Cement shortages still a problem in Miami
Rising steel costs, low supplies of cement and a shortage of workers still may be delaying construction schedules in Miami-Dade County. One industry executive said last week tha...
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Lafarge repeats 2005 profit growth target
Lafarge reiterated on Wednesday that it expected six to eight per cent growth in operating income in 2005, excluding the effect of currency swings, acquisitions and disposals. ...
Freight markets look for direction
With the freight market still on a downward trend the news this week mainly focused on commodities. First on Wednesday the IISI published its monthly report on world crude steel...
Semen Padang sends cement to Banda Aceh
About 1100t of cement produced by PT Semen Padang (West Sumatra) has arrived in Malahayati port, Aceh Besar. The cement arrived at Malahayati as requested by the factory
Ex-factory price of construction goods steady in China
The ex-factory prices of construction materials and non-mineral products in March remained the same as in the previous month but decreased by 1.78 per cent on-year. The ex-facto...
Taiheiyo Cement increases waste burn
Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (5233) has decided to turn a cement manufacturing subsidiary into a company specializing in processing industrial waste. The major cement firm has been facing
German-owned Bosnian plant
German-owned Bosnian cement producer Tvornica Cementa Kakanj (TCK) saw its net profit rising to 16 million marka (Euro 8.2m) last year, Bosnian business news website Bh Biznis
Cimpor 2004 net profit up
The 2004 profit of Portuguese cement producer Cimpor grew by Euro 72m to a total Euro 262.5m due to the introduction and application of the international accounting standards IA...
Electra order from Lafarge Canada
Electra Gold Ltd. has received a purchase order from Lafarge Canada Inc. for 2200t of chalky geyserite for its cement plant located in Richmond, BC. The chalky geyserite must b...
Florida Rock resignation
Florida Rock Industries, Inc. today announced the resignation of its distinguished board member, G. Kennedy Thompson, effective May 24, 2005. Mr. Thompson has served as a direct...
CIMA hit by higher output cost
Malaysia’s third largest cement producer Cement Industries of Malaysia Bhd (CIMA) suffered a net loss of RM14.89 million for the first quarter of the year, buoyed by an in...
ING Bank boosts stake in Cimpor
Dutch bank ING increased its stake in Portuguese cement producer Cimpor to 2.39 per cent of the company’s voting rights, Cimpor said in a report to the Portugal’s na...
Siam Cement approves plant investment
Industrial conglomerate Siam Cement PCL said Wednesday its board has approved a plan to invest THB3.2 billion in a new integrated cement plant in Cambodia. Siam Cement will
Cemex no comment on Gresik
Cemex declined to comment Wednesday on a senior Indonesian government minister’s assertion that the Mexican cement producer agreed to sell its stake in state-owned Semen G...
Russian antitrust regulator probes Eurocement Group
Russia’ Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has reportedly initiated a case against Eurocement Group, FAS’ress service said Monday.
Mykolaivtsement increases Production by 30% in April, Ukraine
In April, the Mykolaivtsement company (Mykolaiv, Lviv region) increased cement production by 30% or 25,900t compared with April 2004, to 112,100 tons. According to a statement by
Higher cement volumes in 2Q05, Latin America
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) expects higher cement sales volumes in the second quarter this year over Q1, supported by increased activity in the housing and infrastructure sect...
US$150m cement plant in Leningrad Region on the cards, Russia
St Petersburg-based construction company LSR Group is considering an option to build a cement plant worth between US$100m and $150m in Russia’s Leningrad Region jointly with
Govt Approves cement industry’s development plan, Vietnam
The Vietnam Government has approved a 15-year development plan for Vietnam’s cement industry, leading up to 2020.
Cemex agrees to sell its Semen Gresik stake, Indonesia
Cemex SA has agreed to sell its 25 per cent stake in PT Semen Gresik to settle a long-standing dispute over a failed option to acquire a majority stake in Indonesia’s larg...
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