Emissions will be safe, Holcim says
No adverse health effects will be caused by emissions from the proposed $200m cement plant at Weston, according to the company wanting to build it.
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Chinese clear cement plant purchase by CRH
CRH has been cleared by the Chinese government to complete the purchase of a cement plant in Heilongjiang province, in the northeast of that country.
Indian cement companies have had a good run in Q3
Cement makers continued their good run in the third quarter. The year-on-year net profits of companies rose 219% and net sales were up 47%.
Cimpor’s 271 mln eur bid for Egyptian cement co MISR opens today
Cimpor’s EUR271m, E£67 Egyptian pound (EUR9.03) per share bid for cement company MISR Cement Co SAE opens today after receiving approval from Egypt’s stock market regulator.
Pakistan contractors give government two weeks to cut cement prices
While blaming the manufacturers of forming cartel for increasing the cement prices, the All Pakistan Contractors Association (APCA)
CIMA surge draws query
Shares of Cement Industries of Malaysia Bhd (CIMA) rose 26 per cent, or RM1.30, yesterday, prompting a query from Bursa Malaysia.
India cement prices may fall from mid-2007
Cement prices, which rose sharply in 2006, is expected to start declining from the second-half of 2007, due to capacity-addition, according to credit rating agency Fitch.
Strong margin improvement at Martin Marietta
Martin Marietta Materials sold 180.1Mt (198.5Mst) of aggregates in 2006, which was 2.3% less than in the previous year.
Lafarge completes raw material study in Azerbaijan
Representatives from Lafarge have completed conducting cement market research and studying raw cement fields in Azerbaijan.
Cemex Offers homebuying program to Mexican immigrants In US
Cemex (CX) is getting into the housing business, helping Mexican immigrants in the U.S. obtain mortgages and build houses in Mexico.
Russian cement plant to boost output
Construction of a fifth processing line has been put underway at Sukholozhskcement, Russia to boost the plant’s capacity by 50%.
HK-listed Luks to buy cement production equipment for US$25.56m
Luks Industrial (Group) Ltd said it will purchase cement production equipment from China National Aero-Technology for US$25.56m.
Claudius Peters opens new outpost in India
Langley Holdings Claudius Peters division has a recently announced the opening of its new outpost in India. Located in Mumbai
Buzzi boosted by Eastern Europe, Mexico
Buzzi Unicem increased turnover by 8.6% to EUR 3205m in 2006, which represents an increase of 12.2% on a like for like basis
Lafarge Boral Gypsum in Asia invests
Lafarge Boral Gypsum in Asia (LBGA), a 50/50 joint venture of Lafarge SA and Australian peer Boral Limited will invest US$28m to build two plasterboard factories in China and I...
Colombia Cementos Argos sales seen up 4%, 2007
Colombian largest cement and cement products maker Cementos Argos expects to increase the volume of its sales in the country to 4.25Mt of cement in 2007, up by four per cent YoY...
New cement plant to be launched in Krasnoyarsk, Russia
A new cement plant will be launched in Krasnoyarsk in 2009. The new works will manufacture up to 1.2Mta of cement.
Angola cement factory estimated at US$100m
Secil Lobito says it may spend around US$100m in the construction of a new cement factory, with a 600,000tpa capacity.
Cemex takes European Court action over UK CO2 Quotas
Global cement company Cemex (CX) has filed a legal case against the European Commission over a cap on carbon dioxide emissions for its U.K. operations, a court official said Wed...
Cemex offloads bonds to cement Rinker bid
Cemex has sold off US$750m ($965m) worth of hybrid bonds to clean up its balance sheet in preparation for its hostile US$12.8bn takeover of building materials group, Rinker.
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