Texas Industries sells Houston-area plant
Cement producer Texas Industries Inc. said on Wednesday it sold the site of its Houston-area expanded shale and clay plant. TXI said it will continue to serve the Houston area f...
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Cement prices jump in Grenada
The construction industry in the Caribbean island of Grenada will be hit by an almost 30 per cent increase in the price of cement as soon as the next shipment arrives, reports C...
SCC spends more on mortar
iam Cement Plc (SCC) will invest more than one billion baht to raise its production capacity for printing, writing paper and mortar cement, according to SCC president Kan Trakul...
IHI, Marubeni win cement plant order from Vietnam
Japan’s Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. and Marubeni Corp. said Thursday they have jointly received an order worth some 15 billion yen from Bim Son Cement Co. of Vietna...
Positive outlook on Yanbu Cement
The sales revenue of Yanbu Cement Co (YCC) for the year 2005 increased only by 0.6 per cent to SR778.9mn from SR774.6mn reported in 2004. The was mainly due to the decline in th...
Carib Cement loses J$190m in three months
Caribbean Cement Company reportedly lost J$190m (US$2.94m) between January and March this year - with the deficit during the quarter following a 2005 full financial year in whic...
Cement, steel prices rise sharply
Cement and steel prices in the domestic market have increased sharply due to the arrival of the peak construction season in Mid-May. Major cement producers have raised prices to...
Cement price fixed at RD$125
Following a six-hour meeting, the Dominican Republic government and cement producers agreed to establish the consumer price per bag at RD$125. This, price “reduction” comes abou...
Ministry scraps cement price hike
The UAE Ministry of Economy has overturned a decision by cement factories to increase prices by Dh10 ($2.72) per tonne from June 1. According to a Gulf News report, a top offici...
SOEICOM to invest in modernisation
The Industrial, Commercial and Mining Enterprise Society (Soeicom), owner of cement brand Cimentos Liz, is going to invest approximately US$180m in increasing and modernizing p...
Pricing-fixing trial against German producers delayed
Heidelberg Cement said the start of a civil damages trial against it and five other German cement producers has been delayed until Dec 6. The civil hearing in the Duesseldorf ...
JK Cement plans new greenfield plant
India’s JK Cement Ltd plans to foray into the south Indian cement market with a new greenfield cement plant with annual capacity of up to 3Mta in Karnataka state, the comp...
Monarch hits nine year high
EBITDA for The Monarch Cement Company for its twelve months ended March 31, 2006 was $26,088,413, a 108 per cent increase over the year earlier same twelve months when Monarch C...
Siam City Cement sees no sales growth
Siam City Cement PCL , Thailand’s second-biggest cement maker, said on Tuesday it expected no growth in sales this year due to weak domestic economic expansion. Previousl...
Mexican cement sector investments
The Mexican cement sector will invest US$450m in the construction of plants, the enlargement of existing facilities, maintenance and environmental protection, the executive pres...
Cimpor profits climb
Portuguese cement company Cimpor posted a Euro 78.8m consolidated net profit for the first quarter of 2006. Turnover rose to Euro 406m up 20.4 per cent. The company registered g...
Lucky becomes the largest
Lucky Cement Limited has started its new plant at Karachi with a production capacity of 4000 tons per day, making it the single largest cement manufacturing company in Pakistan,...
Price hike to affect cement industry
Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath might have squeezed a five per cent discount from Indian cement manufacturers for government consumption, but who is really g...
Cement Association of Canada announces Lafarge award
The Ontario Region of the Cement Association of Canada (CAC) is proud to announce that the Lafarge Canada cement plant in Bath, Ontario, received the Land Stewardship Award from...
ECC to review cement prices on Monday
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Monday will review the current price situation of cement and will take a decision whether to lift the ban imposed on ...
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