Kind European winter gives Dyckerhoff strong start
The separately quoted Buzzi Unicem subsidiary Dyckerhoff had a very good start to the year, with volumes well ahead in all countries with the exception of the USA
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Except for North America, Italcementi has an excellent start to the year
With only North America and Thailand showing lower domestic cement deliveries, Italcementi’s first quarter cement and clinker shipments increased by 7.6% to 15.3Mt.
Holcim: strong start to the year in Europe and Asia, but weaker in the Americas
Holcim’s first quarter turnover rose by 23.8% to SFr5,728m (EUR3,536m) and the operating EBITDA advanced by 34.0% to SFr1,342m (EUR828m) with margins improving from 21.6% ...
Readymix says current yr starts satisfactorily, in line with prior year
Irish cement maker Readymix PLC said that, against a background of good market demand, the year’s trading has started satisfactorily, in line with the group’s perfor...
St. Lawrence Cement Group Granted Leave To Appeal By The Supreme Court Of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada has granted St. Lawrence Cement Group Inc. (ST.A.T) leave to appeal an October 2006 ruling in class action case involving the company’s Beaupo...
Chilean cement maker Empresas Melon to be Lafarge Chile
After 100 years of presence at Chilean market, Empresas Melon to change its corporate identity and to be named Lafarge Chile.
Indocement plans US$75m capital expenditure this year
Indonesia’s second largest cement maker PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa (JSX:INTP) said it will spend up to US$75 million in capital expenditure this year.
Australia Rinker Investors Hold Back From Cemex Bid
Rinker Group Ltd investors said Friday they are holding back from taking up Cemex’s US$14.25 billion takeover offer because they believe the bid undervalues Rinker with ...
Lafarge boosts first quarter margins
Lafarge increased turnover by 6.2% in the first quarter of 2007 to EUR3,695m. The underlying EBITDA rose by 28.6% to €575m and the running profit before tax improved by 26.0% t...
Titan has a strong start to the year in Greece and in Bulgaria
Titan’s first quarter turnover improved by 2.1% to EUR342.1m and the EBITDA rose by 10.7% to EUR88.9m.
HeidelbergCement says may make offer for Hanson
HeidelbergCement AG said on Thursday it was looking at the possibility of acquiring British building materials company Hanson Plc.
Australian Rinker is named as defendant
The US Department of Justice filed an amended complaint today in the District Court in Washington, DC, naming concrete maker Australian Rinker Group Limited as a defendant in th...
Gauteng running out of building materials
The Gauteng Department of Housing South Africa, has expressed concern that contractors building low-cost housing are going to run out of cement and building materials in coming ...
Vietnam: National economy continues to see steady growth
In the first quarter of this year, Vietnam’s economic growth reached 7.7 per cent, higher than that of the same period in previous years. In April, the national economy co...
Climate change and India
India’s planners find themselves in a fix in the wake of the fourth assessment report of the UN intergovernmental panel on climate change. On the one hand, the economy is ...
Indonesian cement companies post slight declines in profits
A sharp fall was recorded in the net profit of three publicly listed cement companies on the average in the first quarter of this year over the same period last year. The declin...
China’s machinery makers maintain high growth
China’s cement-making machinery industry reported robust growth in production and sales, as well as exports in the 10th Five-Year Plan (2001-2005), laying a solid foundati...
Austria’s RHI says Q1 operating profit up 33 per cent
Austrian refractory speciailist RHI posted a 33 per cent rise in first-quarter operating earnings as it sold more products to the booming global steel industry.
Holcim nearly doubles first quarter net profit
The world’s biggest cement makers, on Thursday reported a 94 per cent increase in its first quarter net profit to 530 million Swiss francs (Euro 331m)), fuelled by the boo...
Bangladesh Shipping - Chittagong Port
Following is the berthing schedule of major vessels loading and unloading at Chittagong port.
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