Tulsa plant receives conservation award
Lafarge North America’s Tulsa Cement Plant received international recognition for contributions to wildlife habitat conservation at the Wildlife Habitat Council’s 17...
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Venezuelan cement available, though supply limited
Fidelity Investment Inc (FII) has delivered on its promise to have Venezuelan cement by Thursday delivered into Guyana and was selling the product by the truckload yesterday, ac...
Cement sector profitability up 82 per cent
During the first half of the current financial year the profitability of local Pakistani cement companies maintained its upward track with higher demand, price increment and dec...
Cement producers scale back January 2006 production
In January 2006, Russian cement producers turned out 2.7 per cent less cement than in January 2005. Russian enterprises produced 2.1Mt of cement. Over the period, the residentia...
Green light for burning of animal waste
Castle Cement, which has a major manufacturing site near Clitheroe, UK, has become the first cement manufacturer in the UK to be given the green light to burn Meat and Bone Meal...
South African cement makers may resort to imports
Demand for cement is reportedly coming dangerously close to capacityin South Africa, with some cement makers already contemplating imports. It is estimated that total production...
CIMA in talks with Vicat
Cement Industries of Malaysia Berhad (CIMA) said it is currently in talks with various parties as part of its normal business strategies, with French cement manufacturer VICAT...
Gresik shares: no buy-back likely
The Indonesian government is unlikely to buy back shares of state-owned cement company PT Semen Gresik (SG) from Mexican cement giant Cemex SA due to its limited budget, accordi...
New Horomill® order from Konya Cimento
Konya Cimento, a subsidiary of the Vicat Group, signed a new contract with FCB.Ciment on 23rd December 2005 to install a Horomill® 3800 grinding plant to increase the cement pro...
Faulty cement recalled
A house at Portland Cottage in Clarendon, Jamaica, which was built with cement from a faulty batch, being demolished yesterday. The Carib Cement Company says it recalled 500t of...
Bestway to revive Mustehkam Cement
Bestway Cement, Pakistan, has planned to start a project in Chakwal, having a capacity of 6000tpd and efforts are underway to revive Mustehkam Cement. The company said, in a not...
The La Araña cement plant upgrade
Over coming months, the Financiera y Minera cement factory in La Araña, Spain will soon be cleaner, more environment-friendly, more productive and more attractive to look at tha...
EU suspends review Of Wendel takeover
The European Commission Thursday suspended its antitrust review of French investment firm Wendel Investissement’s (12120.FR) planned takeover of building materials company...
Moroccan Lafarge net profit rises 3.6 per cent
Lafarge Ciments , the Moroccan arm of French Lafarge SA, reported a 3.6 percent increase in 2005 earnings on Thursday as it raised output to feed a growing construction market. ...
Egypt Suez Cement net debt
Egypt’s cement company Suez Cement Company, controlled by Italian cement group Italcementi, registered a consolidated net financial debt of some Euro 194m at the end of 20...
Cement sector says budget offers nothing concrete
The Indian cement industry has termed Budget 2006 as a mixed bag. The emphasis on infrastructure growth will certainly boost cement demand, said industry officials. But Budget 2...
Algerian cement consumptionin 2005
According to El-Khabar newspaper, Ayman ANIS, General Director Algerian Cement Company (ACC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Egypt’s Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), announc...
Holcim Romania
Holcim Romania has recently launched HolFresh, a new service for construction companies which need to maintain the ready-mix concrete fresh for up to half an hour, the company s...
Cement majors post increase in sales
India’s cement majors have reported a substantial year-on-year increase in volume sales for the month of February. The Associated Cement Companies reported a 11.8 per cent incre...
Lucky Cement claims highest export
Lucky Cement Limited has claimed that it has emerged as the largest exporter of cement from Pakistan. Talking to Business Recorder on Wednesday, Executive Director A R Thaplawal...
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