Tianjin’s Bulk Cement utilisation rate up
The Tianjin Municipality Cement Industry Association revealed announced that the output of Tianjin’s bulk cement reached 5.2Mt in 2006,
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CH2M HILL Wins contract to design world’s largest cement plant
CH2M HILL, a global full-service engineering, construction, and operations firm has secured a contract from FL Smidth, Inc to provide facility and infrastructure design services...
Dalmia Cement Q3 net profit jumps by 453 per cent
New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd today reported a more than five-fold jump in its net profit at Rs 64.84 crore
New arrivals at landfill site
Cement manufacturer Lafarge has taken delivery of two new machines which will operate at a waste disposal site.
Cimenterie Nationale pours hopes into upgraded production facility
Cimenterie Nationale (CN), Lebanon’s second-largest cement producer, is investing $100m to upgrade production, as a regional spike in prices has the sector flush with reve...
Cemex to invest US$1.2bn in Mexico 2006-2008
Cemex will invest at least US$1.2bn in Mexico over the period 2006 to 2008.
ADIA buys 7.6% Suez Cement stake
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has acquired a 7.6 per cent stake in Egypt’s Suez Cement.
Orascom in Tarmac bid rumours
Egyptian conglomerate Orascom is rumoured to have had a £1.5bn offer for Tarmac turned down.
Vietnam expects self-sufficiency in cement production by 2010
Vietnam’s cement industry will fully meet the national demand by 2010 with supply expected to reach 60Mt against 50Mt for the national demand volume, an industry official...
Colombian cement prices
The late 2006 rulings by the Colombian President that domestic cement prices should come under closer supervision of the Ministry of Commerce has disappointed local cement produ...
No cement orders pending State decision, Mauritius
Although it was expected to do so, the cabinet did not take a decision on a possible increase in the price of cement last Friday
Dalmia Cement net jumps 5.53 times for Dec`06 qtr
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) disclosed a 5.53 times jump in net profits to Rs 648.40m for the quarter ending December 2006 from Rs 117.20m for the December 2005 qu
Volume of Cement Exported through Zhangjiagang Port
Statistics released by Zhangjiagang Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau in Jiangsu Province on Janaury 11th show that the volume of cement exported through Zhangjiagang ...
President Saleh inspects cement factory project, Yemen
President Ali Abdullah Saleh paid a visit to Arab Company’s cement project in the Howeirah area.
Vietnam seeks ways to develop cement industry
Vietnam should be careful in approving new cement projects between 2006 and 2010, develop infrastructure in areas having cement facilities, and raise the cement industry’s...
Construction firm ups cement production
The Saigon Manufacturing and Commercial Company will open its second concrete factory on Jan. 12
Orient plans cement unit in Rajasthan
The CK Birla group is betting big on cement. The Kolkata-based business conglomerate’s Orient Paper & Industries has recently won a limestone mining lease renewal case in ...
Strabag to begin construction of Hungarian plant
Austrian construction firm Strabag is set to begin building a HUF33bn (US$169m) cement plant in the Kiralyegyhaza, southern Hungary, next September.
Caspian Resources to develop Kuznetsk cement plant
Kazakhstan’s Caspian Resources holding company will invest roughly R200m in 2007 to upgrade its- controlled Kuznetsk cement plant (Kemerovo Region, Russia
Cemex to raise Mexican cement prices five per cent
Cemex will raise domestic cement prices by an average of five per cent from January 15, a company executive said on Friday.
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