EAPC boss denies corruption
The East African Portland Cement Company managing director, Zakayo ole Mapelu, has defended himself against allegations of corruption. Mapelu said he called the Kenya Anti-Corr...
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Construction of cement factory begins
The Vietnam Cement Corporation has started the construction of Cam Ranh Cement Factory at Cam Ranh Commune in central Khanh Hoa Province last week.
Uzbekistan plans to build more plants
Chairman of Uzstroimaterialy, Irkin Akramov, says that Uzbekistan plans in the next five years to build three cement plants. "We plan to build two plants with capacity of 1Mt ea...
Lafarge manoeuvres may prove costly
Lafarge SA will have to pay at least US$85 per share if it is serious about acquiring the rest of its North American subsidiary Lafarge North America Inc. (LNA), say sources. A...
Cemex to build new plant in Latvia?
Cemex has apparently decided to build a second plant in Latvia in eastern Europe, newspaper Reforma reported, citing Latvian daily Dienas Bizness. The plans for the new plant w...
Cement companies created price rise?
Concerned over the unprecedented rise in cement prices during the last two months, a body of engineering construction contractors on Friday blamed top cement manufacturers of cr...
Iran to build power, cement plants in Cuba
Iran and Cuba signed an agreement based on which Iran will build a cement plant in this Latin American country, news wire
Duty-free import of cement urged
President of the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Abdul Rauf has asked the government to allow duty free import of cement as the cement factory owners have incr...
Carib Cement moves into major phase of upgrade
Carib Cement will next month move into a pivotal phase of its US$100m expansion and modernisation programme, when it begins construction of the foundation for a new kiln. At the...
Sellers cheat customers; 11 imprisoned
Authorities in Harad, Yemen, arrested 11 cement importers and closed their shops. Khaled Baruuq, vice deputy of Harad, told News Yemen that the prosecutor’s office moved quickly...
Manila: cost of building materials up
Wholesale prices of construction materials in Metro Manila went up by 0.9 per cent in January 2006 from their December levels, mainly because of higher inflation for cement and ...
Renewed interest in cement production in North Dakota
Geologists want to know if enough limestone can be found in eastern North Dakota to run a profitable cement plant. It’s a subject of intense interest in North Dakota&rsquo...
China shifting to rural area developments
The overcapacity pressures on some industries in China, such as iron and steel and cement, are likely to be eased wh
Indocement expects only marginal gains
PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa expects its domestic cement sales to increase by up to four per cent this year from around 9.5Mt last year, a director with Indonesia’s seco...
Bamburi invests in plant upgrade
Bamburi Cement has announced a Sh30m infrastructure upgrade at its Athi River cement plant also known as Nairobi Grinding Plant (NGP).
Plan to revive CCI
The Indian government has cleared the proposal for reviving three public sector units, including Cement Corporation of India (CCI). For reviving the CCI the government will waiv...
Turkey’s Cimsa sets up unit in Romania
Turkish cement maker Cimsa said on Friday it has recently set up a unit in Constanta, southeastern Romania, via which it plans to back its investment plans in the country.
Argos agrees to buy US Concrete Co
Cementos Argos SA, Colombia’s biggest cement maker, agreed to buy RMCC Group Inc, a US ready-mixed concrete supplier, for US$435m, RMCC’s controlling shareholder sa...
Italcementi to invest in its Bulgarian plants
Italcementi, plans to invest EUR 10m in its two plants in Bulgaria in the next five years to expand its production range of dry building mixtures and intro
Uzbekistan expands exports
Uzqurilishmateriallari (Uzbek Construction Materials) increased production by 54.1 per cent in 2000-2005. Uzqurilishmateriallari said production of cement increased to 5.01Mt (1...
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