BSP to forge JV for cement
Bokaro Steel, India, has decided to forge 50:50 joint ventures for setting up cement and power plants here at a total investment of Rs 2,800 crore. The company, the first among ...
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North Carolina fines cement company
North Carolina air quality regulators fined an South Carolina-based manufacturer nearly $270,000 for failing to monitor its emissions and then submitting false data to the state...
US construction group calls for action
The Associated General Contractors of America has called on the country’s commerce secretary to intervene in what it called an increasingly dire supply for cement in the U...
Boral eyeing Cemex stake in Gresik
Austrialia’s Boral Ltd is among the potential foreign investors looking at acquiring Mexican cement maker Cemex SA’s 25.53 per cent stake in Indonesia’s larges...
Saudi Q1 2005 cement output climbs
The cement output of Saudi Arabia’s eight listed cement companies rose to 6.456Mt for the first three months of 2005 from 6.169Mt in the corresponding period of 2004, recent
Joe Berardo to build Cimpor stake – bid expected
Portuguese businessman Joe Berardo plans to continue adding to his stake in Cimpor - Cimentos de Portugal SGPS in expectation the cement maker will be the target of a takeover b...
Sumitomo Osaka Cement to use more ash
The use of incinerator ash as a raw material in cement is to be increased by Sumitomo Osaka Cement. The company plans to have all of its plants set up to use the ash within thre...
Garadagh taxation questions
Garadagh Cement does not accepts claims of Ministry of Taxes of Azerbaijan, however, it is ready for dialogue with it on this issue. As Garadagh Cement spokesman Uwe Koehler ha...
Kyivtsement ends 2004 with loss
The Ukrainian Kyivtsement company ended the year 2004 with a loss of UAH 5.67 million. According to the statement, Kyivtsement’s net revenues fell by UAH 7.12 million or 1...
INC surpasses 2004 earnings
Paraguay’s state-owned cement maker Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) posted earnings of 3.42bn guaranís (US$548,296) at end-April this year, far surpassing the nearly ...
Padang needs investment funding
President Director of PT.Semen Padang, Dwi Soetjipto said the state cement producing company needed Rp315 billion for restructuring and improving company’s financial condi...
Higher May shipments in India
Associated Cement Companies has improved cement despatches by 8.3 per cent to 1.524Mt in May 2005 as against 1.407Mt in May 2004. Production improved by 12 per cent to
UK watchdog warns Lafarge
Lafarge was yesterday given a formal warning after the Environment Agency carried out an investigation at its Wiltshire plant. The company had its knuckles rapped earlier this ...
Larsen wins $19m Oman contract
Larsen & Toubro, India,, said Monday it received an order worth $19m from Oman Cement Co to build a cement grinding plant at Rusayl in Oman. Larsen said that it plans to
Brazilians to invest in Paraguay cement
A group of Brazilian entrepreneurs, representatives of Brazilian cement maker Camargo Correa Cimentos and the local diversified holding company Votorantim, will invest between $...
Qatar cement firm to triple output
Qatar National Cement Co will almost triple output to 3.5Mta next year to help feed a construction boom, the company’s general manager told Reuters on Sunday. High oil an...
Award for Shree Cement, India
Shree Cement Ltd has received the TERI corporate award for environment excellence & corporate social responsibility award for 2003-04. It received this award jointly with Tata
Lehigh possibly closer to burning sewage
Lehigh Cement Co plans to burn sewage sludge from Baltimore to power one of its plants in Carroll County is one step closer to approval.
Saudi Q1 2005 cement output reaches 6.456Mt
The cement output of Saudi Arabia’s eight listed cement companies rose to 6.456Mt for the first three months of 2005 from 6.169Mt in the corresponding period of 2004, rece...
Sabanci Holding plans US$150m cement factory, Romania
Turkish conglomerate Sabanci Holding is interested in developing a $150m cement factory in Romania, government officials said on Thursday. The plant would produce 1Mta, Romani...
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