Italcementi still targets Mediterranean markets
At its latest news conference, after releasing its preliminary results for 2004 Italcementi stated that it is to enhance its presence on the markets in the Mediterranean area. A...
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Nuh Cimento posts good results
Turkish cement and clinker producer Nuh Cimento expects to post at least 100 per cent year-on-year rise in its profit for 2004. The company ended 2003 with a net profit of 20.66...
ACC releases production, despatches figures for Jan 2005
Associated Cement Companies Ltd, has announced that in January 2005 cement production was 1.494Mt. Cement despatches at 1.505Mt. In January 2004 cement
Shiva Cement January 2005 despatches up
Shiva Cement Ltd., has informed the Mumbai Stock Exchange that the despatch of cement & clinker in the month of Jan 2005 has increase by 21 per cent in comparison to Jan 2004
Liberia’s CEMENCO waits for bagged cement
Following persistent cries over the shortage and hike in the price of cement on the local Liberian market, the General Manager of CEMENCO, Mr. Pamod Gemawat, has disclosed that ...
EAPC gives results details
East African Portland Cement yesterday announced a return to profit in its half-year results. Established back in 1933, the company produces 600,000t of cement annually, selling...
China’s Huaxin sees rapid growth
Huaxin Cement Co. Ltd sold 11Mt of cement and clinker in 2004, up 111.5 per cent year-on-year. Huaxin, one of the top 10 cement producers in China, is headquartered in Huangsh...
Readymix rises fast
Reports that Readymix, the quoted Irish concrete products group, may be about to become the centre of corporate activity intensified yesterday when the share price pushed ahead ...
Dyckerhoff sees continued German downturn
Dyckerhoff, in which Buzzi Unicem now controls 91.2 per cent of the voting shares and 76.7 per cent of the total equity, generated a turnover of €1,199m, underlying increase of...
Mary Nour gives up the fight
A Mexican importer has given up on selling within the country a shipment of Russian cement that has become for many analysts a symbol of the difficulties of competing with big b...
Markets regain some lost ground
Activity on dry bulk markets this week was in line what was expected. Capes have taken the driving seat and now with few ships remaining open prompt the market seems to be ...
Buzzi buys more of Dyckerhoff
Buzzi Unicem announces the purchase of 5,000,000 Dyckerhoff’s ordinary shares, equal to 24.19 per cent of the voting capital. The shares relate to the put option exercis...
Mexico cement output rises 4 per cent in 2004
Cement output in Mexico increased 4.35 per cent in 2004 from a year earlier as producers increased production to meet rising demand from government infrastructure projects and
Holcim faces strike action
Holcim New Zealand is facing strike action by cement ship staff. Two of the three unions representing staff on the Milburn Carrier 2 and the Westport have given notice of strik...
Clear Skies Act will encourage emission credit trading
The US Portland Cement Association (PCA) and its members support the Clear Skies Act of 2005 (S. 131), which was introduced by Sens. James Inhofe (R- Okla.) and George Voinovich...
Russian production makes steady gains
According to Eurocement, Russian cement production reached 45.6Mt in 2004, an increase of 11.3 per cent from the figure reported in in 2003.
Lafarge Polska hikes cement prices
Lafarge Polska, the Polish unit of French cement manufacturer Lafarge, raised cement prices in Poland by between 16 Polish zloty (Euro 3.9 euro and 24 zloty (Euro5.9) per tonne,...
Cemex embraces waste-to-energy program
Cemex Costa Rica co-processed 4626t of waste from the beginning of the waste-to-energy project on July 25 through to the end of 2004, transformation manager Fernando Rojas told ...
Cauê begins US$138mn debentures issue
Camargo Corrêa Cimentos (Cauê), the cement unit of Brazilian construction firm Camargo Corrêa, began a 360m-real (US$138m) debentures issue Tuesday, Cauê said in a filing to the...
Cement Firm Expects Good Returns
East African Portland Cement located in Kenya will be the first State corporation to surpass all key annual financial and non-financial targets set by the Government in performa...
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