Sinoma wins Saudi contract
Sinoma International Engineering Co, China, signed a contract with Saudi Arabian counterpart Saudi Cement Co (SCC) last December to construct the Hofuf cement plant
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China B-shares close mixed as investors take profits
B-shares in Shanghai and Shenzhen closed mixed with investors continuing to cash out after recent sharp gains, dealers said. The Shanghai B-share Index rose 0.37 points to
Production set to rise in January
Yemen’s Amran cement factory produced 604,085t last year at a total cost of YR10 bn last year, the Director General of the factory Noman Dowaid said, Saba news reported. Dowaid
Iran’s cement production to hit 75Mta
Given the existing potentials of the country and the number of the projects credited by Bank Sepah, Iran’s cement production by the end of the Fourth Five-Year Socioeconomic
Upgrade of Essroc plant confirmed
Italcementi Group on Friday announced a US$320m expansion and upgrade to its Martinsburg, West Virginia plant. Once the project is completed, the plants production of
Building of cement factory in Sudan
The Najah Investments Group has announced the building of a factory to manufacture cement in Sudan. The production capacity of the new factory will be 1500tpd; Company
UltraTech Cement sales up
UltraTech Cement Limited, an Aditya Birla Group company has reported net sales during the quarter at Rs783 crore effectively up by five per cent (after adjusting the freight and...
JK Cement to go public
JK Cement today has confirmed it would come out with a public offer to raise about Rs 280-300 crore for funding expansion plans, including augmenting captive power generation
New producer on the horizon
A group of Spanish businessmen, led by Bernard Le Genissel, have announced plans for a new 1.8Mta plant to be built close to Tangiers
Cement maker’s court fight with DEQ delayed
Mercury emissions from the state’s largest cement maker are pitting the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality against Lafarge Midwest Inc of Alpena. The two sides
Tentative agreement averts cement strike
Hawaiian Cement and the union that represents 20 of its workers averted a strike early this morning. They tentatively settled on a five-year contract. The strike was expected to...
Cement consumption jumps to 11%
Domestic cement consumption is recording double-digit growth rates this year. According to the just released by the Indian CMA (Cement Manufacturer’s Association) numbers, the c...
Chile cement sales increasing
Chilean cement sales increased to 85.9 million bags for the period from January to November 2005, up by 6.0 per cent year-on-year, local media reported on January 18, 2006.
Podilskyi Tsement starts reconstruction
The Podilskyi Tsement cement company (Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi region), majority-owned by CRH, which is one of the three largest producers of cement in Ukraine,
Portugal Cimpor, Secil 2005 sales down
Sales of Portuguese cement producers Cimpor and Secil fell in 2005 for a third year in a row, registering declines of 3.3 per cent year-on-year, according to Portugal’s Fi...
Cade suspends Votorantim, Camargo Corrêa agreement
The Brazilian justice ministry’s antitrust division (Cade) has temporarily suspended an agreement for the buying and selling of white cement between industrial group Votor...
Chinese investors to built cement plant in Kyrgyzstan
The construction of a cement plant in Tashkumyr (Jalalabad), financed by Chinese investors, will start in February 2006. Local construction workers and specialists will be emplo...
Siam Cement seen posting weak Q4 on shutdowns
Siam Cement(SCC) is set to report a 26 per cent fall in fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday due mainly to petrochemical plant maintenance shutdowns and high fuel costs.
The US and Mexico agree on ending dumping dispute
A three year transition time has been agreed by the Mexican and US governments to end current restrictions on cement imports into the United States from its southern neighbour,
New producer on the horizon
New producer on the horizon A group of Spanish businessmen, led by Bernard Le Genissel, have announced plans for a new 1.8Mta plant to be built close to Tangiers,
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