Cemex raises prices in Mexico
Cemex raised prices for the building material by about three per cent in Mexico, where the company is based, construction traders said on Monday. It is the second time the Mont...
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Bamburi appoints agent for Southern Sudan
Bamburi Cement Company has appointed Kenbro International to supply its cement products to southern Sudan.The marketing agent will distribute 2000t of the product to the region ...
YTL Cement on firm foundations, Malaysia
Resilient earnings and high dividends have kept YTL Cement Bhd shareholders smiling in the last five years, in the face of plunging cement prices and industry-wide losses. Betwe...
HeidelbergCement unit changes manager, Bosnia
Tvornica Cementa Kakanj (TCK), a Bosnian cement factory owned by Germany’s HeidelbergCement, said on Monday its supervisory board has named Branimir Muidza new general man...
Tarmac plans to make more of mortar, UK
Tarmac in the UK is announcing plans to invest more than UK£20m over five years in the strategic development of its national mortar business in a move that will transform the UK...
Second Pollution claim against Giant
The United Steelworkers (USW) today announced that the Union has issued a second notice of intent to sue letter to Giant Cement Company, Giant Resource Recovery and their parent...
Cement companies to work at full capacity
The cement cartel has decided to eliminate quota among local cement manufacturers ands cement manufactures have decided to utilise 100 per cent of their production capacity, acc...
BK Group plans cement unit in Assam
The BK Group, one of the leading business families of the North East, has finalised a plan to set up a greenfield cement project at Cachar in Assam, entailing an investment of a...
Indian prices under official pressure
Under pressure from the government, cement companies on Monday decided to offer five per cent discount on ruling prices to Central government departments. Central government pur...
Lafarge completes North American transaction
Lafarge has announced that it has successfully completed its cash tender offer for the 46.8% minority stake in Lafarge North America that it not previously
Indonesian government should stop interfering
The Indonesian government has not yet responded to Cemex SA’s decision to sell its stake in state-owned cement maker PT Semen Gresik (SG) to Rajawali Group,
Cement investigations extended, Jamaica
A two-week extension has been granted to the special team appointed to spearhead investigations into the circumstances surrounding the withdrawal of locally produced cement from...
Cement supply to improve soon, Pakistan
The completion of capacity expansion in the local cement industry in the next couple of months is likely to considerably ease the supply situation even for high demand periods, ...
Fight promised to keep Westport cement works, New Zealand
The Buller district has vowed to fight to keep one of its biggest employers, the Holcim Cement works, in Westport.
Barak Valley Cements plans IPO
Valley Cements Ltd (BVCL), a North-East based cement company, is looking to raise Rs 40-50 crore from its IPO to fund a slew of expansion initiatives.
Pivdentsement increases production 20.5%, Ukraine
In April 2006, the Pivdentsement company (Olshanske, Mykolaiv region) increased cement production by 20.5% or 14,300 tons compared with April 2005, to 83,900t. Clinker productio...
Time for quiet reflection
While a clear direction seems still to be hard to find on the freight market, things have at least stabilised last week with very quiet activity. On the news front nothing has a...
Cement supply in region 12 stable, Philippines
Regional Sales Head of Holcim Philippines Mr. Ernesto Paredes said that they will not implement price increase despite the temporary shortage of cement in the region.
Taiwan’s Cement makers to see growth in gross profit margins
Taiwan’s leading cement producers, including Taiwan Cement Corp. and Asia Cement Corp., are expected to see their gross operating margins increase by two percentage points...
China’s Conch Cement nears acquisition, China
China’s biggest cement maker Anhui Conch Cement Co is to acquire a smaller peer, people close to the deal said.
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