Turkey speeds Uzan Cement sales
The Turkish Saving Deposits Insurance Fund (TMSF) announced tenders for the sale of nine cement factories, seized from the controversial Uzan family, for a total estimated price...
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Saudi Tabuk Cement to raise annual capacity
Saudi cement producer Tabuk Cement Company (TCC) will increase its annual cement production by some 31 per cent after the company starts utilising its expanded facilities on Aug...
Portugal Secil to invest more in Lobito
Portuguese cement producer Secil will invest some Euro 50m in the construction of a cement plant located in the port city of Lobito, northwestern Angola, it was reported on July...
Zuari Cement expansion only after a thorough study
Southern India: A study of the problems likely to be faced by the people of peripheral villages would be made, before sanctioning the expansion of Zuari Cement, a government spo...
Site could cement RMC deal
Manatee county is hopeful a five-acre parcel near Port Manatee will suit RMC South Florida’s needs for a concrete batch plant and soothe the minds of East Manatee resident...
Poor roads hit Bangladesh cement exports to India
Bangladesh cement manufacturers are demanding better road links with India to tap its big market for exports. The manufacturers say exports to India have come to a near halt du...
Project manager accused of graft
An official in charge of managing the construction of a US$208m cement plant in Vietnam’s northern port city of Hai Phong stands accused of taking bribes to unveil details of bi...
Belgian firm to sue cement makers in Germany
A Belgian firm specialising in damages lawsuits plans to seek about Euro 140m compensation from cement makers Lafarge , Dyckerhoff and Readymix over alleged price-fixing. "We wi...
Jordan Cement raises profits
Jordan Cement Factories Company (JCFC) increased its profit during the first half of this year by 16 per cent to JD30.76 million. Sales to the local market increased by 16 per c...
TXI Completes spin-Off of Chaparral Steel
Texas Industries, Inc. today announced the completion of the separation of its steel operations from TXI through a pro-rata tax-free dividend of all the common stock of Chaparra...
Cemex Germany says it intends to fight damages claim
A spokesman for Cemex Germany, said the company intends to defend itself against a EUR140 million damages claim being brought against it, and two other German-based cement produ...
Podilskyi Tsement to switch to coal
The Podilskyi Tsement company, one of Ukraine’s three biggest producers of cement (Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi region), intends to fully go over to the use of coal i...
Gujarat Ambuja cements announces 4Q results
Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd., has announced the following results for the quarter and year ended June 30, 2005: The unaudited results for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 are as ...
Oman Cement H1 net up significantly
Majority state-owned Oman Cement Company said on Sunday net profit grew 25 per cent to 8.2 million rials (US$21.30m) for the first half of 2005, helped by rising cement prices. ...
Fujairah Cement reports Dh67.3m net profit
Fujairah Cement Industries Company has reported a substantial surge in net profit to Dh67.335 million during the first six months of the year, against Dh42.526 million of previo...
Cement testing facilities to be upgraded
Technology Up-gradation and Skill Development Company (TUSDEC) is planning to upgrade testing and research and development facilities at Cement Research and Development Institut...
Malaysia cement producers in talks to avert price war
Malaysia’s major cement producers, Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd, Cement Industries of Malaysia Bhd and YTL Cement Bhd and other smaller firms recently held talks in a bid to...
Semen Gresik H1 net up 74 per cent
Indonesia’s largest cement maker PT Semen Gresik reported a 74 per cent year-on-year rise in first half to June net profit to 321. 21bn rupiah on the back of stronger sale...
Holcim may keep Ambuja name
Holcim is set to sign a licensing agreement with Gujarat Ambuja Cements (GACL), its Indian partner, to retain the corporate name of its majority-owned special purpose vehicle (S...
Hanson in the spotlight as consolidation gathers pace
The current takeover activity in the heavy building materials and aggregates sector has once again put the spotlight on Hanson PLC and investors will be keen to hear the company...
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