Garadagh Cement increases investment programme
The azerbaijani Garadagh Cement company, the country’s sole cement producer, has increased its investment program from $75m to $87m but postponed its start, Garadagh Cemen...
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Jidong Cement sells stake to HeidelbergCement
Tangshan Jidong Cement Company Limited has recently signed an agreement to form a joint venture to produce and market cement in Shaanxi province of Northwest China with Heidelbe...
Pikalevsky Cement production up
In the first eight months of 2005, Pikalevsky Cement (the Leningrad Region) produced more than one million tonnes of cement. The company’s annual capacity is projected at...
CCC posts US$4.7m in 1H05 profits
Jamaica’s Caribbean Cement Company (CCC) posted a J$294m (US$4.7m) net profit during 1H05, practically unchanged compared with the same period last year, when it reached J...
Holcim says plant closure will not affect output
PT Semen Cibinong, a unit of Holcim, said the planned closure of one of its plants for seven months will not affect the company’s total cement output as it will raise prod...
Energy costs trim Asia Cement growth
Asia Cement Plc, Thailand’s fourth largest cement maker, estimates a slight decline in sales growth to seven per cent this year from 10 per cent last year, due mainly to the eff...
Prizes awarded to sustainable construction projects in Asia Pacific
Zurich/Beijing, September 23, 2005. USD 220,000 in prize money was presented to the best submissions from Asia Pacific in the Holcim Awards competition for sustainable construct...
USTDA grant supports cement production in Afghanistan
Support for reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan is the goal of a U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) grant awarded today to the Afghan Ministry of Mines and
Cement demand dampens
Demand for cement has dampened slightly due to the lack of new infrastructure projects as well as the slight downturn in the construction industry, the Cement Manufacturers
Texas Industries posts loss on spinoff costs
Texas and California cement producer Texas Industries Inc. on Thursday reported a quarterly loss on debt retirement costs and other expenses related to the spinoff of its steel ...
Cementos del Caribe may issue US$260mn in bonds
The board of Cementos del Caribe, the newly consolidated Colombian cement company, has asked its shareholders to back the issue of bonds to finance short, medium and long-term p...
Holcim scraps plan to burn hazardous waste at new Nyergesujfalu plant
Holcim, one of the world’s biggest cement makers, announced on Wednesday that it has scrapped plans to burn hazardous waste at its proposed new plant in the village of Nye...
US, Mexico officials to meet on Mexican cement tariff
Trade negotiators from Mexico and the U.S. will meet Friday in Mexico City to discuss lifting tariffs on Mexican cement in the U.S. as hurricane damage threatens to make tight s...
Italian and Thai prices depress Italcementi profits
Italcementi increased first half cement deliveries by 9.6 per cent to 26.2Mt, helped by the full consolidation of Suez Cement for three months, with the underlying volume increa...
East African Portland to buy major stake in Kigali Cement
East African Portland Cement will invest close to Sh150m in a deal that will that will lead to Kenya’s second biggest cement maker buying 49 per cent shares in Kigali Ceme...
Old cement plant sold
International cement giant Holcim Ltd.’s sale of its old cement plant in LaPorte, northwest of Fort Collins, and several hundred shares of water rights on Saturday brought...
DG Khan Cement posts over double its last FY profit
Khan Cement at the end of June 2005 fiscal year earned a net profit surpassing even double the amount of the previous year, however, the stakeholders’ expectations regarding bon...
CLL Cement producer quits public trading
Cement producer Cementaren Lietavska Lucka, a.s. (CLL) is withdrawing its shares from the Bratislava Stock Exchange (BCPB). The company shareholders decided on the withdrawal at...
CSN plans US$100m Rio de Janeiro cement plant
Brazilian integrated steelmaker CSN is planning to build a cement plant in southeastern Rio de Janeiro state, local news agency Agência Estado reported.
Government repeats calls for abolition of US cement tariffs
The Mexican government will continue its calls for the US to abolish import tariffs on cement in spite of the US government announcement that sanctions will be reduced on cement...
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