Flexible concrete studies
A team of researchers at the University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , under engineering professor Victor Li , have come up with a concrete that is actually flexible. Belonging to th...
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Cementos Molins invests Euro 90m in 2004
Spanish cement company Cementos Molins invested Euro 90m in 2004, the CEO of the company, Joan Molins, told a news conference on June 30, 2005. Of this, Euro 31m was spent on a...
Lafarge Romcim installs waste processor
Romanian cement producer Lafarge Romcim has installed a Euro 1.0m waste processor at its plant in Medgidia, southeastern Romania, it was reported on June 29, 2005. The system
Fancesa wins US$18m in road contracts
Bolivian cement producer Fancesa is due to sign US$18m worth of contracts to provide cement to major roadworks and other operations in Tarija and Potosíepartments, local daily C...
Cementir acquires New Jersey-based Vianini Pipe
Cementir SpA said its Danish unit Unicon Sa is acquiring New Jersey, US-based Vianini Pipe Inc for Euro 12m from Vianini Industria SpA. In 2004, cement manufacturer Vianini Pip...
Cementos Yguazúo seek approval for new mill
Paraguayan cement company Cementos Yguazúill seek approval from the country’s industry and commerce ministry (MIC) for a planned US$17m cement mill, newspaper Útima Hora q...
CSFB raises stake in Cimpor again
Cimentos de Portugal (Cimpor) said that Credit Suisse First Boston has raised its stake in the company to 10.53 per cent after acquiring an additional 14.53 million shares, equi...
Producers press government to raise prices
Thai cement producers the Commerce Ministry for permission to raise prices yesterday. But the ministry responded by noting that product prices could be adjusted only after it t...
TPI to auction cement unit stake
Thai Petrochemical Industry (TPI) will sell its 30 per cent stake in cement maker TPI Polene PCL in an electronic auction on Aug. 9, TPI’s debt administrator said on Thurs...
Asia Cement invests in new Hubei plant
The Asia Cement Co., the second largest cement producer in Taiwan, has invested US$200m in its second plant in Wuhan Yangluo Economic Technical Development Zone, named Hubei Yad...
Morocco Asment Temara boosts production capacity
Moroccan cement maker Asment Temara, a subsidiary of Portuguese sector group Cimpor, has recently completed one of the stages of a project to increase production capacity ahead
ACC buoyant about eastern region
Associated Cement Companies (ACC) is looking at acquisitions to expand its presence in the eastern region with the entry of Holcim as promoter-shareholder. It will work closely ...
Siam City Cement sees good sales growth
Siam City Cement PCL (SCCC), Thailand’s second largest cement maker, said on Wednesday it expects sales to grow more than 10 per cent this year due to strong domestic dema...
Have rates reached the bottom for 2005
It is certainly a bit early to be too enthusiastic but the gains recorded this week on the Cape market show that we have perhaps touched the bottom for this year. With China sti...
Factory town questioning illnesses
Cement factories have brought thousands of jobs and years of prosperity to Midlothian, Texas a thriving community of about 12,000. But environmentalists say the cement plants ar...
Quarry Supply Companies Under Threat
The British Aggregates Association is calling for the five multi-national mineral companies who now control almost 80 per cent of the quarrying industry to review their policy o...
Competition Board may propose single price mechanism
In an interview with Reuters, Mustafa Parlak, Head of Turkey’s Competition Board said that they have worked on methods to prevent breach of competition rules in cement sector, a...
Ciments du Maroc to invest Euro 140m
Moroccan cement company Ciments du Maroc, owned by Italian sector group Italcementi, plans to invest Euro 140m over the following five years, it was reported on June 28, 2005. ...
Cementos Panama invests US$20m
Panamanian cement company Cementos Panamáas has invested US$20m in the last five years to improve customer service and production, newspaper Panamáméica reported.
Merckle now owns 31.45 per cent In HeidelbergCement
HeidelbergCement AG shareholder Adolf Merckle, who is making a takeover offer to other shareholders, already owns a 31.45 per cent stake, according to the detailed conditions of...
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