China Resources Cement in capacity push
China Resources (CR) Cement, a unit of state-controlled conglomerate China Resources (Holdings), plans to invest HK$1.8bn to boost capacity over the next three years, despite pr...
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Actis to buy stake in Dalmia Cements
Private equity fund Actis is set to acquire an 11 per cent stake in India’s Dalmia Cements (Bharat) Ltd for US$25m, the Business Stand
Competition violators warned in Russia
The chief of Russia’s anti-monopoly watchdog vowed Friday to step up competition protection and accused those who had violated Russia’s anti-monopoly legislation of fuelli...
Vicat 2005 profits climb, France
French building materials group Vicat SA posted a EUR 232m consolidated net profit for 2005, an upsurge of 28.7 per cent YoY.
Kazakhstan’s Yuzhpolimetall to build cement plant
Kazakhstan’s Yuzhpolimetall Industrial Corporation plans to build a US$50m cement plant with annual production capacity of at least 600,000t in the southern city of Kentau...
FLSmidth wins Egyptian plant order
Danish engineering group FLSmidth said on Friday it had won a contract worth about Euro 60m with Arabian Cement Company for an Egyptian cement clinker production line. The pla...
Karur KCP bags orders
Karur KCP Packagings Ltd today said it has bagged orders worth Rs 13.21 crore from various cement companies for supply of packaging materials.
Tabuk Cement to pay higher dividends
The management board of Saudi cement producer Tabuk Cement Company (TCC) decided on March 5, 2006 to pay a cash dividen
New Board for Eastern Province
Saudi cement producer Eastern Province Cement Company (EPC) has elected a new board of directors with a three-year term starting from January 29, 2006.
Holcim Espana boosts sales
Holcim Espana, the Spanish arm of Swiss cement group Holcim, registered a 10.5 per cent rise in sales last year, to EUR 650m. The compa
Jidong Cement confirms planned sale
Hebei Provincial Jidong Cement Group Co, Ltd. (Jidong Cement), a major cement producer in China, plans to sell some stake to HeidelbergCement, announced its listing vehicle Tang...
Italcementi to focus on Chinese market 2006
Italian cement maker Italcementi will focus on the Chinese market and will examine its development opportunities in 2006, the company’s CEO, Carlo Pesenti, said. The comp...
New plant for Semen Gresik
PT Semen Gresik is planning to start construction of a new cement plant next year at a cost of more than 3 trln rupiah, finance director Cholil Hasan said. At this stage the co...
More on Concreto
Lafarge India has launched its premium cement brand, Lafarge Concreto, in Orissa recently.Lafarge is currently the cement market leader in eastern India with a market share of 2...
Tyre-burning plant plan submitted for approval
The US State Department of Environmental Conservation has released a 92-page document answering public comments on the Lafarge Building Materials proposal to burn old tyres to f...
Cement supplies run dry
An ordering blunder led to Bermuda’s cement stocks running out yesterday by lunchtime with new supplies not set to arrive until Monday. Bermuda Cement Company (BCC) said Februar...
Mexico shipments to US
There was something for both sides in the cement trade agreement that U.S. and Mexican officials signed March 6. The agreement ends a 16-year dispute and lets Mexico export 3Mt ...
Yanbu Cement unit hit by blaze
Saudi Yanbu Cement said a fire damaged one of four production lines at its sole plant but did not affect supplies. The firm is still trying to determine the causes of the fire w...
Shortfall in cement production met through imports
There is no cement shortage in Qatar as the shortfall is being adequately met through imports. This was disclosed by the chairman of the Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC), Sa...
Gov’t cuts cement import duty
Importers will be allowed to bring cement into Jamaica between now and the end of August, at the reduced duty of 15 per cent, a decision made by Cabinet on Monday in response to...
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