Jobs boost with plans for new Boral facility
More than 50 people will be employed at a new concrete plant and laboratory in Beresfield if plans for the A$3 million development are given the green light. Boral Resources (Co...
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Ghacem warns beneficiaries of Cement Foundation
Ghana Cement Limited (GHACEM) on Tuesday said it would not hesitate to take action or blacklist beneficiary communities of its Cement Foundation who used the product for purpose...
Shares of Malaysian producers rise
Shares of local cement producers rose yesterday on news of a 50 per cent jump in the product price, as investors bet that business prospects would improve following the increase...
Gosepa to Investigate Ashaka Cement
Nigeria: Gombe State Environmental Sanitation and Protection Agency (Gosepa) is to investigate Ashaka Cement Company over environmental pollution. Chairman of the agency, Alhaji...
Japanese concrete survey warning
Japan’s bridges aren’t exactly falling down, but industry officials fear that many might be on the verge of severe deterioration. Cement manufacturers say the standa...
Cementos Lemona H1 2005 profit soars
Profits of Spanish cement maker Cementos Lemona surged 98 per cent year-on-year to Euro 10m in the first half of 2005, the company said on July 12, 2005. The turnover of the
Developing cement shortage in the US
According to the Portland Cement Association’s latest survey of cement suppliers in May, 23 states are currently experiencing cement shortages. The shortage, which has bee...
Cement price set to rise early next year
Despite higher production costs caused by higher fuel prices, Vietnamese cement prices will be regulated by the government until year-end, when a price hike comes into effect.
Calcia buys three mortar production sites
French cement producer Ciments Calcia, via its natural hydraulic lime subsidiary Socli, has acquired the three Mauer mixing plants for production of dry mortars in bulk, from
Swiss cement sales up
Domestic sales of the Swiss cement industry rose 14.1 per cent year-on-year to 1.28Mt in the second quarter of 2005, the industry association Cemsuisse said on July 8, 2005. A ...
Nirma to slash cement market prices
Nirma chairman Karsanbhai Patel today said he would unleash a price war in the cement market once the company started producing cement at its proposed 1.2Mta unit in Mahuva, nea...
Sinoma wins cement plant contract in Morocco
Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd said that its CBMI Construction Co Ltd unit has won a Euro 83m contract to build a section of a cement production line in Morocco for
Cement price jump surprises association
Malaysian ready-mix producers, caught off-guard by the 50 per cent jump in cement prices to RM180 per tonne since July 1 2005, say the higher price will aggravate the slowdown i...
More Iranian investment
Tehran Cement Co Managing Director Seyed Mohammad Atabak here Saturday said his company will invest 354.5 billion rials to boost the output. Briefing shareholders, he reiterated...
Chia Hsin Cement major unit’s June revenues
Chia Hsin Cement Greater China Holding Corp said its wholly-owned unit China Hsin Jingyang Cement Co recorded net operating revenue of 61.82 mln yuan for June. The
Saudi Eastern Province Cement to boost capacity
Saudi cement producer Eastern Province Cement Company (EPC) will raise its annual capacity by 5.0 per cent in November 2005, EPC’s director general Zamil al-Muqrin said in an
Cement shortage may slow building
A cement shortage hitting US Oklahoma state threatens to slow building projects and is edging costs higher. Philip Schwarz, owner of Schwarz Ready Mix, said the shortage is rea...
US govt considering end to cement tariffs
US government officials are currently reconsidering antidumping tariffs on cement imported from Mexico, but are facing fierce pressure from interest groups on both sides, a US o...
Qassim Cement first-half profits up
Saudi Arabia’s Qassim Cement said its first-half net profits rose 4 per cent to 131 million riyals ($35 million). Shares in Qassim, the smallest of Saudi Arabia’s ...
Pakistani denies halting cement exports to Afghanistan
The Pakistani government has rejected media speculation that it has halted cement exports to Afghanistan to bring down prices of the commodity. A senior official at the Ministry of
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