Fate of CCI unit in balance
The closed Adilabad unit of Cement Corporation of India (CCI) may be put on auction block if events are any indication.
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Changes afoot at Eurocement?
Market speculation as to the possibility of Filaret Galchev re-aligning some if not all Eurocement Group’s wide diversity of Russian and Ukranian cement assets is gathering some...
New orders for FCB.Ciment
FCB Ciment of France wins the following orders in the cement industry:
Lafarge begins cement production in Bangladesh
Lafarge Surma Cement Limited (LSCL), has started producing cement at a $270m Bangladesh project to meet demand from the country’s growing construction sector
Barloworld To Spin Off PPC, CEO Steps Down
Barloworld Ltd is to spin off its majority stake in Pretoria Portland Cement Co and return about ZAR1bn, or $143m, to shareholders in 2007 as part of the South African industria...
FFE Minerals to acquire materials handling company
FFE Minerals, the minerals processing arm of FLSmidth, has acquired KOCH Transporttechnik Germany and KOCH Transporttechnik Austria.
Full-year cement sales set to decline, says Holcim (Indonesia)
High interest rates in the early months of the year have taken their toll on the cement industry, with full-year domestic sales set to decline on lower demand, a top industry pl...
Hanson expects profits in 2006 to increase by more than 10%
Hanson is seeing continued strong pricing in its aggregates driven US operations. Price increases have exceeded 10%, though underlying volumes are slightly below the level of l...
Changes afoot at Eurocement?
Market speculation as to the possibility of Filaret Galchev re-aligning some if not all Eurocement Group’s wide diversity of Russian and Ukranian cement assets is gathering some...
Lafarge seals new EUR300m partnership deal with EBRD
Lafarge said Wednesday it is renewing its partnership with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
YTL Land & Development, YTL Cement 1Q net profits fall
YTL Land & Development Bhd’s net profit for the first quarter (1Q) ended Sept 30, 2006, was almost halved to RM2.94 million from RM5.58 million a year ago,
Cemex sees 4th quarter sales near US$4.3bn
Mexico’s Cemex said on Monday it expects fourth-quarter sales to rise 9 percent from a year ago to $4.3bn, with solid operations at home offsetting weak U.S. sales.
TCL Group cement reaches Guyana market
The first bags of cement packed at the TCL Guyana Incorporated (TGI) cement packaging terminal have reached local markets.
Inteko and BasEl construction of new plants
Inteko, a company owned by Yelena Baturina, and Basic Element (BasEl), which belongs to Oleg Deripaska, are to build four cement plants that will be able to produce a total of ...
Portuguese CGD Holds 2.08 per cent in Cimpor
Portuguese largest, state-owned bank Caixa Geral de Depositos (CGD) controls directly and indirectly 2.08 per cent of the share capital of Cimpor.
SCG upbeat on investment outlook; Thai fundamentals remain attractive
Siam Cement Group (SCG), the country’s largest industrial conglomerate, believes Thailand’s economic fundamentals remain attractive enough for foreign direct investm...
HAZEMAG Crushing plants for Turkey
HAZEMAG & EPR GmbH has received an order from the Turkish company Kahramanmaras Cimento (KCS) for the supply of two crushing plants, as described below.
Heidelberg blinks
HeidelbergCement has agreed to pay the non-compete fees to all shareholders who participate in its open offer if its petition to the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) challeng...
Barloworld To Spin Off PPC, CEO Steps Down
Barloworld Ltd Monday said it will spin off its majority stake in Pretoria Portland Cement Co and return about ZAR1bn
No clear direction over last week
In the same tango ballet that we have been looking at for a couple of months, freight rates have again danced on the same
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