Cement prices to rise on back of fuel hikes – Jordan
Jordan Cement Factories Company (JCFC) will increase the price of cement after the implementation of the government’s decision to hike the price of oil derivatives in Apri...
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Cimpor improves FY net profit, Portugal
Cimpor said it managed to improve full year net profit by 3.9 per cent to EUR266.2m from EUR256.1m despite ’a number of adverse factors’.
Factory dioxin levels illegal, UK
Dioxin emissions from a North Wales cement factory were above legal limits, magistrates were told yesterday. Castle Cement, which operates a plant at Padeswood, near Mold, Flint...
New orders for Siemens
Siemens Ltd’s Industrial Solutions and Services Division has won three orders worth Rs 680m (US$15.3m), including two export orders, in the cement industry. The contracts ...
No plan to raise Gujarat Ambuja open offer price, India
Holcim Ltd said Thursday that it has no plans to raise its open offer price of INR90.64 a share for Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd.
Cementir 2005 net profit at EUR109.4m
Italian cement group Cementir, a unit of local construction company Caltagirone, posted a net profit of EUR109.4m for 2005, a 62 per cent YoY increase.
Cemex sees 1Q sales up 51 per cent
Cemex said it expects first quarter sales to rise 51 per cent. It said sales for the period will come in higher than $3.9bn. Cemex also said it expects EBITDA to be about US$800...
Dramatic growth in carbon market in 2005
Some Euro 9.4bn worth of carbon was traded on the international market last year, up from an estimated euro 377m in 2004, according to a new report. Carbon 2006, from Norwegian ...
TCL still to decide on Haiti
Trinidad Cement Limited, TCL, says it will await completion of the expansion of Caribbean Cement before deciding whether to take up an offer to expand operations to Haiti. TCL h...
EBRD to approve $10m credit for Garadagh
A US$10m credit for the second stage of reconstruction of Garadagh Cement, Azerbaijan, will be approved by the Council of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and D...
World Bank Supports urban service delivery in Karnataka
The World Bank has just approved a US$216m loan to finance the delivery of urban services in the state of Karnataka, India, through enhancing urban infrastructure, and improving...
Saudi QCC Director General resigns
The management board of Saudi cement producer Qassim Cement Company (QCC) has accepted the resignation of the company’s director general, Khaled Saleh al-Mudaifar, the com...
Construction to gain from public spending whoever wins
Italian construction companies, such as Impregilo SpA, and cement firms Italcementi SpA and Buzzi Unicem SpA would gain from public works spending in plans proposed by both poli...
Holcim Apasco provides 140 Houses
Holcim Apasco and Mexican fund Provivah provided 140 houses to Veracruz, southern Mexico, under their common social programme, Holcim Apasco said on March 15, 2006. The price of...
Construction industry in crisis
The local Jamaican construction industry is reportedly in crisis as activities have come to a virtual standstill in the wake of fresh concerns about the quality of products supp...
Hanson shares hit record on break-up, bid talk
Shares in Hanson Plc surged to an all-time high on Wednesday on market talk of a bid for the building materials supplier from France’s Lafarge, adding to rumours the firm ...
Police arrest Portland staff
Police in Blantyre last Friday arrested four Portland Cement Limited (Lafarge) workers for allegedly working in the country without permits and another one for alleged theft by ...
Andhra officials may meet cement firms over price issue
With the regional cement prices showing no signs of coming down in the immediate future, bulk consumers in the state, including irrigation contractors, builders and departments ...
Using old tyres for fuel will benefit environment
The environment will benefit from a government decision to allow Holcim to use alternative fuels at its cement plant outside Kimberley, South Africa, the company said on Wednesd...
Court upholds ruling on Cemco tender
The Philippine Court of Appeals (CA) has junked the bid of Cemco Holdings to overturn an order of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conduct a tender offer for the ...
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