Constructors Urged to Use local materials
Road constructors in Uganda have been urged to increase the use of locally manufactured materials to lower the unit cost of roads. This will allow the government to increase inv...
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Eight Year Low for Monarch Cement
EBITDA for The Monarch Cement Company for its quarter ended June 30, 2004 was $4,189,525, a 9.2% decrease over the year earlier same quarter when Monarch Cement generated $4,612...
Chia Hsin Cement raises cement prices
Chia Hsin Cement Greater China Holding Corp said it raised its cement prices by 5-10 percent at the end of July as China’s macro-economic measures helped to control the su...
China’s cement output growth slows
The increase rate of China’s cement output in the first seven months of this year continued to fall. Statistics show the output came to 502.62Mt, up 17 per cent year-on-...
Canacem to fight Russian cement imports
Mexico’s national cement chamber Canacem aims to launch a legal offensive against local company CDM (Comercio para el Desarrollo Mexicano), which is trying to import cemen...
Siam Cement expansion
Siam Cement targets sales to grow in line with the market average to 10Mt this year for domestic sales plus with another 5Mt for export. The company has capacity to produce 23Mt...
Chia Hsin Cement 1H Net +81% on strong prices
Hong Kong-listed Chia Hsin Cement Greater China Holdings Corp, one of the largest Taiwanese-owned cement makers operating in China, said its first-half net profit rose 81% from ...
Holcim to report
Holcim is due to report its H1 results at 6am London time on Friday 27 August. Analysts at JP Morgan expects it to report around a 7% increase in sales, 17% growth in operating ...
Wienerberger improves first half margins
First half turnover at Wienerberger rose by 15.1% to €837.6m and the EBITDA improved by 22.6% to €185.8m, while, after adjusting for changes to accounting policy, the trading pr...
Imported cement stranded at RAK port
Around 40,000t of imported bulk cement is reported to be stranded at the Ras Al Kaimah port with local cement producers refusing to take the delivery of the consignment, said so...
High Court asked to reconsider ruling on cement
The Philippine government has asked the Supreme Court to overturn an earlier decision directing the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to scrap the definitive safeguard duti...
Californian prices soar
A shortage of cement is cracking the foundation of California’s brisk building industry, and most experts agree it could continue through the remainder of this year year -...
Pakistani cement makers plan expansion
With demand both locally and for exports into neighbouring Afghanistan rising steadily, companies such as DG Khan, Maple Leaf and Pioneer Cement have announced their expansion p...
Iran’s annual cement production
Minister of commerce Mohammad Shariatmadari reports that given the large investments made in the sector, Iran’s annual cement production will hit 40Mt within the next three year...
Measures to prevent environmental pollution
The Diamond Cement Ghana Limited, a grinding plant at Aflao, Ghana, which imports clinker from an associated plant in neighbouring Togo producers of Portland cement is to build ...
Ban on Kurdestan cement exports lifted
The manager of Bijar Cement Plant, Mansour Najafi has said that the ban imposed on the export of cement to northern Iraq a month ago was lifted on Wednesday. He told Iranian new...
CTI looks for international help
Freed from one trap by the Mexican judiciary, the Mary Nour, still languishes in the port of Altamira, waiting for clearance by the Mexican customs, who claim that the ship ente...
Omani Raysut Cement Co Net Profit Rises to $8.9 Mln H1 2004
Oman’s cement producer Raysut Cement Company posted a net profit of 3.3m rials (US$8.9m) for the first six months of 2004, compared to 2.3m rials (US$6m) in the same perio...
New special berths to help increase cement imports through Dubai ports
With the continued growth of the property market in the UAE, Dubai Ports Authority and Jebel Ali Free Zone are committed to providing facilities and docking berths for RMC Gulf ...
Cement testing lab clears Island Portland Cement
The largest cement testing laboratory in the country yesterday took the cudgels for Solid Cement Corp., saying the company’s Island Portland Cement which was banned by the...
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