Sabah has enough cement
The Sabah State Government has assured that the supply of cement in the State is sufficient for development projects despite the hike in fuel prices announced early this month. ...
Cement industry news
Earlier cement industry news and analysis from International Cement Review's global newsroom.
Earlier news
Newest first
Semen Gresik to raise cash for new plant
PT Semen Gresik, Indonesia, said Friday that by the end of this year, it expects to finish a feasibility study to build a new plant capable of producing around 2.5Mta of cement ...
Star Cement signs agreement with Van Aalst
Star Cement recently signed a purchase agreement contract with Van Aalst Bulk Handling of Netherlands in Dubai for the complete engineering and supply of a high efficiency pneum...
Kavkazcement adopts new technology
Kavkazcement, a cement plant which is part of the Eurocement Group, Russia’s leader in building materials production, has completed testing of Wirtgen Surface Miner 2200 S...
Governors query Mexican tariff
Four Western governors have asked US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez for immediate help in lifting a tariff that restricts Mexican cement from entering the country. Govs. Bi...
Cement M&A activity dries up in India
It’s apparently becoming difficult for prospective buyers to strike takeover deals in the cement sector. Suitors, including some of the top names such as Zuari, Cemex and ...
Creditors to swap $250m debt for TPIPL stake
Thai Petrochemical Industry Plc (TPI) creditors will acquire 30.8 per cent of TPI Polene Plc in exchange for US$250 million (Bt10.3 billion) in debts, after an auction was cance...
Saudi Qassim Cement H1 figures
Saudi cement producer Qassim Cement Company (QCC) posted a net profit of 131.4 mln Saudi riyals (US$35m) for the first half of 2005, up 4.4 per cent year-on-year. Gross profit ...
Portugal Cimpor H1 2005 profit seen as lower
Portuguese cement producer Cimpor - Cimentos de Portugal is expected to post a 22.8 per cent year-on-year decline in its first half 2005 net profit to a total Euro 98.6m accordi...
Tyres as fuel raises concern
Local residents not sure what to think about Lafarge North America’s bid to burn 4.8 million scrap tyres a year as fuel in its nearby Alpena cement plant, according to the...
New cement plants for Sverdlovsk region
According to a statement of Construction Minister of the Russian Sverdlovsk region A Karlov, several new cement plants will be built in the Sverdlovsk region, API News reported.
Interest in Javedan Cement
The Pakistan Privatisation Commission has received 43 expressions of interest (EoIs) for 96.34 percent shares of Javedan Cement Limited (JCL) on ’as is where is’ bas...
SCCC bid to raise cement price
With increasing energy costs eating into its profitability, Siam City Cement Plc plans to raise its cement prices. The country’s second largest cement maker would not say...
Insurer pays tsunami claim to Semen Andalas
Local insurance firm PT Asuransi Wahana Tata settled on Wednesday the first insurance claim by tsunami-hit PT Semen Andalas Indonesia, whose plant in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam wa...
Vietnam’s latest plant gets funding
The State-run Development Assistance Fund last week granted a credit of almost VND700 billion (US$43.7m), with an annual interest rate of 6.6 per cent, for the construction of t...
Lafarge, Shui On China JV
Lafarge SA and Hong Kong-based Shui On Construction & Materials Ltd will apparently merge their cement operations in a joint venture in China, the companies said in a statement ...
Some signs of an upturn visible
Despite the fall in rates recorded over the last three/four months, owners have so far preferred to wait for a rebound. The upturn registered this week, at least on the Cape and...
Gujarat Ambuja may invess in Rajasthan, India
Gujarat Ambuja has shown interest in investing Rs 1,000 crore in a cement plant in Marwar Mundwa region of Rajasthan. The chairman of Gujarat Ambuja, Suresh Neotia, indicated th...
Cementos Bío Bío net profits up 0.45% in 1H05, Chile
Chilean cement company Cementos Bío Bío posted a consolidated net profit of COP13.1bn (US$24.1m) for 1H05, a 0.45% increase in relation to same-period last year, the company sai...
Cementos Portland to buy local Ceminter , Spain
Spanish cement maker Cementos Portland Valderribas SA, a unit of Spanish construction and services group Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas S. A., has reached an agreement to...
Stay Informed in this ever-changing landscape
Don't miss the latest cement industry updates. Subscribe to International Cement Review today!
