Cemex RMC buy gets conditional FTC approval
Mexican cement maker Cemex has won conditional approval from the US Federal Trade Commission to proceed with its planned US$5.8bn purchase of Britain’s RMC Group PLC. App...
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Holcim deal encourages Italcementi to expand in India
The proposed Holcim acquisition of ACC has increased the appetite of other global majors in the Indian cement sector. Italcementi, world’s fifth largest cement producer is...
India may be under pressure to cut emissions post-Kyoto
The world’s second-most populous nation, whose economy has been growing at a frenetic pace, creating a huge middle class, and spiralling demand for electricity and factori...
Cargo Ship Freed off Barbers Point
The cement ship grounded off Kalaeloa more than a week ago is finally free, but worries persist over whether it caused any damage to the reef. The MV Cape Flattery floated freel...
Cement production on the rise
The total production of the Cement Manufacturing and Marketing Co in the Yemen during 2004 reached 572,577t, far and above the 302,577t that it produced last year. A company
Heavy rains in Pakistan
The Pakistani cement sector has witness about 70 per cent reduction in dispatches from the factories to the market due to constant rains in the country. According to them, the d...
Kuwaiti Hilal Cement profits fall
The net profit of Kuwaiti cement and building materials trader Hilal Cement Company fell to 1.76n Kuwaiti dinars (US$6.0m) in 2004 from 2.25m dinars (US$7.7m) in 2003. The
Kuwait Cement to export 20,000t
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Trade and Industry has allowed the local cement maker Kuwait Cement Company to export some 20,000t of cement over a six-month period, it was reported
Workers offered tests for toxic gas
Holcim operating out of Port Nelson, New Zealand is offering its workers blood testing for methyl bromide gas following publicity about possible links with motor neurone disease...
Chilanga Boss Coutler deportation revoked
The Zambian Ministry of Home Affairs has reversed the deportation of Chilanga Cement managing director Ian Coutler. Ministry of Home Affairs Permanent Secretary Peter Mumba ann...
Obasanjo restates commitment to privatisation
Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed his administration’s commitment to it’s Privatisation Policy saying a private sector-driven economy is the only so...
Buzzi Unicem’s underlying cement sales higher
The Buzzi Unicem group sold 31.9Mt of cement in 2004, unchanged in absolute terms, but up by 1.8 per cent on a comparable structure, after allowing for the divestments by
OCI to invest in new 2.5Mt greenfield cement plant
Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) Egypt announced that an OCI/Faruk Rasool Group/Blair Sayed Magid consortium has obtained regulatory approvals for the construction
Migereko Asks EU to Boost Cement Mining in Karamoja
The Minister of Trade, Tourism and Industry, Mr Daudi Migereko, has asked the European Union (EU) to support the extension of electricity to Karamoja to boost cement mining in t...
Lafarge Maroc signs contract with FFEM
Lafarge Maroc and the French world environment fund FFEM signed a partnership agreement in conjunction to the installation of a 1 MW wind energy park.
Javedan Cement to achieve full capacity in 2 months, Pakistan
Javedan Cement is likely to resume 100 percent production in two months as the fuel supply will restart and the demand from the market will grow, a senior official at ministry o...
Obasanjo Praises State-of-the-Art Cement Company, Nigeria
During a visit to Kogi State, President Olusegun Obasanjo on 9 February commended the Dangote Group of Companies for building the ultra-modern Obajana Cement Company, which is ...
Stabilising cement prices bring relief, Brunei
The price of cement is likely to come down by 10-15 per cent following the Brunei government decision to re-allow importation of cement to the Sultanate.
Fauji cement profit rise, Pakistan
During the year under review Pakistan’s Fauji Cement generated net sales at Rs2296.23m against Rs 1,510.74m in the preceding year showing 16% growth. The gross profit by far exc...
Buzzi Unicem’s underlying cement sales 1.8% higher at 31.9Mt
The Buzzi Unicem group sold 31.9Mt of cement in 2004, unchanged in absolute terms, but up by 1.8% on a comparable structure, after allowing for the divestments by Dyckerhoff in ...
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