Cement coming from Colombia already sold out
Amid a severe shortage on the market in Guyana, a Colombian exporter of local rice was able to source cement from his native country for Guyana, but over 1900 slings which are e...
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WWF and Bamburi Cement in conservation effort
Visiting World wide Fund for nature (WWF) Director General, Jan Leape has called on both the private sector and government to boost forests and woodlands conservation as part of...
Cement Australia takes miner off the market
The parent company of Tasmanian coal miner Cornwall Coal has decided to keep the business. Cement Australia put the company on the market six months ago to see if there was a pr...
HeidelbergCement wants more consolidation
HeidelbergCement AG believes it should play a major role in the consolidation of the cement industry and wants to make a further acquisition, CEO Bernd Scheifele said in an inte...
Cement prices shoot up
The Indian construction sector has been hit hard as the cement manufacturing companies, which appear to have formed a cartel, have increased the price of cement by Rs 100 per ba...
New cement plant for Ebonyi State?
The Ibeto Group of Companies is reportedly to build a US$500m cement manufacturing industry in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Chairman and chief executive officer of the company, Chief ...
Its just not cricket
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup 2007 has expressed disappointment at cement shortages across the Caribbean affecting preparation for the tournament. Do...
HeidelbergCement waits on Turkish decision
HeidelbergCement is awaiting the results of a State Council decision to stop controversial move that denied its Turkish partner, Akcansa, the acquisition of a domestic cement co...
CCI employees to agitate for revival of unit
Workers and employees of the closed Cement Corporation of India’s (CCI) Adilabad plant have threatened to launch agitations, including a fast unto death, as the unit has n...
Jaypee, Shree and Birla cement in race to form JV with Sail
Three private Indian cement manufacturers -- Jaypee Cement, Shree Cement and Birla Cement — are reportedly in the race to form a joint venture with state-owned Steel Authority o...
Lafarge interested in Semen Gresik
Lafarge SA has reportedly expressed its seriousness in buying Cemex Asia Holdings’s 25.53 per cent in PT Semen Gresik at market price. The serious commitment of Lafarge, c...
Work on Dong Lam cement factory begin
Dong Lam Cement Joint Stock Co started construction on Monday on the Dong Lam cement plant in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. The plant, built at a cost of VND2.8 trilli...
Rising prices of cement, steel and other inputs
The Pakistan government is likely to revise the cost of development schemes upward due to increase in the prices of cement, steel and other inputs, a senior government official ...
Construction of new US Holcim cement plant begins
Construction began Friday on one of the nation’s largest cement plants, about 50 miles south of St. Louis, in spite of environmentalist concerns about the factory that wil...
Lafarge North America rejects buyout
Lafarge North America (LNA) said Friday, March 23, that a committee of board members had rejected a US$3bn buyout offer from its French parent, Lafarge SA. The committee conside...
Cement company resumes deliveries
The local construction industry received a lifeline yesterday as Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) partially resumed deliveries of its core product. Yesterday’s resu...
Fear over incinerator trial at cement works
Campaigners fear Cemex’s UK Barrington cement works could be earmarked as a waste incineration site. Cemex UK Operations, owner of the works, announced earlier this month it was...
HeidelbergCement has no plans to delist
HeidelbergCement AG said it isn’t planning to delist from public trading. Chief Executive Bernd Scheifele, speaking at the company’s 2005 earnings press conference, ...
Holcim Romania higher turnover
Holcim Romania expects its turnover to reach 190 million euros this year, although the sales were some 9-10 percent under the company’s estimates in the first quarter of 2...
Florida Rock Industries announces Lake Belt ruling
Florida Rock Industries has announced that on March 22, 2006, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ruled that several mining permits for the Lak...
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