibia produce its own cement for the first time, was launched at Otjiwarongo yesterday.
Indonesian cement consumption fell nine per cent to 3.11Mt in September from August, the head of the industry association said Wednesday.
Cimpor expects to have over 10 per cent revenue growth in the Chinese market and is considering opportunities in India
Cement dispatches for the first half of the current year have grown by 10% and touched 81Mt compared with 74Mt in same period previous year.
Cement makers may no longer be able to pass on the responsibility for fluctuating prices to their dealers. The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (MRTPC)
Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd said its unit Sinoma Construction Co Ltd has won cement production line contracts for Holcim (Hungaria) Co Ltd in Hungary, worth a combin...
Anhui Conch Cement Company Limited (914) said Anhui Environmental Protection Bureau of the PRC had undergone inspection for the rectification progress of Wuhu Conch on 22 Septem...
Managing Director, Ibeto group of Companies, makers of Ibeto Cement and Chairman of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN)
Hunan Nanfang Cement Company signed a letter of intent with the You County Government of Zhuzhou City in Hunan Province for a dry-process cement plant.
After running from pillar to post for more than a year for its proposed Rs 1,000-crore cement plant in Madhya Pradesh, Hyderabad-based Sanghi Industries Ltd has been invited by ...
The Ash Grove Cement Company says it is adding a kiln that will help increase production by 70 per cent, enabling the company to produce 1.7Mt of cement a year.
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