Holcim secures majority participation in Cemento de El Salvador
Holcim has held a 20.3 per cent participation in Cemento de El Salvador, S.A. de C.V. (CESSA) El Salvador since 1998.
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Markets start to slide
At present everybody is "skiing down to the village" and the heaviest is the fastest. Capes have recorded this week historical downward figures and the number of ships remaining...
Iraq mission homecoming
For most of the past year, Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce President Lettie Bien strapped on body armor and weapons and headed to her temporary post as senior adviser at the Ir...
PPC chief executive’s pay reduced
Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) had reduced the pay of its chief executive, John Gomersall, by 12 per cent in the year to September, even as profit at Africa’s biggest ceme...
Tyre surcharge for recycling
Scrap tire piles aren’t just unsightly; they’re dangerous, bad for the environment and costly to remove. A proposal from US State House Speaker Rick Johnson could go...
Crackdown on concrete
A campaign is underway in Auckland, New Zealand to combat what is seen as an alarming rise in pollution from concrete products. The Auckland Regional Council’s campaign a...
Bermuda cement dispute settled
A tentative agreement was announced via press release in the controversial contract negotiations between the West End Development Corporation (WEDCO) and tenants, the Bermuda Ce...
Greek Interbeton Buys out Livanis-Korbeton
Greek concrete building products manufacturer Interbeton Building Materials, a subsidiary of Titan Cement group, bought out local concrete maker and trader Livanis-Korbeton in O...
Yucatan construction grows 7%
The construction industry in southeastern Mexico’s Yucatan state is expected to grow seven per cent this year compared with 2003 levels, local daily El Financiero quoted c...
Mexico’s Cemex sells options, issues more
Cemex exercised about 136 million stock options on Monday, as part of its executive compensation program. Cemex, the world’s third largest cement producer, exercised th...
Ashaka Cement Honours 153 Staff
No fewer than 153 staff of Ashaka Cement Plc yesterday received the year 2004 long-service award from the company. Thirty two of the workers got award for serving the company f...
Go-ahead for waste dump
Plans to dump hazardous waste close to people’s homes have been approved by County Hall bosses. The application allows Clitheroe’s Castle Cement to tip cement kiln...
Police seize fake cement
Following a tip off, Police over the weekend seized over 190 bags of fake Bamburi cement from Goods shed. The cement belonging to a businessman, Mr Lawrence Sajjabbi was seize...
Cement industry jobs
Local cement workers fear the loss of more than 4000 jobs in the industry as lower tariffs on imported cement looms in 2005. The Philippine Cement Workers Council (PCWC) protest...
Qatar National Cement starts construction
The Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC) has just started construction works on its project for the establishment of a third cement plant. Qatar’s Crown Prince, Sheikh T...
Holcim set to start cement export to Tripura
Holcim (Bangladesh) Limited is all set to begin cement export to the eastern Indian state of Tripura this week. Holcim, Bangladesh has achieved Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) ...
Cement cartel under threat
The strong cartel operating in Pakistani’s cement industry was saved Thursday from a break-up by last minute intervention on the part of the big players, industry sources said. ...
Dniprotsement appoints Panchenko board chairman to replace Tsymerynov, Ukraine
During the December 16 meeting, shareholders of the Dniprotsement company (Dniprodzerzhynsk, Dnipropetrovsk region) dismissed board chairman Oleh Tsymerynov and appointed Andrii...
Holcim opens development contest
Architects, engineers, developers and project owners in Asia, including Indonesia, have been invited to take part in a US$2m competition on sustainable development held by a Swi...
Union Cement shares
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Government Counsel is reviewing whether Cemco Holdings should be required to buy out minority shareholders of public...
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