Quinn Group clashes with Siptu
Ireland’s country’s most profitable private company, the Quinn Group, has been ordered to provide employees of its cement division with conditions in line with those deman...
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More on the Mexican anti-dumping issue
The US Commerce Department has just announced its preliminary results in the 14th administrative review of the antidumping duty order on gray portland cement and clinker from Me...
Katrina’s impact on building materials unknown
Although it’s clear from the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina that materials used in residential and commercial construction will be needed to rebuild, building pro...
PCA in Sustainable Practices, Environmental Performance
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) is releasing its first edition of the US cement industry Report on Sustainable Manufacturing. This summary report details an impressive rec...
Sumitomo Osaka Cement’s financials
Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co is unlikely to meet its 400 million yen operating profit target set for its optoelectronics and advanced materials operations in fiscal 2005, especially...
Dyckerhoff Achieves Success with Pavilion
Pavilion Technologies, a world leader in advanced process control (APC) and environmental compliance solutions, announced today that the first project at Dyckerhoff’s Leng...
Asia Cement to benefit from Chinese region
Asia Cement Corp, one of Taiwan’s leading producers of cement, will see substantial growth in sales because of the rise of the central Chinese region as the mainland gover...
UK Cement plant seeks to pioneer waste-derived fuel
Lafarge Cement UK’s Cauldon Works, near Ashbourne, is working to phase out the use of traditional fossil fuels by using it as another sustainable waste-derived fuel. The f...
Cement Hranice owner to squeeze out minority shareholders
Dyckerhoff, majority owner of the Czech building materials maker Cement Hranice, plans to squeeze out small shareholders during a Friday general meeting.
Pre-bid meeting for Javedan Cement sale
The Pakistan Privatisation Commission is holding a pre-bid meeting in Islamabad for sale-of 96.34 Javedan Cement Limited (JCL) shares on September 3.
Cement demand expected to rise sharply
Demand for cement in Vietnam will sharply increase to around 3Mt a month in the fourth quarter of the year, which is the peak construction season, according to the Government&rs...
Holcim Bulgaria to invest to raise capacity
The Bulgarian unit of Holcim will invest Eur 26m by mid-2006 to upgrade one of its plants in the country and bring its output capacity to 1.1Mt of cement a year, a senior offici...
CRH cuts North American seasonal losses
CRH’s first half turnover rose by 12.9% to EUR6,329.3m, with the EBITDA advancing by 14.3% to EUR708.2m and the trading profit (EBIT) moving ahead by 20.2% to EUR444.8m.
Giant Cement, USW hope to end strike
Rumors of striking employees at Giant Cement, Harleyville, South Carolina being told to "hit the road" Friday morning were not true, a company spokesman says. "The rumor this mo...
YTL Corp posts strong results
YTL Corp Bhd yesterday reported a 28 per cent increase in net profit, achieved on record revenue for the year ended June 30 2005. Net profit was RM587.1 million versus RM459.7 m...
Athi river registers profit
Athi River Mining yesterday posted an increase of 64 per cent in its after-tax profit for the first six month to June 30. Surendra Bhatia, the firm’s Managing Director, announce...
Lucky Cement profit rise
Profit after tax of Lucky Cement, Pakistan rose by 20.5 per cent to Rs 826 million during the year ended June 30, 2005 compared to previous year’s Rs 685 million, according to c...
Cement Plants in GCC Countries increasing
The number of cement plants in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries stood at 32 at the end of 2004, according to a report of the Qatar-based Gulf Organization for In...
Cimpor 1H net profit down
Portuguese cement company Cimpor SGPS SA said Friday its consolidated net profit fell 4 per cent in the first half, mainly because of higher fuel costs and financial charges. ...
Saudi Cement Co H1 2005 net profit up
Saudi cement producer Saudi Cement Company (SCC) posted a net profit of 248.9 mln Saudi riyals ($66.4m) for the first half of 2005, up 24.4 per cent year-on-year. Gross profit
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