Lafarge Saudi JV
A French/Saudi joint venture was recently established in view of building a new plaster plant in the Kingdom. The partners in the planned undertaking and their respective shareh...
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Heard on Johannesburg radio
South African cement sales rose by 11.1 per cent year on year in July 2005 - for the third consecutive month it was over a million tons, I think it was 1.016-million. That obvio...
Oskolcement produces 1.7Mt
Oskolcement (member of Eurocement Group) produced 1.7Mt of cement in 7M2005, up one per cent y-o-y, the press service of Eurocement has reported.
Minority shareholders of Chakwal complain
We would like to draw your attention towards the acquisition of over 51 per cent stake in Chakwal Cement company, Pakistan in November 2004 by OCI Cement Group (ORASCOM). The gr...
UK Agency approves chipped tyres
The United Kingdom’s Environment Agency has announced that it is allowing Cemex UK Cement Ltd to begin trials using chipped tires as a partial substitute fuel at its Rugby cemen...
Saudi Yamama Cement H1 2005 net profit down
Saudi cement producer Yamama Cement Company (YCC) posted a net profit of 206.9 mln Saudi riyals (US$55.2m) for the first half of 2005, down 40.3 per cent year-on-
Boral’s margins hit by weaker Australian demand
The weakness in the New South Wales market had a dampening effect on Boral’s overall results for the year to the end of June. Group turnover rose by 3.5 per cent to Aus$4...
End of world as we know it
A new coagulated material made from solid waste recently invented by Chinese scientists is expected to replace cement in the construction industry. This was concluded by a group...
China’s output of cement in June 2005
China produced 95,284,900t of cement in June 2005. The output in January-June reached 455,650,600t, up 8.2 per cent year on year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
Eastern Province Cement to import 100,000t clinker
Saudi cement producer Eastern Province Cement Company (EPC) has reportedly signed an agreement to import 100,000t of clinker, to be used for cement production, local media
Sinai Cement almost doubles H1 net profit
Egypt’s Sinai Cement almost doubled net profits for the first six months of 2005 to 65.5 million Egyptian pounds (US$11.4m), the stock exchange said in a statement on Monday.
Cement makers working close to full capacity
After almost a decade of overcapacity, Indian cement manufacturers are now witnessing full capacity utilisation at their manufacturing facilities, thanks to the booming Indian e...
Cement shortage hits hard in Montana
Montana contractors are apparently feeling the squeeze from high - and rising - cement prices and a worsening nationwide cement shortage. "It’s not only the cost. It&rsqu...
Cemex rating raised – Moody
Cemex SA, had its debt rating raised one level to investment grade by Moody’s Investors Service less than six months after the company made its largest acquisition ever. M...
Holcim may merge ACC with Ambuja Cement Eastern
Holcim is reported to have indicated to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) that it is weighing the option of merging ACC — in which it owns 34.7 per cent through ...
New cement plant for Namibia
Ardea Investment, an initiative undertaken by Namibians and their Brazilian business partners Carlos Alberto Ribeira, are set to construct a modern cement plant in the village o...
To cut pollution, Dutch pay a dump in Brazil
Brazilian workers and the Dutch government have been brought together in an unusual partnership by the Kyoto Protocol, the international treaty under which most industrialized c...
Green group accuses Schweitzer of betraying the environment
An environmental group battling Holcim Inc. over the company’s plan to burn tires says that Gov. Brian Schweitzer is turning his back on protecting the environment. To mak...
Expansion at Cemex plant
Harlon Guenther’s front yard is reportedly covered with a fine white dust, a daily consequence of living less than 200 yards from the Cemex New Braunfels, USA cement plant. Guen...
TPI cancels plan to sell TPIPL shares
TPI informed the Thai Stock Exchange that it had cancelled the plan to sell its 31 per cent stake in TPI Polene (TPIPL) via e-auction due to the lack of bidders for the shares. ...
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