Carpatcement expects 15-20 per cent surge
Carpatcement Holding, local subsidiary of German producer HeidelbergCement, expects to double the sales growth this year. Consequently
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Rajawali to Place 3 Candidates at Semen Gresik
Rajawali Group has had three candidates to become the director and commissioner of Semen Gresik Tbk in tomorrow’s extraordinary general meeting of shareholder.
Lafarge bags bid for Al Sindi cement plant
Lafarge, has won the bid for setting up a major cement plant at Al Sindi in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district, according to top government officials.
Colombian Cementos Argos to export 2.5Mt cement to USA 2006
Colombian cement and cement products maker Compania de Cementos Argos, one of the main cement producers in Latin America, plans to export 2.5Mt
Italcement to invest EUR10m in expanding Bulgarian range
Italian cement giant Italcementi Group, which owns Devnya Cement in Devnya, northeastern Bulgaria, plans to invest EUR10m
BoI to consider opposition to Holcim rehabilitation plan
It would take longer for cement maker Holcim Philippines, Inc. to obtain the Board of Investment’s (BoI) decision on its application for tax incentives after the agency
Cimentas completes acquisition of Elazig Cimento shares
Cimentas announced that following the approval of the competition board it completed the acquisition of 99.99% of
Egyptian Ameriya Cement Sells Holding in Express Ready Concrete for $261,000
Egyptian cement company Ameriya Cement sold its shares and assets in Egypt’s Express Ready Concrete Co for E£1.5m (US$261,000), the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges (C...
Kunda Tsement to launch new kiln line next spring, Estonia
The Estonian cement producer Kunda Nordic Tsement intends to launch a third kiln line next spring expected to increase clinker output by a third
China to cancel tax rebates for cement exports in three years
China will cancel tax rebates for cement exports within three years, the Xinhua-run China Securities Journal said on Tuesday.
Lafarge wins EUR130 cement works contract in Himachal Pradesh, India
Lafarge has won a tender to build a cement works in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh at an estimated cost of EUR130m
FCB.Ciment wins new order from Cemex
In order to answer to the need of Cemex to increase the capacity of its facilities in Panama, FCB Ciment was awarded end of July 2006 by
State to sell its shares in cement firm
The Government is preparing to sell its shares in East African Portland Cement Company through the Nairobi Stock Exchange.
Oyak eyes Lafarge in cement company shuffle
A division of Turkey’s military pension fund-owned Oyak Group is eyeing the local assets of French cement giant Lafarge, a senior Oyak official suggested on Friday to nati...
Carib Cement claims expected to exceed $160m
The cost of claims against Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) for damages due to defective cement is expected to exceed the initial provision of $160 million. Alice Hyde, C...
Holcim SA retains 62.5 per cent stake in Tanga Cement
The recent acquisition of an 85 per cent stake in Holcim South Africa by a South African Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) consortium from Holcim Ltd of Switzerland will not alte...
Watchdog Okays Elazig Acquisition by Cementir, Turkey
Turkey’s antitrust agency, the Competition Board, has given the green light to the acquisition of Turkish cement company Elazig Cimento by Italian cement group Cementir fo...
Govt could slap controls on cement prices, Colombia
Colombia’s environment minister Juan Lozano has fired a warning shot across the bows of cement companies in the country, stating that prices could be subjected to governme...
Govt urged to convert Alangulam cement unit to dry process unit, India
Indian National Cement Workers’ Federation (INCWF) has urged the state government to consider conversion of Tamil Nadu Cements Ltd’s Alangulam plant from wet to a dr...
Lafarge Surma Plant starts cement production, Bangladesh
The Lafarge Surma plant in Bangladesh has started production in its cement mills at Chhatak in Sunamganj district after successful operation of a vertical raw mill and a kiln.
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