WB to support Romania’s transport development
The World Bank Board of Directors has approved two loans for Romania amounting to US$ 275m for the Transport Restructuring System and other projects.
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China publishes greenhouse gas emissions
On Tuesday China reported its emissions of greenhouse gases to the United Nations for the first time. In 1994, the country emitted 2.6 billion tonnes of CO2 alone. Only figures ...
Experts see states as force in fighting global warming
With the re-election of President Bush, state governments and big business will likely be the biggest forces pushing policies and developing innovative technologies aimed at red...
Rinker cements record result
Rinker Group quashed any lingering concerns about the impact of the recent Florida hurricane season on its US operations by providing the market with a profit upgrade - its seco...
Going green with better quality tyres
Most of a tyre’s environmental impact occurs during its actual use rather than during disposal as is commonly believed. This is due to the phenomenon of rolling resistance which...
State Cement Corporation shares handed over to PIDC
KARACHI: The 100 percent shares of State Cement Corporation worth Rs150 million have been handed over to PIDC on the directives of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Joint Acting Chai...
Lafarge North America announces gypsum upgrade
Lafarge North America Inc, the leading supplier of construction materials in the US and Canada, today announced that it will invest approximately $75 million to substantially up...
Plan could put end to daily trips to Michigan landfill
Canada’s York Region’s great hope to stop sending household trash to Michigan, United States in the next few years is a two-inch long, hard brown, mottled cylinder. That&...
Italcementi To Set up Research Centre Near Bergamo
Italian cement producer and distributor Italcementi will build a research centre in the new science and technology park Kilometro Rosso near Bergamo, northern Italy, the company...
Egyptian Cement Output at 2.634Mt
Egypt’s cement output reached 2.634Mt in July 2004, up from 2.498Mt in June 2004, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said in a report. Local cement sales totalled 2.311 mill...
Managerial Reshuffle at Eurocement
A conflict has erupted among Eurocement shareholders, with the Russia Partners fund suspecting other company shareholders of asset stripping. The fund holds above 40 per cent i...
Cemex cut to ’hold’ from ’buy’ at ING
ING Financial Markets has lowered its recommendation on Cemex SA to ’hold’ from ’buy’ after the recent 14 per cent recovery in the company’s share ...
Criminal mobs behind Karachayevo-Cherkessia crisis
What is happening in the Russian internal republic of Karachayevo-Cherkessia is a crisis, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with national television channels, a tran...
$500,000 needed to save Saylor cement kilns
A group of people interested in saving Coplay’s kilns have formed an organization to raise money for the effort. The Saylor Cement Kilns Preservation Society must raise $...
St. Lawrence Cement Group announces a dividend increase
The Board of Directors of St. Lawrence Cement Group has approved a 12 per cent dividend increase. Consequently, a dividend of $0.14 per share on the subordinate voting Class A ...
Mondi headquarters to move to Vienna
Mondi Packaging has announced a decision to locate its headquarters in Vienna rather than London following a merge between Mondi Packaging and Austrian Frantschach. Frantschach’...
Holcim holds $2m construction contest
Swiss-based Holcim Foundation has invited architects, planners, engineers and project owners in Asia to enter the US$2 million Holcim Awards, a competition for projects in the a...
Anhui Conch to buy Fenyi Conch Cement
Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd (SHA 600585; HK 0914) said it has signed an agreement with Shanghai Xingchang International Trade Co Ltd to acquire the Shanghai firm’s 49 pct st...
Votorantim plans expansion in Europe 2005
Brazil’s industrial group Votorantim’s holding’s cement production arm, Votorantim Cimentos, is seeking to expand operations in Europe in 2005, as part of its ...
Italcementi looks at new plant in Kazakhstan
Ciments Francais, the French arm of Italy’s Italcementi, is considering constructing a cement production plant in the Aktobe region in western Kazakhstan, the regional adm...
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