Decision to waive off duty
The UAE Cement Contractors Union has expressed a readiness to cooperate to restore stability to cement prices, in view of the fact that General Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Mak...
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Bag price increase
Frantschach Industrial Packaging announces a price increase for paper sacks. This step is a response to higher prices in the sack paper and PE granulate material markets.
Details demanded on emissions
Residents near Rugby Cement in the UK which was forced to halt controversial tyre-burning trials have demanded details of chemicals pumped out because of a breakdown.
SCL posts highest-ever monthly dispatch
Rajasthan-based Shree Cement Ltd has announced that the company registered its highest-ever monthly dispatch during July 2004, despite the monsoon
Semen Tonasa posts 20% rise
Cement sales from PT Semen Tonasa in Makassar, South Sulawesi, rose 20 per cent year-on-year to 1.1Mt in the first half of this year, a company official said
South India cement
South India clearly seems to be slipping. With state-funded construction projects on the decline, cement demand in the southern states has fallen, with Andhra Pradesh and Tamil ...
Hungary Bukkosd rejects Strabag plant
The residents of the village of Bukkosd in southern Hungary once again rejected the plans of construction company Strabag, the local unit of Austrian Bau Holding, to build a HUF...
Heracles Cement H1 profit up
Greek cement producer Heracles, majority owned by France’s Lafarge, said first half group pretax profit grew 37.5 percent to EUR55m (US$67.42m).
Semen Gresik to reclaim Cemex shares
The management of state-owned cement producer PT Semen Gresik (SG) has asked the government to buy back shares in Cemex to resolve a protracted dispute over Cemex’s invest...
Profits surge at Anhui Conch
Anhui Conch Cement, China’s largest cement producer by sales and production volume, said first-half net profit rose by more than 2.5 times as prices surged on the back of ...
Dyckerhoff’s profits shift east
First half turnover rose by around 4% to EUR550m after adjusting for changes to the corporate structure, without which there was a 12.7% decline.
Acquisitions push up HeidelbergCement’s volumes
Turnover at HeidelbergCement rose by 7.5% to EUR3,242m in the first half of this year, with the EBITDA climbing by 22.5% to EUR485m. Helped by the inclusion of China Century Cem...
Contracts welcome cement move, UAE
The UAE Cement Contractors Union welcomed the decision to cut cement import duties, announced recently by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Mi...
Cement manufacturers told to go green, India
The advisor to the Cement Manufacturers Association has asked the cement industry in India to use fly ash, processed waste materials and green technologies to raise their produc...
Katavsky Cement seven-month output up four-fold, Russia
Katavsky Cement (Chelyabinsk Region) output rosefour-fold on year to 400,000t of cement, company representatives announce. Graded cement production increased two-fold to 28,000t...
Cement production up 12% in June, Bolivia
Bolivia’s cement industry has achieved production growth of 12.3% in the first six months of the year to 572,000t compared to 510,000t in the corresponding 2003 period, ac...
Japanese firms laud removal of cement tariff, Philippines
The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Philippines (JCCIP) hailed the decision of the Supreme Court annulling the protective tariff imposed by the Department of Tr...
Fujairah Cement to spend AED60m on expansion, UAE
Fujairah Cement Industries, FCI, is gearing up for an investment of AED60m for the expansion of its existing plant in Dibba according to a report in Khaleej Times. The company’s...
Portugal C+PA increases Cimpor Stake, Portugal
Portuguese cement company C+PA has increased its stake in Cimpor l to a total of 4.973 per cent of its share capital from the previous 4.6 per cent, Cimpor. The current stake c...
HK Chia Hsin raises cement prices 5%-10%, Hong Kong
Chia Hsin Cement Greater China Holding Corp raised its cement prices 5% to 10% at the end of July, as China’s macroeconomic controls reined in supply.
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