Birla Corp To Take Up Lodha re-appointment
Birla group company — Birla Corporation Ltd would take up the issue of re-appointing Rajendra Lodha as the director of the company, at its annual general meeting (AGM) on Septem...
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Algeria’s H1 cement output up
Algerian cement production rose 17.3 percent to 5.37 million tonnes in the first six months of 2004 year-on-year, an official said on Saturday, to meet booming building demand a...
Union Cement’s new name
Union Cement Corp.’s board has approved a change in the company’s name to Holcim Philippines Inc. after Swiss cement maker Holcim’s affiliate, Cemco Holdings ...
Buzzi Unicem 2004 EBITDA
Italian cement and concrete company Buzzi Unicem will post 2004 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in line with the 2003 results, company vice...
Imported cement price down
Prices for imported cement in to the UAE dropped by Dh1 per bag, following the news of large cement consignments coming to the UAE ports in the near future. Price for a 50kg bag...
Demonstrators plant trees at cement plant
Environmental group, Residents Against Dioxins, has marked the Global Day of Action On Waste by staging a peaceful demonstration at New Berrima’s Blue Circle southern ceme...
Cementos Alfa Profit up 29.6 pct
Spanish cement maker Cementos Alfa SA posted a net attributable profit of 8.2 mln euro ($10 mln) for the first half of 2004, a 29.6 pct year-on-year increase, the company report...
FL Smidth wins Pakistan order
FL Smidth unit wins Euro63m Pakistan order from Pakistan’s Maple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd, which is owned by the Kohinoor Maple Leaf Group. The order includes all essential...
ACC, Gujarat Ambuja despatches up
ACC and Gujarat Ambuja Cement Ltd (GACL) overcame the transporters’ strike to increase their cement despatches during the month of August. However, Aditya Birla group comp...
Republic Cement to issue P1.35-B convertible notes
Republic Cement Corp. yesterday said it will issue P1.35 billion in convertible loan notes to Lafarge Cement Philippines, Inc. in exchange for its stake in Continental Operating...
Cement sales jump 24%
Cement sales in Pakistan have recorded a growth of 24 percent in August, as total cement sales stood at 1.292Mt compared to 1.044Mt of same period last year.
RMC 1H net drops 63%
RMC Group Plc said first-half profit fell 63 per cent as a decline in UK road building hurt demand.
Creaton reports sharp improvement in first half profit
The leading German clay tile producer Creaton increased its trading profit for the first six months of the year from EUR1.5m to EUR4.0m on a broadly static turnover of EUR57.5m....
Wienerberger is building a further brick plant in Hungary
Wienerberger has started the construction of a new brick works at Tiszavasvari in north-eastern Hungary. The plant, which is scheduled to come on stream in the late summer or e...
Federal Government to ban cement imports, Nigeria
With the promise by the Federal Government to ban the importation of cement in 2006, the President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has said that the country stands to ear...
Cement firms seek to tap Middle East potential, India
Indian cement and steel companies plan to set up units in the Gulf to tap the potential of over 10 free trade zones in the region. There is an increasing demands for cement and ...
Construction plans for proposed US$300m cement plant and associated facilities, Vietnam
The local Vietnam Construction & Import-Export Corp is currently gearing-up to build a new cement plant and associated facilities in the country. Construction plans under consid...
Titan doubles capacity in Bulgaria H1 2004
Titan Cement has doubled its production capacity in Bulgaria to 1Mt of cement in the first half of 2004. Titan doubled its production capacity following the acquisition of Bulga...
GCC prepays US$90m in debt, Mexico
Mexican cement producer Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua has prepaid US$90m in bank debt, reducing overall debt by 39.3 per cent to MXP1.56bn (US$134mn), GCC told Mexico City’s...
Gujarat Ambuja boost sales, new plant set for October commissioning, India
Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd, India’s third-largest cement maker, said higher exports boosted the company’s August sales by six per cent on year, despite a weeklong tr...
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