Taming the Dragon
Dragon Cement Products, located in Thomaston, New England is an important regional employer. Dragon has recently begun reducing its emissions of waste cement kiln dust (CKD) int...
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Investor view on Mitsubishi
Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded the senior unsecured long-term debt ratings of Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (Mitsubishi Materials). The rating outlook is stable...
Taiwan Cement’s output to hit 10-year high
Thanks to the recovery of the domestic real estate market and the hike of prices of exports to America and Africa, Taiwan Cement Corp., Taiwan’s leading cement manufacture...
Vietnam’s continuing project work
Vietnam embarked on 20 cement projects last year with the total investment capital of over VND4 trillion ($255.3m). Vietnam Cement Corp started 11 cement production projects las...
Loma Negra sale delayed
The sale of Loma Negra, Argentina’s largest cement company, to Camargo Correa, the Brazilian holding company, has been delayed because of disagreements over the company&rs...
Votorantim plans more investment
Votorantim Cimentos, intends to increase investments by 60 per cent to US$220m, planning to construct two new plants in Brazil and increase production in five plants from the No...
Mexican cement sales grow
Cement sales in Mexico during November 2004 reached 2.77Mt, a 9.1 per cent increase over the same month in 2003, Milenio news service reported. Increased home building and public
Lafarge aims to up Selva Alegre sales
Lafarge’s principal objective in buying Ecuadorian cement maker Selva Alegre is to increase sales volumes from 640,000t to 1.0Mt annually in five years, reported newspaper...
Siam Cement Group reports operating results
The Siam Cement Group (SCG) has announced excellent financial results for the third quarter of financial year 2004, citing strong performance in most business units principally ...
Cement in custody – early release unlikely
Ugandan police have refused to release 150 bags of substandard Portland cement confiscated from Tororo Cement Factory last year. The cement has been lying at Wandegeya Police S...
Kesoram to increase cement capacity
Kesoram Industries plans to increase its annual capacity by 1.6Mt, which will take its total capacity to about 4.5Mt. The company has cement units in the southern states of Karn...
Cost issues for Indian producers
Historically, the fragmented structure of the Indian cement industry coupled with a surplus position and rising costs had resulted in pressures on margins of the cement majors. ...
Statistics from the Ukraine
In October-December 2004, the Baltsem plant (Balakliia, Kharkiv region), one of the three major cement producers in Ukraine, reduced production of cement by 6.7 per cent or 20,5...
Heidelbergcement intends to invest
HeidelbergCement plans to invest Euro 20m to its Ukrainian business in 2005, according to IntelliNews. In particular, the modernisation of their Kryvyi Rih Cement and Dneproceme...
Holcim obtains ISO14001 award
Holcim Liban, one of the leading cement companies in Lebanon and operates the largest cement plant of the country, has recently obtained the ISO 14001 international award as an ...
Eagle Materials completes purchase
Eagle Materials Inc announced today that it has completed the purchase of the remaining interest in Illinois Cement Company joint venture. The purchase price was $72m in cash fo...
Semen Gresik expects substantial rise in profits
PT Semen Gresik was estimated profits to surge by 31.98 per cent to Rp500 billion (US$55.55m) in 2004, its Finance Director Cholil Hasan said. Hasan attributed the increase to...
Saudi Eastern Province Cement profit gains
Saudi cement producer Eastern Province Cement Company (EPC) registered 7.0 per cent year-on-year increase in net profit to 277 mln Saudi riyals (US$73.9m) for 2004, the company&...
Holcim about to launch Aggregate bid
The board of Aggregate Industries has stated that is likely to recommend a 138 pence per share offer from Holcim, which would value the group at around GBP1800m (€2,550m). As A...
National Cement to burn tyres
The Lebec cement plant, California plant has gained permission from regional air regulators to burn old tyres as fuel, in spite of strong protests from local residents. The Nati...
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