Egypt’s ASEC says 9-month net up 18%
Egypt’s ASEC Cement made net profit of E£291.8m (US$51m) in the first nine months of 2006, 18 per cent up on the same period of 2005,
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VNCC to build $28m cement plant in Khanh Hoa
The Vietnam National Cement Corporation (VNCC) is planning to kick off a project costing VND450bn (US$28.13m) to build a cement plant next month in
India’s cement prices scaling new peaks
Riding high on strong demand, the cement industry in India has been witnessing new peaks in prices, even after scaling up capacity utilisation.
Orascom Construction Industries 3rd Quarter Results
OCI posts 84% growth in consolidated EBITDA and 66% rise in net income during the third quarter 2006
Plant upgrades at CEMEX´s Broceni and Balcones cement plants
Cemex-Group expands its clinker production capacities with KHD Humboldt Wredag´s pyroprocessing technology at two cement plants in Texas / USA and in Latvia, each with a designe...
Schrader Camargo to work on Carib Cement’s expansion project
Local cement manufacturer Caribbean Cement Company (CCC), a subsidiary of Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL), has engaged the services of Colombian construction and engineering compa...
Cement makers in for busy time, Malaysia
The wait is over and things could finally be looking up for Malaysia’s cement sector.
Lebanon producers threaten to abandon postwar price ceiling
Lebanon’s three cement producers have threatened to abandon a price ceiling on building materials that they adopted in August if cement smuggling into Syria continues to r...
India Grasim signs pact with Orissa government for cement unit
India’s Grasim Industries Ltd, the flagship company of the Aditya Birla group said it signed a pact with the government of Orissa state to set up a 3.5Mt integrated cement...
South African construction costs to soar with cement price increase
Increases in the domestic price of cement appear imminent and will raise the cost of major construction projects, including the government’s infrastructural expenditure pr...
Cement firm to face questions about dust
The Maidencreek Township supervisors said they will ask Lehigh Cement Co. to disclose the contents of dust emitted from its plant in the township.
Thailand’s Siam City Cement’s changes CEO
Siam City Cement Plc (SCCC) has shaken up its management and board in the wake of disappointing results, but it says the two developments are not related.
Buzzi Unicem USA expands its Selma, MO cement plant
River Cement Company part of Buzzi Unicem USA awarded Humboldt Wedag, Inc, member of KHD Humboldt Wedag-Group based in Norcross GA, a contract for the engineering and supply of ...
Chinese CMC Co. to establish cement plant in Yemen
Yemeni Assas company signed Wednesday with Chinese CMS and Hong Kong Mix More companies a partnership agreement to establish a cement plant in Abyan governorate
Philippine cement plant given pioneer perks, strict rules
The Board of Investments (BoI) recently granted pioneer status and income tax holidays (ITH) to a P7-billion greenfield cement plant in Bulacan
Egypt’s Misr Cement Qena 9-month profit up 69 per cent
Egypt’s Misr Cement Qena on Monday reported a 69 per cent rise in net profit in the nine months to the end of September.
Russian court again delays US’ Russia Partners suit vs Eurocement
The Moscow Arbitration Court has again postponed preliminary hearings of a 3.35 billion ruble lawsuit filed by U.S.-based investment fund Russia Partners against Russia’s ...
Lafarge South Africa embarks on R1.2bn expansion as demand rises
Lafarge SA, could import about 600,000t of cement and clinker until it increases its capacity in 2008, CEO Albert Corcos said.
Cemex, CCC in talks over floating cement plant
Jamaican firm Caribbean Cement Company (CCC) is in negotiations with Mexico’s Cemex in an effort to reach a supply agreement to help cover shortfalls in the local market
Pakistan cement sector registers 16 per cent growth
The cement sector has registered 16 percent growth during the last four months from July to October against the corresponding period of last year
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