Gujarat Ambuja wins Asian CSR award
Gujarat Ambuja Cement Ltd (GACL) today said it has won the Asian Corporate Social Responsibility Award (Asian CSR) 2005 for an initiative for corporate sustainable development. ...
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Turkerler acquires cement plant for $158.5m
The Turkerler Construction Company has submitted the highest bid of US$158.5m to buy Sanlıurfa Cement plant, formerly owned by the Uzan familiy, Cihan news agency reports.
Saudi Eastern Province Cement Co Moves HQ
Saudi cement producer Eastern Province Cement Company (EPC) has moved its headquarters in Dammam, in eastern Saudi Arabia, to a new building, local media reported in early Octob...
Akmenes Cementas results
Nine-month sales of Akmenes Cementas up almost 13 per cent. Sales of Akmenes Cementas reached 90.8 million litas (Euro 26.3m) in the first nine months of 2005, a 12.9 per cent ...
FLSmidth wins orders in South Africa
FLSmidth & Co AS said it has won a contract worth DKr180m from South Africa’s Natal Portland Cement Company Pty. The DKr180m contract from Natal Portland Cement Co is for ...
Peru’s September cement sales rise
Peru’s overall cement sales in September rose 18.6 per cent to 456,907t from the 385,305t sold in the same month a year before, as the economy continued to expand, the Nat...
TPI Polene wants loan extension
Thai Petrochemical Industry Plc, the country’s biggest corporate debtor, plans to extend its debt-restructuring process for three months while its cement unit, TPI Polene,...
Ministry stops use of coral in cement production
The Vietnamese Construction Ministry will close down cement plants using coral as a raw material in production to protect marine ecology. Plants using coral are concentrated ma...
Semen Tonasa to build new plant
Semen Tonasa is planning to invest at least Rp 2.5 trillion to increase its production capacity as well as build a new plant in Pangkep, said the company’s newly e...
Indonesia’s Semen Gresik nine month cement sales
Indonesia’s largest cement maker PT Semen Gresik’s nine months to September cement sales rose 5.6 per cent to 12.29Mt, driven by increased domestic sales. Semen Gre...
Cement makers contradict competition council
Romanian cement producers reject statements of Competition Council, according to which the decision to sanction companies Lafarge, Holcim and Carpatcement, charged with forming ...
Adelaide Brighton director buys
Adelaide Brighton director Duilio Barro directly and indirectly bought bought 120,089 ordinary shares worth A$240,178 on-market between October 10 and 11. The price was A$2. The...
India Associated Cement 2Q Net
Indian cement major Associated Cement Companies Ltd. said its fiscal second-quarter net profit jumped 154 per cent on year because of a one-time gain from the sale of its refrac...
Kalvitis to consider inviting bids for new cement plant
Due to a cement deficit on the Latvian market, Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis (People’s Party) has ordered Minister of Economy Krisjanis Karins (New Era) to consider invit...
Votorantim restructures cement business
Votorantim, the Brazilian industrial group, is restructuring Votorantim Cimentos (VC), its cement business. The group has appointed the engineer Walter Schalka as the new chairm...
Turkish Sanko wins Gaziantep tender
Turkish industrial group Sanko Holding made the highest bid of $128m in the sell-off tender of cement factory Gaziantep Cimento, it was reported on October 14, 2005. Sanko ente...
Cemex continues to prosper
Cemex could have tripled its net profits in the third quarter of this year thanks to its acquisition of British firm RMC and gains from exchange rate fluctuations, according to ...
India Cements raises $100m
India Cements Ltd on Friday said it has raised US$100m (about Rs 450 crore) by issuing about 2.3 crore global depository shares (GDSs). The GDSs, each representing two underlyi...
Cement shortage slows construction
A breakdown in the plants of two major suppliers of cement in Western Canada earlier this year, combined with high demand from oil fields in Alberta, has led to shortages of cem...
Tyre burn tests meet pollution standards
Ash Grove Cement Co. could begin burning tyres for fuel by late next year, now that tests show the plant would continue to meet state and federal air pollution limits. The Nebr...
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