CCI union to take part in strike
The Cement Corporation of India Employees Union, Adilabad, would participate in the strike on November 19 called by the All India Cement Workers’ Federation
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Argentina cement sales up
Argentine cement manufacturers saw an 18.3 per cent year-on-year rise in sales, including exports, to 586,133t in September 2004, Argentina’s Portland cement makers’...
UK cement price increase analysis
Earlier reports quoted on CemNet earlier this week concerning possible 10-15 per cent price rises by Castle Cement in the UK have prompted analysts at Exane BNP Paribas to d...
Decision time for the Benelux
Plans by HeidelbergCement to rationalise its Belgium and Netherlands cement-making operations are expected to be announced later this month. At present HeidelbergCement oper...
Cement workers threaten indefinite stir, India
Leading trade unions of the cement industry today threatened to go on an indefinite strike from November 19, if manufacturers do not revise the workers’ wages.
Katavsky Cement nine month output, Russia
More than 634,000t of cement was produced for the first nine months of 2004 by Katavsky Cement a 6.6-fold increase compared to the same period 2003. In the whole of 2003 the com...
Government’s programme to benefit construction companies, Thailand
The government’s plan to invest as much as US$60bn to develop various infrastructure projects in the next five years will help boost results of listed construction companies and...
Lafarge files claim against state price freezing, Honduras
Lafarge, owners of Honduran cement company Incehsa, has asked the government to annul an executive decree which fixed cement prices at 70 lempiras (US$3.90) a bag on August 23, ...
Enviros give up fight to block cement plant construction, USA
Environmentalists will drop their battle against construction of the nation’s largest cement plant. In a deal reached yesterday, project developer Holcim Inc. agreed to pa...
Cement prices see regional recovery, India
Buoyed by increasing demand from rural areas, cement prices are staging a recovery in the northern and western markets, but continue to remain stagnant with lower than average p...
China Resources Cement raises stake in Guangxi
China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd said it will pay about 61.9m yuan (US$7.5m) for an effective 20.36 percent stake in its cement subsidiary in China’s southwestern provi...
Environment Agency allows Castle Cement trial burning of MBM
The Environment Agency has confirmed that Castle Cement will be allowed to carry out a trail burning of meat and bonemeal (MBM) at its Ribblesdale works in Clitheroe, Lancashire...
Benue Cement Company to begin full production next month
Benue Cement Company, Nigeria is to begin full production by next month. Governor George Akume announced this recently at the University of Ibadan when he met with members of th...
Agreement Signed for Cement Factory
The Eastern Cement Company has signed an agreement with a number of Saudi and Yemeni businessmen to establish a large cement factory in the Yemeni city of Mukla at an estimated ...
Inflation piles pressure on retail cement price
Kenyan Cement producers are under renewed pressure to increase retail prices as the cost of inputs continue to rise. Market leader, Bamburi Cement, yesterday indicated that alth...
PPC scores all-time peak
A slightly weaker rand and strong confidence in South Africa’s economy helped push stocks higher on Tuesday, with cement producer PPC surging to an all-time peak. Investor...
ARM to Buy Firm in Zambia
Athi River Mining (ARM), has announced plans to buy a multi-million lime manufacturing business in Zambia. The firm has also announced an Sh860 million-expansion plan to boost ...
Sabanci interested in Uzan plants
Turkish industrial conglomerate Sabanci Holding is interested in the cement factories of the controversial Uzan family in Lalapasa, Eskisehir, Sanliurfa, Ergani and Gaziantep, t...
Buzzi Unicem modifies plans to buy Dyckerhoff stake
Buzzi Unicem SpA has abandoned plans to buy a 24.19 per cent stake in German cement group Dyckerhoff AG from Sanpaolo IMI SpA unit IMI Investments before January, when the bank ...
Egyptian National Cement
Egypt’s National Cement Company (NCC) reported a net profit of 27.51 mln Egyptian pounds ($4.4m) for the fiscal 2003/04, ended June 30, 2004, compared to a net loss of 91....
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