Tasek Corp sells stake in Jurong Cement
Tasek Corp Bhd said it has disposed of its 17.4 per cent stake in Singapore-listed Jurong Cement for S$16.19m or S$2.10 per share. Tasek said the disposal is expected to result ...
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India replaces tariff on cement
Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday scrapped an additional excise tariff on cement sold at a retail price of more than INR190 a bag.
Indonesia Indocement aims to raise capacity
Indonesian cement maker, PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk , aims to raise its production capacity to 20Mt by the end of 2009 from 17Mt currently, its president said on Thursda...
Russia’s Siberian Cement has started Kazakh project
With a capacity of 1.2Mta of cement Siberian Cement (SIBCEM) and its undisclosed Kazakh partner have formed the YUG CEMENT (South Cement) joint venture. SIBCEM has taken a 51% i...
Lafarge boosts first quarter margins
Lafarge increased turnover by 6.2% in the first quarter of 2007 to €3695m.
Eagle Materials posts record profits in a weakening environment
In its financial year to the end of March, Eagle Materials increased its consolidated turnover by 7.3 per cent to US$922.4m and the trading profit before corporate overheads ros...
OCI expands into new middle east cement market
Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) will construct a greenfield cement plant in Northwest Syria with a production capacity of 2Mta.
OCI expands into new middle east cement market
Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) has announced that it has established Syrian Cement Company, which will construct a greenfield cement plant in Northwest Syria
India: stop unloading cement in goods shed
Aundh Road-based Laboni Towers Co-operative Housing Society Ltd has threatened legal action if the Central Railways (CR) declined to stop unloading cement at the Khadki goods shed.
Nigeria: rising cost of cement
The unprecedented rise in price of cement in recent times is, to say the least, lamentable, says Sun News Publishing.
Hanson Pipe & Precast Acquires Eagle Precast, Inc.; Acquisition Expands Company’s Presence in the Western U.S.
Strengthening its Western United States precast presence, Hanson Structural Precast, a division of Hanson Building Products North America, today announced
St Lawrence Cement Group Inc - First Quarter Results
St. Lawrence Cement Group Inc. (the "Company") reported sales of $151.8 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007,
Semen Gresik lLikely to issue US$300 million bonds
PT Semen Gresik is likely to issue US$200 million - US$300 million bonds to finance the company’s capital expenditure on the development of new cement facility.
Cement in high demand
The problem of the shortage of building materials in Poland may become acute in the light of the investment which will be made in connection to Euro 2012.
Australia’s Rinker Group: New Quarry Operation In Las Vegas
Rinker Group Ltd. (RIN.AU), the subject of a US$14.25 billion takeover bid by Mexico’s Cemex SA (CX), said Wednesday it will expand its U.S. business with a new quarry in ...
Holcim’s application omits key details
The application filed by Holcim on April 20 to construct a cement plant at Weston, just outside of Oamaru, still omits many of the key details the community needs to make an inf...
FLSmidth lands contract for new cement production line in Sudan
FLSmidth has won a contract worth more than DKK 360m (approximately €48m) to supply machinery for a new 4500tpd cement
Thailand’s Siam Cement 1Q results
Cement earnings fell 13 per cent YoY. Domestic cement demand declined by 6 per cent YoY, but increased 7 per cent QoQ
Indonesia Semen Gresik 1Q
Indonesia’s largest cement maker PT Semen Gresik said Monday its first-quarter net profit
Colombia’s Cementos Argos 1Q
Cementos Argos, Colombia’s largest cement company, said Monday its consolidated net profit in the first quarter fell 55 per cent
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