Mexico cement output seen as rising
Mexico’s cement output will grow about 3.5 percent in 2005, slightly down from the 4.0 per cent expected this year, the country’s main industry group said on Friday....
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Ciment Francais lifts 9m net profit
French cement maker Ciments Francais posted an 8.7 per cent rise in nine-month net profit on Friday partly due to a reduction in financial costs and an increase in the contribu...
Water problems blamed on cement firm
An Onoway-area man appeared before the provincial Environmental Appeal Board Friday alleging Lafarge Canada is responsible for the decline in groundwater under his property. Laf...
Somani to set up 1000tpd cement plant
Somani Cement Company Ltd, the pioneer in cement manufacturing in Gujarat, is going to set up a new 1000tpd ’vertical shaft kollen rotrate technology’ plant at Mahuv...
Saudi cement sales
According to Al-Riyadh newspaper (November 4, 2004), official sources estimated the total cement sales in Saudi Arabia by the local companies at SR 4bn in the first nine months ...
Lafarge plugs in to captive power sector
Lafarge India (LIPL), a subsidiary of the Lafarge group of France, will be amongst the first foreign investors in the captive power sector in India. The company which grabbed he...
Kuwait Portland Cement Jan-Sept 2004
Kuwaiti cement trader Kuwait Portland Cement posted a net profit of 5.85m Kuwaiti dinars (US$19.9m) for the first nine months of 2004, a decrease from 10.64m dinars (US$36.1m) i...
Yemen to boost cement production
Yemen intends to increase cement production by a massive 300 per cent in the next three years, a move that will at last allow it to keep pace with internal demand. Yemen Trade ...
Egyptian Misr Cement Qena posts profits
The net profit of Egyptian cement producer Misr Cement Qena soared 150 per cent year-on-year in the first nine months of 2004 to Egyptian Pounds 53.48m (US$8.6m).
YTL Cement acquires bigger stake in Perak-Hanjoong
YTL Cement Bhd is acquiring an additional 32.74 per cent stake in Perak-Hanjoong Simen Sdn Bhd for a total cash consideration of RM109.7 million from Danaharta Managers Sdn Bhd....
New orders for Gebr Pfeiffer
Gebr Pfeiffer AG has obtained an order for the supply of a cement separating plant for modernising and upgrading the cement grinding plant at the Indian Kodinar works. The new h...
LVT wins new contract in Iran
LV Technology Public Company Limited has won an order in Iran of the magnitude of 3.6m EURO. corresponding to approximately 190m THB for modification of Kordestan Cement in Iran...
Cash-flush PPC declares R1-billion in dividends
Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) has celebrated an outstanding trading year to end September by declaring total dividends of more than R1bn.
Mardin Cimento reports 25trn Lira profits
Turkish cement, clinker and ready-mixed concrete producer Mardin Cimento reported a profit of 25 trln lira (US$17.12m/13.35m euro), up from 8.73 trln lira (US$5.98m/4.66m euro)....
India: CM presents awards to cement companies
Chief Minister Babulal Gaur has urged the industrial sector to take up public welfare works. He was speaking at the function on Tuesday to present awards to cement manufacturing...
India: Lodha & Co quits as auditor for Grasim
Lodha & Company on Thursday resigned as statutory auditors of the AV Birla group¹s diversified flagship, Grasim Industries. The chartered accountancy firm has also ceased to be ...
Barbados: Use Fair Trading For Cement Complaints
If consumers have complaints over the recent hike in cement prices, they should take them to the Fair Trading Commission or Office of Public Counsel.
Slovenia’s Cementarna Trbovlje Makes Solid Profit
Trbovlje, 04 November (STA) - Cement maker Lafarge Cement Cementarna Trbovlje posted a net profit for 2003 of SIT 868m (EUR 3.6m) on sales of SIT 7.6bn (EUR 31.7m), up over 10 p...
Thailand: solid domestic consumption in September
Despite the fact that September is normally a weak month for cement sales, domestic cement demand rose 18.7 per cent YoY and 5 per cent MoM to 2.4Mt in September 2004, according...
Portugal Cimpor Jan-Sept 2004 Profit Seen at 122.6m Euro
Portuguese cement company Cimpor - Cimentos de Portugal might post a net profit of 122.6m euro ( US$157.3m) for the first nine months of 2004, down 17.7 per cent year-on-year, a...
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