Cautious optimism for intensified trading
The dry bulk market sees through a static period at the moment. With the Easter week having passed, a rather dull period is hoped to have come to an end. The future prospect of ...
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Yemen projects for development
The Yemeni state establishment for industry and marketing of cement is in the process of implementing investment projects to expand production lines in the government factories ...
Soaring cement prices worry contractors
The price of cement in UAE has hit a new high of Dh260 per tonne as against Dh190 per tonne same time last year. The rise in cement prices has been attributed to growing demand ...
Egyptian National Cement extends bid
Egypt’s National Cement Company (NCC), an affiliate of the state-owned Chemical Industries Holding Company (CIHC), has extended to May 16, 2004 the deadline for submitting...
TCL to boost capacity
Trinidad Cement (TCL) posted revenues of 1.2bn Trinidadian dollars (US$195m) in 2003, a 2.1 per cent increase from 2002, the company said in a statement. Operating profit was U...
Carib Cement posts results
Jamaica’s Caribbean Cement Company (Carib Cement) announced operating profits increased by 26.8 per cent to US$13.5m for 2003 compared to the previous year, the company an...
Taiwan Cement ties up with Conch
Despite its late penetration of the mainland Chinese market, Taiwan Cement Corp, announced it would outpace rival Chia Hsin Cement Corp. and Asia Cement Corp. in the deployment ...
An Taisce appeals against new quarry
The main street of Ballyconnell, Co Cavan, Ireland is "suffering devastating safety and environmental impacts from the high level of truck movements generated by various parts o...
FWS Construction continues North American expansion
FWS Construction Ltd., a leading Western Canadian construction company, is pleased to announce it has recently been awarded a contract to build a cement distribution terminal ...
Egyptian Ameriya Cement to raise capital
Egyptian cement company Ameriya Cement will increase its capital to E£300m ($48.7m) from E£100m($16.2m), it was reported on April 13, 2004.
Alexandria Portland Cement
Alexandria Portland Cement, Egypt announced the release of FY03 results ending December,wherein the company sported a top line figure of LE235.3 million, illustrating a growth o...
Hau Giang set to build cement factory
The Midland Construction Corporation (COSEVCO) has registered to invest nearly 100 billion VND (about US$6.3m) in building a cement factory (grinding plant?) in the Mekong Delta...
Dalmias plan to invest in more capacity
India: The Dalmias, which control a cement unit in Tamil Nadu and another in Orissa, is investing almost Rs900 crore to double their cement manufacturing capacity. With this, th...
Indonesia’s cement consumption rises
Cement consumption in Indonesia jumped 20 per cent to 2.04Nt in February from 1.7Mt in the same month in 2003. Exports however fell 39.5 per cent to 357,915t, according to data...
Angarskcement plans to produce 735,000t of cement
JSC Angarskcement plans to produce 735,000t of cement in 2004, up 17 per cent y-o-y, Teleinform said referring to General Manager Vladimir Ilyushin
Cement consumption down by 2.15 per cent
The Brazilian cement industry association (Sindicato Nacional da Industria do Cimento) has announced the consumption of cement in the Brazilian market was 8.04Mt in the Q1 2004...
Cement makers’ capacity utilisation at 82 per cent
The capacity utilisation of Pakistani cement manufacturing companies during the quarter ended March 31 stood at 82.1 per cent, with around seven per cent of the capacity being t...
Indian cement maker profits rising on firm prices
Indian cement makers are expected to report robust earnings growth for the January to March quarter as prices revive in a busy construction season in the world’s biggest c...
Cement company to absorb extra fuel costs
Jordan Cement Factories Company (JCFC) will not raise cement prices at present as a result of the increase in fuel bills, JCFC Board Chairman Abdul Ilah Khatib said. Khatib made...
Arabian Cement Co reports increase in Q1 net income
The Jeddah-based Arabian Cement Co. announced that its first quarter net income grew by 32.2 per cent to reach SR 60 million ($16m), compared with SR 45 million ($12m) in the sa...
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