Polish construction
The Polish government statistics agency GUS released its July survey on the construction market prospects. The industry outlook has improved for 28 per cent of the companies sur...
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Ciments Francais moves up
H1 Sales came in at Euro 1524m, up 7.1% on last year and 0.8% above Deutsche Bank forecasts. Like for like sales were up 9.5%. Similar to Lafarge cement proved to be the main dr...
HeidelbergCement initiates legal action
HeidelbergCement has taken legal steps against the German laws on emissions trading. These laws place a completely unreasonable burden on the cement industry in Germany. The Gro...
Tabuk Cement rises to US$15.6m
Saudi cement producer Tabuk Cement Company (TCC) posted a net profit of 58.5 mln Saudi riyals (US$15.6m) for the first half of 2004, up by 75 per cent year-on-year. TCC’s...
Lafarge: Romania cement sales up
Lafarge said on Friday its first-half cement sales in Romania rose by 27.7 per cent year-on-year. The sales growth in Romania exceeded the average rise of Lafarge’s cemen...
Cement prices stay firm on late rains, strong demand
As against the usual trend of cement prices weakening in the monsoon season (June-September) by nearly 7-8% from its peak, in the current season, overall Indian prices are down ...
Indonesia set to settle dispute with Cemex
The government will continue to seek out of court settlement for its long dispute with Cemex Asia over the divestment of the share of cement factory PT Semen Gresik. Cemex holds...
Semen Padang sets export target
PT Semen Padang, based in Padang in West Sumatra, plans to export 1.35Mt of cement this year, including 500,000t of clinker. Exports will shipped to other Asian countries, South...
Bamburi profits trapped
Despite reporting a 59 per cent increase in its after tax profits, Bamburi Cement Company is yet to muster the intricacies of public policy formulation in Kenya. The firm had e...
Pushka ends in profits
Ukrainian cement group Pushka has seen its income rise by 14.9 per cent or UAH 15.134 million to UAH 116.525 million. This was disclosed in the "TOP 100" list of Ukrainian enter...
Cementos Lima - profit up
Peru’s leading cement producer Cementos Lima posted a 51.8m-sol (US$15.2m) net profit in the first half, up 2.6 per cent from 1H03, according to information filed with the...
Palestinians made millions
Palestinian businessmen have made millions of dollars supplying cement for Israel’s "security barrier" in the full knowledge of Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader and o...
Cement demand fails to take off
Strong demand growth continues to remain elusive for some Indian cement companies, if the data for the first quarter of FY05, recently released by Cement Manufacturers’ As...
Healthy Q2 earnings likely for SCC
Siam Cement Plc is set to report healthy second-quarter earnings thanks to the higher petrochemical prices and rising demand for its cement and building materials business. “We ...
Anhui Conch says macro controls hit prices
Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd, the mainland’s largest cement maker, has blamed China’s economic cooling measures for a 20 per cent decline in its cement prices in May a...
Suez Cement Q1 2004
Egyptian cement maker Suez Cement reported a non-consolidated net profit of 69.69 mln Egyptian pounds (US$11.2m) for the first quarter of 2004, compared to a net loss of 6.06 ml...
Mexican CMD complains
Mexican company Comercio para el Desarrollo Mexicano (CMD), associated with the Spanish company Tradeland Commodities, complained on July 22, 2004, that Mexican cement maker Cem...
Florida Rock Industries, record 3Q
Florida Rock Industries has announced record net income of $33,050,000 or $.75 per diluted share for the third quarter of fiscal year 2004 versus $22,971,000 or $.53 per diluted...
Tabuk and Union, Saudi Arabia 1H04 boost
The net profit of UAE Ras al-Khaimah cement manufacturer Union Cement surged 226 per cent YoY to AED48.9m (US$13.3m) for the first half of 2004. The company’s sales reven...
Calbre Posts EUR241,000 net profit, Italy
Italian concrete and cement products distributor Calbre posted a net profit of EUR241,000 in 2003, compared to a EUR349,000 net profit in 2002. The company, based in Montichiar...
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