Rinker¹s advance hit by weak US dollar
In the year to the end of March, Rinker increased turnover by only 2.0 per cent to A$5,339m (US$3,706m), because of the weakness of the US dollar, which accounted for 77.4 per c...
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Gambling on more cement
A report in the Las Vegas Sun newspaper suggests that the cement shortage that has affected different regions of the United States, including Southern Nevada, may abate slightly...
New Zealand cement bouyant
Cement supply to Otago and Southland regions during the past two years has risen up to 20% - one of highest national increases - and is being serviced from imports from Indonesi...
Qatar cement firm to build new works
FCB ciment has recently signed an agreement with the Qatar National Cement Company, QNCC, for the construction of a new QR581 million plant, designed to produce 1.2Mt of clinker...
Vietnam adjusts the plan
The Vietnamese Ministry of Construction chaired a workshop yesterday in Hanoi with participation of all cement producers nationwide to adjust the national cement development pla...
Cement Production up in Ukraine
In May, cement production rose by 14.2% or 139,000 tons compared with April. In January-May, cement production rose by 34% or 933,000 tons compared with January-May 2003, to gi...
Holcim’s delists Apasco shares
The Mexican unit of Swiss cement company Holcim Ltd said Thursday it has delisted its shares from the local stock market. The shares of Holcim Apasco have traded occasionally s...
Madras Cements net up
Madras Cements registered a profit after tax of Rs 33.40 crore (Rs 12.96 crore) in 2003-04, higher by 158 per cent in relation to the previous year. The company’s board r...
Cement production highs in Gujarat
Gujarat state India recorded the highest cement production in the last financial year from its eight integrated works, including Grasim Industries Ltd, Gujarat Ambuja Cements Lt...
Republic Cement optimistic
Republic Cement Corp. hopes to top profits in 2003 with an expected increase in cement sales this year. In the recent annual stockholders’ meeting, President and Chief Exe...
Mitsubishi Materials expands in China
Mitsubishi Materials Corp and Mitsubishi Corp. said Friday they have set up a joint venture company for cement production in China. The new company, Qingdao Mitsubishi Cement C...
China in the spotlight
Taiwan Cement Corp is vying with Chia Hsin Cement Corp for the No.1 position in terms of Taiwanese cement production capacity in mainland China. Taiwan Cement boasted it would ...
Siam City Cement changes top staff
In its most drastic management revamp since Swiss cement maker Holcim Ltd took management control six years ago, Siam City Cement Plc is changing its chief executive and the hea...
Cement can halve road construction costs
A Holcim seminar in Bangladesh has noted that the use of cement in road construction instead of bitumen can reduce costs by 50 per cent, according to work done by the local Road...
Grinding plant for Jamaica mooted
Mainland International has invited firms to submit proposals on the securing of land and construction of a cement plant that the company would operate in direct competition with...
Higher fuel prices
Indian cement companies are gearing up for a price increase following the hike in domestic coal prices. While companies are still working out the price increase for various grad...
Local market needs more cement
Total local consumption of cement in Jordan stood at 2.7Mt last year, Jordan Cement Factories Company (JCFC) General Manager Samer Biriqdar said on Wednesday. He indicated that ...
Financing Binh Phuoc
The four main State-owned banks in Vietnam have signed to lend VND1.98 trillion to Ha Tien I Cement Co. for the VND4.75 trillion (US$300 million) Binh Phuoc cement project. The ...
Cement Sales in Cyprus
Cement sales in Cyprus accounted for 138,000 tonnes in May 2004, rising by 19.1 pct year-on-year and by 10 pct month-on-month, according to data provided by the island’s N...
Cement consumption down in May
Spanish cement consumption in May dropped 1.17 percent from the same month a year earlier to 4.09Mt, the first fall in the month since 1996 when the current property boom took o...
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