Ciments Francais eyes expansion in India, Egypt and Turkey
French building materials producer Ciments Francais, controlled by Italian cement producer and distributor Italcementi SpA, is aimed to strengthen its position in India, Egypt a...
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Cement production needs urgent overhaul
The closure of many outdated cement factories springing up across the country should be a priority to make way for the building of an efficient industry, Malcolm Shelbourne, chi...
Cemex agrees to Sell Semen Gresik shares - or does it?
Indonesian government plans to sell 25.5% shares of PT Semen Gresik Tbk after Cemex SA, the present holders of those shares, agreed to sell its ownership. "Cemex has agreed wit...
Lafarge lifts guidance after forecast-beating H1.
Lafarge’s first-half net profit more than doubled on higher demand for building materials amid better weather in Europe and North America, prompting the world’s bigg...
Jordan’s cement prices
Jordan’s ministry is contemplating legal action against increase in cement prices. Jordan Cement Factories Company (JCFC) recently increased the price of cement to JOD 63 ...
RMC: takeover bid from CRH?
Shares in RMC Group PLC gained in early trade as dealers mulled UK news reports that the cement group could soon be on the receiving end of a UK£2.1bn cash bid, worth 800 pence...
Katav Cement releases Jan-Aug 2004 output
Katav Cement (based in the Chelyabinsk region, Russia) produced 514,500t of cement in Jan-Aug 2004, a 5-fold rise versus the figure posted in the same period 2003. The plant als...
Cimpor bids for two Libyan plants
Portuguese cement company Cimpor - Cimentos de Portugal SGPS is taking part in the privatisation of two Libyan cement plants, it was reported on September 7, 2004. Libya is the...
Dicotrade is back?
South Korean Kimaxtra plans to invest 18 mln euro ($21.7m) in the construction of a clinker grinding plant in the industrial zone of the port of Sines, southwestern Portugal, it...
Pavilion Technologies Helps Capitol Cement
Pavilion Technologies, a world leader in advanced process control (APC) and environmental compliance solutions, has installed its multi-variable model predictive control cement ...
Buyers eye Turkish factories
Italcementi SpA unit Ciments Francais has declared its interest in acquiring several factories in Turkey formerly operated by local diversified group Uzan, and which were placed...
Govt sets 40% tariff on imports
Jamaica’s government has imposed a 40.0% tariff on cement imports for the next four years to protect local cement maker Caribbean Cement Company (CCC) while it undertakes ...
Local cement production cost estimated
According to the Syrian Teshreen newspaper, a recently publicised study about the domestic cement industry estimates the per ton production cost of cement at the private sector ...
Italcementi boosted by developing markets and France
Italcementi’s first half turnover rose by 6.5% to ú2,262.1m as cement and clinker volumes rose by 7.0% to 23.9m tonnes, while ready-mixed concrete deliveries were just 1.5%highe...
Mary Nour still waiting for verdict
The Mexican import saga shows no sign of ending, with the ship still impounded, and the crew apparently virtual prisoners as the ship languishes in the port of Altamira.
Prices of building materials stable
Philippine cement prices remain stable at P135 per 40-kilogram bag, the Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines (CIAP) yesterday said. In a statement, the CIAP, an at...
Ciment Francais Expects Rise in 2004 Profit
French cement maker Ciments Francais SA expects its 2004 net profit to improve as compared to 2003, in view of its financial results for the first half of 2004, the company said...
Cement despatches for August
Gujarat Ambuja Cement Limited (GACL) has reported a 6 per cent increase in despatches for August. This was lower than the growth in July, but one has to bear in mind the transpo...
Cement Production Up By 20.9%
In July, Ukraine cement production rose by 20.9% or 211,000t compared with July 2003, to 1,220,000t. This was disclosed by the State Statistics Committee. In July, cement prod...
Italcementi beats forecasts, sees weaker H2
Italy’s Italcementi posted a forecast-beating 22-percent rise in first-half profit on Monday, helped by stronger demand in its core markets, but gave more cautious guidanc...
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