Protesters block road over plans to bone meal, UK
Local residents in east Co Meath have pledged to blockade a cement plant because of plans to burn meat and bone meal (MBM) in its kilns.
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Cement prices likely to firm up in North India
The widening demand-supply gap is likely to result in a 4.5-5% increase in cement prices in North India this year, HDFC Securities has said in a report. The report titled &rsquo...
Parliamentary committee discusses reasons behind cement shortage
A parliamentary committee discussed here on Monday with the Director of the Amran Cement Factory Noman Dowaid the current cement shortage and reasons of the rise in prices of ce...
Cimpor Brazil increase
Cimpor Brasil, the Brazilian unit of Portugal’s cement producer Cimpor, is expected to register a 138 per cent YoY increase in its exports to African countries in 2005, it...
Capital group Cuts Holcim stake
Swiss cement producer Holcim Ltd said that The Capital Group now holds 22,844,158 of its shares. This corresponds to a stake of 9.94%, down from just above 10% previously.
Semen Gresik May cement sales up 9.7%, Indonesia
PT Semen Gresik cement sales in May were up 9.7% at 1.42Mt from 1.29m a year earlier, with strong domestic sales offsetting a fall in exports, the Indonesian Cement Association ...
Yemeni Bajil cement factory 2004 revenue rises to US$24.5m
The Bajil cement plant in Yemen’s western Hodeidah posted a revenue of 4.71bn Yemeni riyals (US$24.5m) for 2004, up from 4.26bn riyals (US$22.11m) in 2003.
Cement price increases, Pakistan
An increase of Rs20 to Rs25 per bag in the price cement was recorded in the country making the total price of the bag Rs305 from Rs290. According to Federal Bureau of
Peru domestic cement sales At 329,149t May 2005
Peru cement sales on the local market increased by 8.4 per cent YoY in May 2005 to 329,149t, the local association of cement makers Asocem said.
Congress approves US$196m cement plant
Venezuela’s national assembly has approved plans for the construction of a cement plant by government holding company Corporació Venezolana de Guayana (CVG) and Iranian fi...
Cementos Rezola, Hormigones y Minas post EUR102.8m turnover
Spanish cement producer Cementos Rezola and concrete producer Hormigones y Minas, part of Spanish cement group Financiera y Minera (FyM), owned by Italian cement group Italcemen...
CRH ’could face a €5bn takeover bid’
CRH could be "vulnerable" to a takeover bid, according to its stockbroker Davy, which feels that €8 a share is not out of the question.
Cemex SA Sees 2Q EBITDA exceeding $970m
Cemex expects to exceed its full-year target of $3.5bn in EBITDA.
Iranian cement production capacity set to increase
According to “Tehran Times”, upon the completion of the construction of several new cement plants across the country, national cement output will rise by 4Mt. Three plants are e...
FLSmidth Says Larsen & Toubro violates licensing deal
FLSmidth A/S said it will take all actions necessary to prevent Indian company Larsen & Toubro Ltd from breaching alleged contractual obligations and alleged infringement of FLS...
Portugal Azores cement sales down
Cement sales in Portugal’s autonomous region of the Azores Islands registered a 2.7 per cent year-on-year decrease to a total 27,724t in April 2005, data from the Azores r...
Cimpor Brazil sees 2005 exports more than double
Cimpor Brasil, the Brazilian unit of Portugal’s cement maker Cimpor, is expected to more than double its exports in 2005, compared with the previous year, it was reported ...
Intermediaries profiteer in Russia
According to an interview with the president of Eurocement Group Michael Skorohod published today in the Rossiiskaya Gazeta, activities of intermediary firms profiting from the
EuroCement Group intending to invest in the Ukraine
The Eurocement Group, Russia’s largest cement producer intends to invest US$27.5m in modernization of the Ukranian Baltsem cement plant (Balakliia, Kharkiv region) and the Pushk...
Semen Gresik May cement sales up
PT Semen Gresik cement sales in May were up 9.7 per cent at 1.42Mt from 1.29Mt a year earlier, with strong domestic sales offsetting a fall in exports, the Indonesian Cement Ass...
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