Cement output dips in July, India
Major cement companies reported a decline in production in July this year over the corresponding month last year.
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No takers for TPI Polene share auction, Thailand
No bids have been placed for 249 million shares in TPI Polene held by Thai Petrochemical Industry (TPI), a report in Krungthep Turakij said.
Readymix H1 profit slips 23%
Irish cement-maker Readymix PLC said that its underlying profit has slipped 23% in the first half of the year, and warned that its cost reduction program is proceeding slower th...
HeidelbergCement improves in North America and northern Europe
First half turnover rose by 7.9%, or by 7.0% on a comparative basis, to EUR 3,497.6m while the EBITDA advanced by 10.2% to EUR 534.3m. Cement and clinker shipments, which were d...
Cimsa to open US$30m cement plant 2005, Turkey
Turkish cement producer Cimsa will put into operation a US$30m (EUR24.3m) cement plant in 2005. The plant, located in Kayseri, central Turkey, will have a capacity of 1800tpd ut...
Eurocement Group produce 1.5Mt, Ukraine
Ukrainian plants of Eurocement Group produced 1.5Mt of cement in Jan-July 2005, up eight per cent from the figure posted in the same period 2004, the company’s press servi...
APCMA concerned at import of cement
All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) Chairman Tariq Saigol expressed concern over reports about the government granting permission for the zero-rated import of ...
Shiva plans to restart kiln, mid-August, India
Shiva Cement Ltd., has informed BSE that the major shut down of it kiln (June 2005) is going to be restarted on August 16 with major modifications. The company expects improveme...
Siam Cement boss upbeat, Thailand
Kan Trakulhoon, president of Siam Cement Plc, the country’s largest industrial conglomerate, has forecast a slight upturn in the economy during the remaining period of thi...
SCC says high energy cost may reduce its profits this year
Siam City Cement Plc (SCCC), the country’s second largest cement maker, concedes that rising energy costs could cut profit growth this year.
Cementos Argos merger now awaiting government approval, Colombia
The merger of the eight Grupo Argos cement companies in Colombia has now been approved by the shareholders of all the firms involved and the only remaining obstacle is the green...
Saudi Yanbu Cement Co H1 2005 Net Profit At US$57.4m
Saudi cement producer Yanbu Cement Company (YCC) posted a net profit of SAR215.3m (US$57.4m) for the first half of 2005, up from SAR214.3m (US$57.1m) in the same period of 2004....
Dyckerhoff seen German cement demand drop by 6% to 8% this year
Buzzi Unicem’s subsidiary Dyckerhoff has reported a 6.9% increase in turnover to EUR 588m for the first half of 2005, with the EBITDA improving by 17.8% to EUR 119m. Cemen...
Settlement in the case against IKN
FLSmidth has agreed to a settlement with the German clinker cooler producer IKN Ingenieurbüro Kühlerbau Neustadt GmBH (IKN). Against this background, FLSmidth has dropped the pl...
Italcementi boosts it lead position in Egypt
Suez Cement, Egypt’s leading cement producer and 54.2 per cent controlled by the Italcementi subsidiary Ciments Français, has concluded an agreement to acquire a 68.7 per ...
Siemens modernises Lebanese kiln line
Siemens has received an order from the Lebanese company, Cimenterie Nationale, Beirut, to modernise and upgrade kiln line number 4 in the Chekka cement plant. In the course of t...
Saudi Arabia invests heavily in Algeria
Saudi investments in Algeria have reached US$1 billion in the first half of this year, according to the Algerian Agency for Investment Development, KUNA reported. In a statement...
Cement firm faces increasing legal costs
Five years ago, St Lawrence Cement Co., carved out a desolate patch of the Broadway Marine Terminal and began building a $50 million, highly automated slag cement processing pla...
Lafarge launches ’clean development’ project
Lafarge has been authorized by the French government to launch the first French project to apply the ’clean development’ mechanism contained in the Kyoto protocol on...
Ras Al-Khaimah White profit gains
The net profit of UAE Ras al-Khaimah Co for White Cement & Construction Materials rose to 41.59 mln UAE dirhams (US$11.3m) in the first half of 2005 from 12.3 mln dirhams (US$3....
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