Chia Hsin Cement scored NT$4.68 in EPS in First Half
Thanks to sales of Wankuo Commercial Building, Chia Hsin Cement Corporation, one of Taiwan’s largest manufacturers of cement, became the most profitable maker in the line
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Venezuela to up cement production
Venezuela is striving to expand cement production capacities to meet the increasing demand for building, reported industry sources.
Italcementi H1 results seen up on stronger cement volumes, margins
Italcementi SpA’s first-half results, due today, are seen improving year on year, supported by stronger sales volumes and margins at its cement activities, analysts said.
Strong improvement in prices and trading volumes on UAE’s two major exchanges
Positive news coming from some UAE companies and the calming down of the situation in Lebanon led to a very strong improvement in prices and trading volumes
Government plan to set up more cement plants in India opposed
Reacting to the alarming situation arising out of the degradation of environment in the surrounding areas of cement plants in Himachal Pardesh, people have raised a banner of re...
ABB wins major control system contract from Jura Cement
ABB today that is has won an order worth more than two million Swiss Francs for the replacement of a complete control system at Jura Cement’s cement production line No. 5.
Cement prices to remain stable
The prices of construction materials in Vietnam will not increase in coming months despite rising costs on many other products as a result of higher petrol prices, said the depu...
Cement scandal in carib island
The Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has condemned a decision by Government to absorb the cost of a private business venture. Speaking to members of the media on Tu...
Cementos Portland raises stake in Lemona
Cementos Portland Valderrivas raised stake in Cementos Lemona SA to 97.57 per cent from 97.4 per cent it was holding in June 2006, Cementos Portland reported to the Spanish stoc...
Safety concerns hinder possible enviro deal
Californian cement companies are reportedly working with state transportation officials on a pact to lower the level of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced during cement man...
Holcim Romania sees concrete sales rise
Holcim Romania expects an increase of over 30 per cent year-on-year in its concrete sales in the capital Bucharest in 2006, due to the great demand as a result of a large number...
Portland ownership talks
A meeting to review ownership of East African Portland Cement is scheduled for next week. The Wednesday gathering, to be attended by shareholders, will decide among other issue...
ACC gets approval for merger
Associated Cement Companies Ltd today said it has received approval from the Bombay High Court for the merger of Tarmac (India) Ltd with itself. The company informed the Bombay...
ACC announces august data
The Bombay Stock Exchange of India made the following corporate announcement: Associated Cement Companies Ltd. (ACC) has informed BSE about the Company’s production and d...
Indocement’s CDM reaches final stage
PT Indocement said that the implementation of its Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project had reached the final stage. Sources at Indocement said that the CDM project started ...
Holcim plans investment for Davao plant
Holcim Philippines will pour P1 billion (US$20m) over the next 12 months to rehabilitate and improve its Davao City factory to full operations by mid- 2007, the firm’s chi...
Holcim Indonesia denies conflict of interest
PT Holcim Indonesia, the third largest cement maker in the country, said in a disclosure to the stock exchange, that it followed all the correct procedures when securing a waste...
Gujarat Ambuja August cement shipments fall
Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd. , India’s third-biggest cement maker, said its August shipments fell 0.5 per cent from a year earlier because of heavy rains in the western sta...
Houston Cement widens shareholder base
Texas Lehigh Cement Company, which is jointly controlled by HeidelbergCement and Eagle Materials has negotiated to take a stake in Houston Cement Company. Houston Cement Compan...
Cheetah runs out of cement
Cheetah Cement, Namibia has run out of cement and Holcim is reportedly having a field day. It just pushed up its price for cement to about N$49 per bag. The ship with the cement...
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