New Zealand – Fletcher Building Ltd seeks NGA
Fletcher Building Ltd is entering negotiations with the New Zealand government regarding a Negotiated Greenhouse Agreement (NGA) for a wide range of its manufacturing facilities...
Cement industry news
Earlier cement industry news and analysis from International Cement Review's global newsroom.
Earlier news
Newest first
Panamaxes slip, Handies follow
The overall upward trend the market recorded last week was short -ived and figures started to fall again. Panamaxes were the first and the most affected by the downturn, as the ...
DG Khan Cement 9-mth profit rises to Rs91m, Pakistan
D G Khan Cement Company Limited almost trebled net profit to Rs 591.3m in the first nine months of the current financial year against Rs 200.62 million in the same period last y...
Lasselberger concerns
Austrian cement maker Lasselsberger said today it might scrap a plan to build a Kc2.5bn Czech plant unless all Czech cement works enjoy equal conditions.
Argos to pull out of coal mining
Colombia’s leading cement producer, Grupo Argos, is to withdraw from coal mining as part of a strategic realignment of its core business, La República reported.
Melón to decide on new plant in September
Chilean cement company Empresas Melón will decide in September whether to build a new cement plant in Region VIII or a limestone plant in Region III, according to Melón finance ...
Duna-Drava planning HUF5bn development
Cement producer Duna-Drava Cement Kft (DDC) is planning developments at its factory in Beremend (southern Hungary) that could total as much as HUF5bn, the company said. Duna-Dra...
Turkish Askale Cimento to export US$7.5m cement to Iran
Turkish cement producer Askale Cimento Fabrikasi in Erzurum, eastern Turkey, has signed an agreement to export cement for US$7.5m to Iran.
Chia Hsin Cement
Chia Hsin Cement Greater China Holding Corp announced its major operating subsidiary delivered first-quarter 2004 net profit of CNY51.0m – nearly as much as it made in the enti...
Japan – Contaminated soil treated to become cement raw material
Cement makers in Japan will have an additional avenue to contract their raw materials. Geo Environment Technology (GET) has started commercial operation for a new soil treatment...
Cementos Lemona net attributable profit down 41 per cent
Spanish cement producer Cementos Lemona posted a net attributable profit of EUR2.2m in the first quarter of 2004, a 41 per cent YoY decrease, the company reported to Spain&rsquo...
Eurocement produces1.3Mta of cement
JSC Eurocement produced around 1.3Mt of cement in Jan-Mar 2004. The output of packed cement exceeded the 2003 figure by 14 per cent and reached 89,000t . JSC Maltsovsky Portland...
CRH not to raise Mashav stake
Israeli holding company Clal Industries and Investments Ltd said on Sunday Ireland’s CRH would not buy an additional 25 per cent stake in its subsidiary Mashav after talks...
Lafarge invests further in West China
Lafarge, plans to invest US$40m in southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality, as part of its efforts to increase investment in the country’s underdeveloped west, w...
Italcementi sees EUR1.5bn investments in next five years
Italcementi SpA CEO Giampiero Pesenti said he sees the group investing EUR1.5 over the next five years, one third of it in Italy – the same amount as it invested over the last f...
PPC announces earnings increase of 30% or more
South Africa’s PPC has advised shareholders that the increase in its headline earnings and attributable earnings would be 30 percent or more in the six months to March compared ...
Paraguayan INC needs $70m in investment
Paraguayan state-owned cement company INC needs a $70m (ERU59m) investment in modernisation and doubling its clinker capacity, according to INC president, Amilcar Troche, said. ...
GACL increasing capacity of captive power to save costs
Gujarat Ambuja Cements (GACL) has embarked on an expansion of captive power capacity at its various plants. In what would be a cost saving exercise, the company has earmarked Rs...
Siam Cement to post record 1Q profit
Sharp rises in petrochemical margins and continued growth in cement demand should boost the first quarter net profit of Thailand’s largest industrial conglomerate Siam Cem...
Cementos de Chihuahua income down, sales up 1Q
Mexican cement company Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) reported MXP144m (US$12.7mn) in net income first quarter 2004, a 5.5 per cent slip YoY, while net sales inched up 1.6 pe...
Stay Informed in this ever-changing landscape
Don't miss the latest cement industry updates. Subscribe to International Cement Review today!
