Russia production in January-February 2005
Russian cement producers have manufactured 4.6Mt of cement in January-February 2005, a 4.5 per cent rise versus the same period 2004. A rise of production in the cement industry...
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Morocco cement firms invest to match demand
Moroccan cement producers are spending nearly US$1.0bn by 2008 to increase output and productivity to meet higher demand and fend off competition from cheaper imports, analysts ...
FCC buys Hanson ready-mix plants
The cement unit of Spanish builder FCC has bought 19 Spanish concrete plants from Britain’s Hanson Plc for more than 20 million euros the unit said on Tuesday. Cementos
Afghan cement factory renovation
A cement factory based in Dubai, the International Star Cement Factory, has announced that it will spend US$25m on the renovations of an old cement factory in Ghor district in
Cement demand increases during Jan-March
Pakistani cement demand increased by 12 per cent in the country during third quarter of the current financial year as it stood at 3.9Mt compared to 3.5Mt in the same period last...
India Aditya Birla FY 05 Cement Sales
The Aditya Birla group, which controls Grasim Industries Ltd and UltraTech Cement Co, said its cement sales for the fiscal year ended March 2005, rose 5.44 per cent to 26.26Mt. The
India’s cement shipments rise
Associated Cement Companies Ltd, India’s second-largest cement producer, shipped 1.57Mt of cement in March, up six per cent from 1.48Mt in the same month last year, it said
Holcim confirms new plant in Morocco
Swiss cement group Holcim’s Moroccan subsidiary on Monday announced a partnership with a local private group to build a US$290.6m cement plant that will produce 1.7Mt a ye...
Black women’s alliance takes stake in quarrying group
National African Women’s Alliance (Nawa) has acquired a 26 per cent stake in aggregate quarrying company South Coast Stone Crushers for an undisclosed sum, effectively
Eurocement Group releases operating results
Russian cement group, eurocement, which recently announced that it would take over the cement assets of Inteko, produced more than 1.1Mt of cement in Jan-Feb 2005, an
Czech firm looks at Vietnam project
The Lamela Group hopes to build a US$400 million cement factory in the highlands province of Bac Can, making it the first Czech company to express an interest in investing in the
Cement prices raised by up to Rs7 per bag
Some leading cement companies in Pakistan have increased per bag price of their products by Rs 2.50 to Rs 7 in order to improve/maintain profit margins, a well-placed source tol...
Sanghi out on bail
Indian cement baron Ravi Sanghi, arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), was released on bail by the chief judicial magistrate’s court in Bhuj on Friday...
JK Cement plans plant in Karnataka
JK Cement, India, plans to set up a one million tonne grey cement plant in Karnataka. The company is currently assessing limestone deposits in Bagalkot district in north Karnata...
Suez Cement net income up 84 per cent
The Suez Cement group, in which the Italcementi Group has a 54.2 per cent stake, increased net income by 84.3 per cent in 2004 to 394.3 million Egyptian pounds (US$68m), the com...
Japan drafts emissions plan
A governmental panel in Japan has approved a plan to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that will rely heavily on sinks, renewable energy and energy-efficiency. The plan will
CO2 rise forces energy UK rethink
Carbon dioxide emissions are rising rapidly in the UK, forcing the government to consider a range of new measures to keep its pledge to combat climate change. Figures from the D...
White cement factory offered for sale
The Tunisian and Algerian State authorites have decided to proceed to the privatisation of the Tuniso-Algerian White cement company (SOTACIB). To this end the SOTACIB has launch...
Mary Nour case close to resolution?
In early March, the port authorities of the Public Ministry of Tampico reportedly made a new inspection of the Mary Nour. This was to verify the condition of the 26,000t of ceme...
Mine safety group confers major awards to Holcim Philippines
The Philippine Mine Safety and Environment Association (PMSEA), organizers of the 51st annual National Mine Safety and Environmental Conference, recently honored Holcim
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