Baltsem Reduces Cement production by 23.6%
In May, the Baltsem plant (Balakliia, Kharkiv region), one of the three major cement producers, reduced cement production by 23.6 per cent or 50,100t compared with May 2004, to ...
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Spain’s Cementos Portland Valderrivas Invests US$132m
Cementos Portland Valderrivas, S.A., the cement company pertaining to one of Spain’s leading construction and service groups Grupo FCC, has opened a new Giant Cement manuf...
Hanson up on takeover talk after German deal
Shares in UK building materials firm Hanson rose 2.5 percent on Monday, a leading gainer in a buoyant European construction and materials sector after a takeover move for German...
Ciments Francais : Letter of intent for the acquisition of ASEC Cement Company in Egypt
According to a Letter of Intent signed with Citadel Capital, an Egyptian investment fund, the Italcementi Group has obtained a 60-day period of exclusivity to draw up a Share Pu...
German cement giant draws offer
A €6.5bn (US$7.9bn) bid for Germany’s largest cement maker looks destined for success amid a flurry of consolidation in the European construction materials segment, analys...
Thai Kim Eng to advise on TPI Polene share sale
Kim Eng Securities (Thailand) has been chosen to advise Thai Petrochemical Industry (TPI) on selling its 30 per cent stake in cement maker TPI Polene, TPI’s debt administr...
Cement shortage fears rise
A booming construction industry is starting to strain Gulf contractors who are running short of cement supplies, according to Construction Week magazine.
Sale of Acel shares by MRL cleared
The Delhi High Court has allowed Modi Rubber Ltd (MRL) to sell its holding of 23.1 lakh shares of Ambuja Cement Eastern Company Ltd (ACEL) to Holcim Cement Pvt Ltd. It has
Rising cost could crush plan for cement plant
After years spent fighting environmentalists and getting the necessary permits, Holcim Inc. says the sprawling cement plant planned for a site 40 miles south of St. Louis might ...
Italcementi to buy stake in Egypt cement firm
Egypt’s Arab-Suez Company for Engineering (ASEC) said on Sunday it had initialled a deal for Italy’s biggest cement firm Italcementi to buy its 68 per cent stake in ...
China’s cement production plant in Hamedan
Preliminary agreement on the construction of a cement production plant in Iran’s western city of Hamedan was signed between the mayor of the city and the representative of the C...
Cement shortage becoming increasingly serious
Speaker of Parliament Sheikh Abdullah bin Hussein revealed on Saturday a presidential order to end cement price escalations resulting from high demand.
Spohn set to buy HeidelbergCement for €6.5bn
Spohn Cement GmbH made a surprise offer to take over HeidelbergCement AG, Germany’s largest cement maker, offering €60 a share in a deal that would be valued at about €6.5...
Emissions OK in trial waste burn
An incineration trial conducted by Green Island Cement has shown the amount of toxic pollutants produced from burning waste is not excessive, the environment watchdog said.
Taiwan Cement May parent sales 2.39 bln twd vs 2.41 bln
Taiwan Cement Corp its parent sales in May fell to 2.39bn twd from 2.41bn in the same month a year earlier.
Cement and concrete group has come a long way to be on hold.
Hanson, the company that made its name in the 1980s as an acquisitive corporate raider before "conglomerate" was a dirty word, is now a more down-to-earth business. Aggregates,
Thailand: Phatra Securities puts SCC on "buy" list
Siam Cement has announced plans to reduce its holding in Michelin Siam Group from 40 per cent to 10 per cent by offloading to France’s Michelin Group prior to 2008, The Na...
Siberian Cement to place debut bond issue on June 16
The Siberian Cement holding company (Kemerovo) will begin placing a R800m debut bond issue on June 16.
Cement Factory Inaugurates new filtering system
According to “Jordan Times”, Minister of Environment Khalid Irani and Minister of Industry and Trade Sharif Zu’bi inaugurated a US$3.5m dust filter installed by the Jordan...
Cement prices stable for now
Cement prices in India are expected to be stable following the arrival of monsoon. The increase in production and despatches will be countered by the onset of the monsoon, which...
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