Cement prices shoot up in UAE
Cement prices have climbed to Dh230 /t from Dh180/t at the end of last year. Now there is a fear project costs will rise in the long run. Contractors have been forced to absorb ...
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Saudi Eastern Province Cement Co reports 2.7Mt cement output in 2003
Saudi cement producer Eastern Province Cement Company (EPC) produced 2,698,745t of cement in 2003, compared to 2,461,218 tonnes in 2002, the company said.
Turkish Mardin Cimento to Export 125,000t cement to Syria
Turkish cement, clinker and ready mixed concrete producer Mardin Cimento has signed an agreement to export 125,000t of cement to Syria.
Irish housing boom boosts Readymix
Readymix, the Irish cement producer that is 62 per cent owned by RMC, reported a 4.2 per cent increase in pre-tax profits for 2003, helped by record levels of housebuilding in t...
Public discussions on planned cement plant
Public comments are being accepted about the state’s issuance of a draft clean-air permit for a company that wants to build the nation’s largest cement plant on the ...
Cement makers hurt by weak demand
Indonesia’s cement industry is expected to remain in the doldrums this year due to various factors such as weak sales growth, excess production capacity, and the rising co...
Ukraine cement production
In January 2004, monthly cement production fell by 28.9 per cent or 148,000t to 364,000t compared with December 2003. In December 2003, cement production rose by 77.7 per cent ...
Gresik to delay sell-off?
President of state-owned cement producer PT Semen Gresik (SG) Satrio said the government should postpone its plan to sell more shares in the company to Mexico’s cement gia...
Prices rise in Gujarat
Cement prices in Gujarat are set to rise by another Rs10 per bag. This hike, which is expected to be effected from the beginning of March, will take retail prices in the state t...
Cementos Argos profits up
Profits at Colombian cement producer Cemento Argos grew to 156bn pesos (currently US$58m) in 2003, up nine per cent on the previous year, Economia en Red reported. Operating rev...
Heracles pretax profit up
Greek cement producer Heracles said on Tuesday 2003 group pretax profit rose 64 per cent to 117 million euros, helped by strong sales in the domestic market related to Olympic G...
Japan Taiheiyo Cement to recycle
Japanese cement manufacturer Taiheiyo Cement Corp will start recycling waste plasterboard at the company-owned land plot in Sodegaura, Chiba prefecture, eastern Japan, the compa...
Saudi Yamama Cement to invest
Saudi cement producer Yamama Cement Company will invest 1.5 bln Saudi riyals (US$400m) to expand its daily clinker production by 10,000 tonnes, it was reported on February 24, 2...
Polish cement production
The output of the Polish cement industry amounted to 11.01Mt last year, a decline of 3.0 per cent. This is the fourth successive year of falling cement production since the pea...
Ireland – CRH benefits from CO2 emissions plan
Under the new draft allocation plan for carbon dioxide emissions, published by the Environmental Protection Agency, CRH will be allowed to emit nearly 2.4Mt of CO2 from its four...
Rates rising after short-lived blip
The blip of the dry bulk markets has been relatively short-lived. Since the middle of the week, both the Capesize and Panamax markets have started to see rates increasing substa...
Hawaiian Cement workers resume talks
Striking concrete workers at Hawaiian Cement Co. will be back at the bargaining table Thursday. The federal mediator has asked Hawaiian Cement and the Teamsters Union to look a...
Chilean Cemento Melon
Chilean cement maker Cemento Melon SA, controlled by French cement and concrete maker Lafarge, will establish a real estate unit, under the corporate policy to enter the propert...
Antitrust Office looks at Berger Slovakia-PCLA Concentration
The Slovak Antitrust Office (PMU) launched administrative proceedings on the concentration of Berger Slovakia Ladce and cement producer Povazska Cementaren Ladce (PCLA) in early...
Holcim’s Vietnam 2004 cement sales
Holcim Vietnam upbeat about its good performance and the positive market sentiment is looking to boost 2004 sales by nearly 24 per cent year-on-year to 2.6Mt. Sales and marketi...
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