Meet on cement unit revival, India
A meeting of representatives of the Union Industry Ministry, trade unions and management of Cement Corporation of India (CCI), bankers and creditors with the Board for Industria...
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Taiwan Cement sees 2006 profit growth
Taiwan Cement Corp chairman Koo Cheng-yun said company profits in 2006 will surpass the level achieved in 2005 amid its capacity expansion in China, the Economic Daily News rep...
China’s 2005 cement output 1.06bn tons, no new plant approval
China’s cement output for 2005 rose 9.3 per cent to 1.06bn tons, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a statement.
Colombia’s Cementos Argos 2005 net up
Cementos Argos SA , the biggest Colombian cement maker, said its net profit in 2005 fell three per cent to COP225bn (US$100.2m) from COP232bn the year before mainly because of l...
Portugal’s Cimpor sells 19% Lemona stake, Spain
Cimpor said it has sold its 19 per cent stake in Spain’s Cementos Lemona SA to Cementos Portland Valderrivas SA for EUR69.2m.
Dadabhoy Cement Industries, Pakistan
This 27 year old cement manufacturing unit of Nooriabad (Sindh) has been able to move upward towards revival from massive loss of PKR 666m three years ago. This has generated lo...
ACC sells 50 per cent stake in Everest, India
The Associated Cement Companies Limited has informed the exchange that they have sold 74,00,020 shares aggregating to 50% of the total paid up capital of E
Cement prices jump 15% in Feb
Cement makers have raised retail prices by about 15 per cent in February following a recent court ruling restricting the loading of cement on trucks, and prices could rise furth...
RAK plans new cement plant
The Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Government is planning to set up a new cement factory in the southern areas of the emirate to offset increasing domestic cement demand. The emirate also...
Italcementi’s Ciments Francais President Optimistic for 2006
The president of French cement supplier Ciments Francais, a unit of Italian cement group Italcementi, Rene Nanot, said he was optimistic about the group’s 2006 performance...
Lafarge Malayan Cement’s year tax profit plummets
Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd’s annual pre-tax profit has plummeted 71.7 per cent due to sharply lower domestic selling prices in the first half of the year.
Titan Cement 2005 net grows 19 per cent
Net profit at Greek cement producer Titan grew 19 per cent in 2005, at the top end of analysts’ forecasts, helped by strong foreign growth and a rebound in domestic constr...
Lafarge says buy-out offer for N.America unit ‘fair’
Lafarge on Thursday said its $75-a-share cash offer to buy out minority shareholders in Lafarge North America Inc. was "fair".
Handies and Panamax sectors start to climb
Steel, then iron ore and now coal… this week has been widely animated by the coal sector with the disclosure of the long term Chinese government program to shut-down 70 per cent...
JK eyes Pacific for white cement
JK Cement, one of the largest producers of white cement in India is seeking new markets in Australia and New Zealand. The company has registered a growth of 20 per cent in white...
Sinai Cement appoints Vicat head
Egyptian Sinai Cement Co appointed Louis Jacques Merceron Vicat a management board member, the company board decided on February 19, 2006. The appointment comes after Danish i...
Portland Valderrivas boosts earnings
ementos Portland Valderrivas, the cement subsidiary of Spanish construction group FCC, posted a net profit of Euro 137.1m last year, up 7.8 per cent, on ebitda (gross operating ...
Mexican industry takes voluntary action against climate change
Mexico’s environment ministry (SEMARNAT) recognized fifteen major companies today for publicly reporting their greenhouse gas emissions through a voluntary public-private ...
Mexico Cemex to offer Ara special deal
Cemex and Mexican housing developer Consorcio Ara have signed an agreement, through which the cement company sold an 89-hectare land in Puebla and will supply products at prefer...
Valderrivas cement now controls Lemona
Cementos Portland Valderrivas said on Wednesday it now controlled 96 per cent of the share capital of rival cement manufacturer Cementos Lemona after a public takeover offer. Va...
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