Antitrust Authority to settle
The Israeli Antitrust Authority is about to sign a settlement with leading concrete companies, including Readymix Concrete Products (Israel) Ltd. and Hanson (Israel) Ltd., as w...
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Two hurt in cement plant fire
US Federal mining officials are investigating the cause of an explosion and fire at a cement plant outside Branford late Monday that sent two employees to a hospital burn unit (...
Lafarge Indian project hits hurdle
Lafarge’s plan to start a greenfield project in Jharkhand has run into problems due to the non-availability of the required grade of limestone in the state, although government ...
Florida Rock gets approval to expand
Florida Rock Industries is to be allowed to double the cement-making capacity of its cement plant on County Road 235, Newberry City Commission decided in a unanimous vote. But t...
Florida Rock Industries announces record 4Q
Florida Rock Industries has announced record net sales, record net earnings and record diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2005...
New Indian batching plant
IJM Corporation, a construction company of Malaysia, is setting up Bangalore’s biggest cement batching plant in Whitefield, near the city. The plant will have a capacity o...
Cement plant inaugurated
Cementos Dominicanos (Domicen), built at a cost of over US$113.5m by Italian (Colacem) and Dominican investors, was inaugurated by President Leonel Fernandez in Sabana Grande de...
Kawasaki to supply power generators to Conch
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. said Thursday it has received an order from Chinese cement giant China Anhui Conch Group for facilities to produce electricity by using waste heat...
Thai Supreme Court rules against Prachai
The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out Prachai Leophairatana’s petition to buy back into Thai Petrochemical Industry Plc (TPI), paving the way for PTT Plc and its allies t...
Russia Partners calls for Eurocement meeting
The Russia Partners fund of the United States, which owns over 40 per cent of Russian cement company Eurocement has sent a request to the Eurocement board, calling for a shareho...
Builders be aware of the environment
The Auckland Regional Council is warning building contractors and developers to ensure their actions don’t impact on the environment. During the past 18 months the ARC pollution...
ACC gets approval to merge DCSL
Associated Cement Companies Ltd on Tuesday said that it would amalgamate Damodar Cement and Slag Ltd (DCSL) with itself. The shareholders at their meeting have approved the sche...
Pakistan plant in production next year
Pakistan Cement Company (PCC) will go into regular production from April next year after a lapse of long ten and a half years of this plant’s set up. PCC chief financial officer...
Thai Court approves TPI Polene Debt extension
Thailand’s Central Bankruptcy Court Tuesday approved a one-year extension of TPI Polene PCL’s debt restructuring plan to the end of 2006, Prasert Ittimakin, TPI&rsqu...
Japan cement shipments rise
Japan cement shipments totalled 6.29Mt in October 2005, up 7.6 per cent year-on-year, the Japan Cement Association said on November 28, 2005. The figure marked a year-on-year ...
Semapa posts lower profits
Consolidated net profit of Portuguese industrial holding group Semapa stood at Euro 29m in the January to September 2005 period, the company said in a report to Portugal’s...
Greek cement firm Heracles 9-month net up
Greek cement company Heracles, majority-owned by France’s Lafarge, reported an 85 per cent rise in nine-month net profit to Euro 86.2m on Tuesday. Third-quarter net profit...
Jordan Cement takes first step in oil shale utilisation
Under an agreement signed with the Natural Resources Authority (NRA), the Jordan Cement Factories Company (JCFC) will utilize oil shale from the Lajoon area in Karak. NRA Direct...
Ambuja Cement to invest in second grinding unit
Ambuja Eastern Cement Limited (ACEL), which made a spectacular turnaround after being taken over by Gujarat Ambuja Cements, has announced to invest Rs 115 crore for setting up a...
Lafarge wins UK award
Lafarge Cement UK, which owns Cauldon Works at Cauldon Low, near Leek, received a ‘Big Tick Award’ in Business in the Community’s Awards for Excellence. Lafarge’s e...
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