Brazil Portobello sells to Lafarge
Brazil’s ceramic producer Portobello SA has sold its mortar producing subsidiary PortoKoll Ltda to Lafarge in a deal estimated at 28.1 mln Brazilian reais (US$8.97m) The p...
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Pakistan expansion update
During the fiscal year 2003-04 the Pakistani cement industry expects to achieve about 82 per cent capacity utilisation, resulting in a growth rate of 15 per cent compared to l...
UK – No public enquiry into Westbury
The UK government has rejected calls for a public enquiry into plans to burn recycled liquid fuel at Lafarge’s Westbury plant. Environment minister Elliot Morley said “It would ...
UK – RMC Group wins EU Process Award for Sustainable Development 2004
RMC Group, based in Rugby, has won the 2004 European Environment Award in the Process category. The award celebrates special efforts by companies to implement sustainable approa...
Luzon cement prices hit record
Retail prices of cement in northern Luzon, Philippines went as high as R170 per bag (42.5kg), the highest since the imposition of definitive safeguard duty, due to the shortag...
Cement makers eye booming Dubai market
Pakistani cement makers are gearing up to tap the booming construction market in Dubai and other Gulf countries where cement prices have shot up over 100 percent in the last one...
Coal and petcoke tenders announced
Holcim’s North American operations has invited offers through June 11 on over a million tons of coal and more than 300,000 tons of petroleum coke for delivery in 2005.The ...
Al Ain to cease production
One of the UAE’s major cement factories based in Al Ain is likely to cease production this month as city authorities have restrained the company from extracting raw materi...
Approval for Semapa Secil sale
Portuguese conglomerate Semapa has completed the sale of a 49 percent voting interest in cement company Secil to Irish building materials company CRH Plc (CRH.I) for 333 million...
CSN to invest up to US$43.4m in slag plant
Brazilian fsteelmaker CSN plans to invest up to US$43.4m to build a cement plant, the company said in a note to the Sao Paulo stock exchange (Bovespa). The investment, approved ...
High cost of cement causing problems
The Mexican premixed concrete sector reported that prices are the highest in the world. Thus far in 2004, prices have risen 10%, which means that the construction industry is de...
Peru domestic cement consumption
Peru’s domestic cement consumption will rise by around 6% this year, according to a report released by local bank Banco Wiese Sudameris (BWS). Although public expenditure ...
Guj Ambuja gets nod for ACRL merger
Gujarat Ambuja Cements announced that it has received the approval from the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) for merging Ambuja Cement Rajasthan Ltd (ACR...
Cemex shareholders opt to capitalise
Cemex said on Thursday more than 96 per cent of shareholders opted to take dividend payments in new shares in a capitalization of the world’s No 3 cement maker. Cemex oft...
Turkish Sabanci turnover up
Sabanci Holding registered a 46 per cent year-on-year rise in its consolidated turnover to US$1.934bn (1.583bn euro) for the first three months of 2004, according to Sabanci Hol...
Egyptian Misr Cement Qena Reports US$2.6 M net profit Q1 2004
Egyptian cement producer Misr Cement Qena posted a net profit of 15.92m Egyptian pounds (US$2.6m/2.1m euro) for the first quarter of 2004, against a net loss of 5.79m pounds (US...
Ghacem Holds Workshop in Kumasi
NANA OWUSU Ansah, chairman of the GHACEM Cement Distributors Association in the Ashanti Region has advised block-makers, masons and other cement users to use the product correct...
Heavy buying in cement shares leads to recovery on KSE
Stocks on 2 June staged a snap recovery despite tense city situation boosted by heavy buying in cement shares amid hopes of rising export prospects to Dubai. The KSE 100-share i...
REFRA-Kolloquim commences
The 11th REFRA-Kolloquim 2004 has opened its doors to more than 600 delegates from 72 countries, gathering for a two-day focus on the latest refractory advances.
Japan Ryukyu Cement Posts US$6m net profit FY 2003
Japanese cement and mineral products maker Ryukyu Cement Co in Okinawa, southern Japan, posted a net profit of 670 mln Japanese yen (U$6m/4.9 m euro) for the fiscal 2003/2004, e...
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