Azores cement sales down
Cement sales in Portugal’s autonomous region of the Azores Islands registered a 2.2 per cent year-on-year decrease to a total 27,496t in March 2005, data from the Azores r...
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Growth in gypsum sales expected to moderate
The gypsum market in Thailand will likely expand at a slower pace this year than in 2004, according to Siam Gypsum Industry (Saraburi) Co, a Franco-Thai joint venture between
Pleven Cement keeps prices unchanged
Bulgaria’s Pleven Cement will not raise its prices, despite higher demand, CEO Strahil Yanchev told local news sources. The weather this winter was good and did not suspen...
Increased costs impact Juan Minetti’s Q1
Argentina’s second largest cement company Juan Minetti posted a 23m-peso (US$7.97m) consolidated net profit in the first quarter, down 20.1 per cent from 1Q04, Minetti rep...
Greenhouse gases buried at sea
Scientists at BP are working with officials from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on plans to bury millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) under the bed of the Nort...
Hong Kong waste solution
Millions of tonnes of recyclable inert construction and demolition waste piled up in the territory’s landfills, should be put to use in the mainland for reclamation and ro...
FLSmidth wins two Iranian cement contracts
FLSmidth has signed a contract to supply a new cement production line to Karoon Cement Company based 500km southwest of the Iranian capital of Tehran. The new 3500tpd production...
Titan Q1 net expected to rise
Greek cement producer Titan is expected to post a rise in first-quarter net profit due to a change in accounting rules and to gains in its international operations, offsetting t...
European majors remain optimistic
European building materials producers Lafarge, Holcim and HeidelbergCement have reiterated their growth forecasts for 2005 despite the expected four per cent year-on-year decrea...
Dyckerhoff losses
Germany’s Dyckerhoff AG said Monday it had a net loss of EUR26m in the first quarter of 2005 after a loss of EUR24m in the previous year period. The company said sales of EUR202...
WAPCO seeks US$77m from rights offer
Nigeria’s West African Portland Cement Company , a subsidiary of the world’s leading cement firm Lafarge , said on Monday it had launched its rights issue to raise 1...
Holcim increases its Chinese stake
Holcim , the world’s second-largest cement maker, has increased its stake in Chinese cement maker Huaxin Cement Co. Ltd. , the Chinese company said on Tuesday. Holcim B.V...
Siam City Cement Q1 net up
Thailand’s second-biggest cement maker, Siam City Cement PCL , said on Tuesday quarterly net profit rose two per cent, lifted by public construction projects such as a new...
Poor Q1 for Ciments Francais
In the first quarter of 2005, the French cement producer Ciments Francais saw its turnover remain stable year-on-year, while its operating profit dropped 10 per cent, to Euro 73...
India’s ACC to boost capacity to 20.6Mt
Associated Cement Companies Ltd. (ACC) , India’s No. 2 cement maker, said on Friday its capacity would grow to 20.6Mtaq from 16.5Mta after modernisation and consolidation....
1500 Projects Submitted in the First Holcim Awards Competition
In a competition launched in November 2004 mainly in architecture and building trade magazines, the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction invited architects, engineers ...
ACC profits up 89 per cent
ACC has posted a rise of 88.96 per cent in net profit at Rs 378.39 crore for the year ended March 31, 2005 compared with Rs 200.24 crore last year. Total income (net of excise) ...
SGI banking on new gypsum board
Siam Gypsum Industry (Saraburi) Co Ltd hopes the introduction of its new gypsum board will boost sales by nearly 10 per cent this year. The company expects to record sales of B...
RAK cement company net up
The Ras Al Khaimah Company for White Cement and Construction Materials posted a 330 per cent jump in its net profits over 2003, company representatives said in a report carried ...
Holcim directors join ACC board
Two senior directors of Swiss cement giant Holcim have joined the ACC board, India’s second largest cement maker, on Friday following the acquisition of 34.7 per cent stake in A...
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