New order for KHD Humboldt Wedag in Russia
OAO Mordowzement in Komsomolski, Republic of Mordowia, Russia, has placed an order with the KHD Humboldt Wedag AG, Cologne, and its subsidiary, ZAB-Industrietechnik & Service Gm...
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Tyres for Mexico
Millions of used tyres from the United States are ending their days in Mexico, causing headaches for border communities faced with a growing disposal problem. The topic was a ce...
Maltsovsky Portlandcement production higher
Maltsovsky Portlandcement produced 3.6Mt of cement in 2004, up two per cent from the figure posted in 2003.
Salonit Acquires Kema Puconci
Cement manufacturer Salonit Anhovo has acquired a 84.78 per cent stake in its counterpart Kema Puconci in a friendly takeover bid that expired on 17 January. Salonit had alr...
Cemex Venezuela: higher domestic demand boosts profits
Cemex Venezuela said on Thursday its 2004 net profits rose to 208.1 billion bolivars from 44.2 billion bolivars a year earlier as domestic cement and concrete demand grew with t...
ACC net up 137.8 per cent
Associated Cement Companies Ltd (ACC) India has recorded a 137.8 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 53 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2004 as compared to Rs 2...
Falsified cement data?
According to a report in the UK press Lafarge workers falsified data on cement supplied to its ready mixed concrete customers Lafarge has been selling its ready mixed concrete ...
Shree Cement net zooms
Shree Cement Ltd has recorded a 111 per cent jump in its net profit for the nine months ended December 31, 2004 over the corresponding period in 2003-04. The company posted a pr...
Saudi Tabuk Cement posts higher profits
Saudi cement producer Tabuk Cement Company (TCC) has posted a net profit of 128.6 mln Saudi riyals ($34.3m) for 2004, up from 75.7 mln riyals ($20.2m) for 2003, according to the...
Mary Nour 189 days and still counting
Today sees the Mary Nour entering its 189th day of enforced idleness in the port of Altamira, Mexico while it awaits a court ruling over its eventual fate. Over Christmas and Ne...
Iskitimcement plans to raise retail sales of cement
Iskitimcement plans to raise retail sales of cement. On January 19, 2005 the company put into operation Mullers cement packing line of 300tpd capacity and seeks to double sales ...
Turkey 2004 cement output up
The Turkish cement sector boosted its output by 10 per cent year-on-year to 38.5Mt in 2004, it was reported on January 21, 2005. Turkey’s cement consumption climbed by 9....
252 Lafarge employees still missing
Lafarge is still reporting that 252 of its 625 employees working at its cement plant in Aceh, Indonesia are still missing after the tsunami swept through the facility on Decembe...
Cement Demand in Spain at 47.8Mt in 2004
Cement demand in Spain increased 3.5 per cent year-on-year to 47.8Mt in 2004, the Spanish Cement Makers Association (OFICEMEN) said on January 18, 2005. The 2004 increase was l...
Portugal Madeira to sell stake in Cimentos Madeira
The Regional Government of Portugal’s autonomous region of Madeira Island plans to sell its entire 8.0 per cent stake in the regional cement company Cimentos Madeira in 20...
Cementos Argos has revamp
Cementos Argos has become the holding company in cement, concrete, and mining business which represent 18 per cent of the overall investments portfolio of Grupo Empresarial Anti...
Cemex Colombia net sales rise
Cemex Colombia, the Colombian subsidiary of Mexican cement maker Cementos Mexicanos (Cemex), the third largest cement maker worldwide, posted net sales of US$263m, up 21 per cen...
Hans Bauer to step down
Hans Bauer, CEO of German cement producer Heidelberg Cement, will step down from his post as of January 31, 2005, it was reported on January 19, 2005. Bauer, 60, is resigning
EAPC eyes Sudan market to raise sales
East African Portland Cement Company plans to have increased its sales figures in Sudan and Rwanda by the end of December. Managing director, Zakayo ole Mapelu, said yesterday ...
Japanese hike prices on rising materials costs
To counter the increasing prices of raw materials such as coal and iron ore, steelmakers, cement producers and electric utilities are getting ready to pass the higher costs onto...
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