Tunisia sells stake in cement co Sotacib to Spanish group
Tunisia has sold its entire, 50 per cent stake in the Tunisian-Algerian cement company Sotacib to an unnamed Spanish sector group
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Cement exports set to grow 20 per cent
Cement exports from India is set to register 20 per cent growth in the current financial year. The export growth is primarily driven by an increase in cement consumption in the ...
Cement shortage reaches Southern Colorado
Holcim Cement recently joined the long list of cement makers temporarily rationing shipments, citing heavy demand, plant manager Rob Davies said.
Cementir net profit at EUR27.9m H105
Italian cement company Cementir SpA, a unit of local construction company Caltagirone, posted a net profit of EUR27.9m (US$34.4m) for the first half of 2005, up by 85% YoY.
Cemex guidance
Cemex said on Monday it saw third-quarter EBITDA close to US$1bn, up 50 per cent from a year earlier on higher sales.
Rising from the ashes, cement maker paints a rosy picture
Three years ago, the fortunes of East African Portland Cement (EAPC) were at such a low ebb that many thought the firm was headed for receivership.
New Emirates cement company established
Emirates Cement Company is to be established by Dubai Holding in partnership with Orascom Construction Industries, Dubai Investment Group and the Fujairah Government, reported W...
Production climbs, Vietnam
The cement industry, in the year’s first eight months, produced 17.925Mt of cement and clinker, a major raw material used in cement production, up 12.8 per cent over the s...
Leader inaugurates cement factory in Libya
The Leader of the Revolution inaugurated Sunday evening the first stage of Al-Burge Cement Factory in the city of Zalitin, al-Margeb Shabia, to be added to the series of cement ...
Cementos La Union to expand Egyptian plant
Spanish cement manufacturer Cementos La Union has decided to double the size of its Egyptian operation and sell off other assets. The firm, based in the Spanish autonomous regio...
Iran, Venezuela to iron out details on cement factory project
Iran will get on with Venezuela’s cement project as soon as it receives $48.5m in down payment and $36m in documentary credit from Venezuela.
GCC Opens research centre in Switzerland
Mexican cement maker Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) has opened a research centre in Yverdon-Les-Bains, western Switzerland, to develop products and technologies for the cemen...
Cement exports set to grow 20%
Cement exports from the country is set to register 20% growth in the current financial year. The export growth is primarily driven by an increase in cement consumption in the Mi...
Cement production increased by 15.4% in August
Cement production in Pakistan increased by 15.4 percent to 1.51Mt in August 2005 compared to 1.31Mt during the same month last year mainly due to rising domestic demand, said a ...
Cement giant holds talks on CNY700m long-term loan
Anhui Conch Cement, China’s largest cement producer, is in talks to secure a long-term loan of CNY600-700m (HK$576-HK$672m), the company said.
New deliveries will probably influence rate trends
After eight months of already intense shipbuilding activity, the rest of the year could see almost the same pace of tonnage addition which means, more than one Cape size vessel ...
Ultratech signs $4.35 m deal with US-based co
Ultratech Cement Ltd, has signed a $4.35 million contract with a US-based company for the supply of power generation equipment to its new plant in Andhra Pradesh.
Holcim Croatia opens EUR1.7m concrete factory
The Croatian unit of Swiss cement maker Holcim Group said it has opened a 13 million kuna (US$2.2m) concrete factory, its sixth in the Adriatic country. The new factory is a gr...
Loma Negra pays off US$39m in debts
Loma Negra, Argentina’s biggest cement company, has redeemed early US$39.3mn of bonds, the firm told the Buenos Aires stock exchange.
President Kabbah of Sierra Leone commissions Leocem Cement Mill-2
The new mill which has a capacity of 420,000t, has brought relief to the acute shortage of cement in the country. In his keynote address, the President, Alhaji Dr. Ahmed Tejan K...
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