Pakistan’s cement exports to Afghanistan
Pakistan’s Commerce Ministry has said in a report that cement exports to Afghanistan have increased with the change in weather, says Asia Pulse.
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Jamaica and those cement import duties
Commerce, Science and Technology Minister, Phillip Paulwell, is today expected to outline the government’s position on the call for the removal of a 41 per cent import dut...
Cemex To Spend US$210m on Yaqui plant expansion
Cemex has announced its plans to invest US$210m in expansion of Yaqui plant, in northwestern Sonora state. The expansion will increase the annual output of the plant to 3.15Mt f...
Cement quality standard revised
The Bureau of Product Standards (BPS), an agency attached to the Department of Trade and Industry, announced in a press release the revision of the Philippine National Standard ...
Lafarge re-assesses priorities in China
For Lafarge, integration has become a top priority in China, says Asia Pulse. Last year it saw a rapid expansion through mergers and acquisitions. In November, Lafarge and Shui ...
HeidelbergCement to increase China stake?
China’s Tangshan Jidong Cement Co said Tuesday its parent is in negotiations to transfer a stake in the company to HeidelbergCement AG.
Fecto Cement’s last year performance
The turnaround in Fecto Cement Ltds performance in Pakistan was achieved last year. For the year under review, the company achieved even higher result which enabled the company ...
Bamburi profits up significantly
Bamburi Cement¹s profit before tax has grown by 22.5 per cent to Ksh3.3bn from Ksh2.7b for the year ended December 31, 2005. A statement said the group¹s turnover shot up by 22....
Shree Cement profit hit by charge
Cement maker Shree Cement expects to report a 72 per cent jump in 2005/06 profits but will miss market expectations by a wide margin because of a depreciation charge of at least...
Lafarge extends cash tender offer
Lafarge, owner of a 53.2per cent majority stake in Lafarge North America Inc, today announced that it has extended the expiration date of its cash tender offer of US$75.00 per s...
CRH gives positive outlook for 2006
CRH posted strong results for 2005 and provided an upbeat outlook for the current year. The group, which earns over half of its profits in the US, said pretax rose 16 per cent t...
Holcim to take majority stake in Huaxin Cement
To be able to participate further in the future dynamic growth of the Chinese cement market, Huaxin Cement Co. Ltd (HCC) - a leading Chinese cement producer - has decided to in...
Experts to assist CCCL with faulty cement investigation
Two experts will arrive on the island tomorrow to assist The Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) with an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the release of a ba...
Commercialbank to manage Gulf Cement IPO
Gulf Cement Company has appointed Commercialbank to manage its initial public offering (IPO) on the Doha Securities Market. Gulf Cement will have a paid-up capital of QR800m and...
Carib Cement insists it can meet demand
Caribbean Cement Company Limited is defending its ability to meet local demand. Concern has been raised in recent weeks that the country’s sole cement manufacturer might b...
CRH ’05 profit up appreciably, 2006 outlook good
Profits at Irish building materials group CRH Plc are expected to have exceeded Euro 1.25bn in 2005 -- up 14 per cent on 2004 -- and analysts forecast another strong year for t...
Cemex offers investment sweetener?
The Colombian subsidiary of Cemex is set to double investments in 2006 in response to high sales in the country, newspaper El Norte quoted the firm’s planning and developm...
Sebryakovtsement to invest RUR2bln in upgrade
On March 2, 2006 deputy general manager of Sebryakovtsement Aleksey Mikhin said that the plant started the active stage of investment program aimed at upgrading of production. F...
Mexico cement sales to US seen as tripling
Mexican cement exports to the US could more than triple from current levels once quotas are eliminated in three years, said Kenneth Smith Ramos, Mexico’s lead trade negoti...
Rain Commodities acquires RCUSA
Rain Commodities Ltd a Hyderabad based cement producer today said it has acquired 100 per cent equity stake in US-based Rain Commodities Inc (RCUSA).
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